Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for controlling amount of air supplied to fuel cell
- Patent Title (中): 控制供给燃料电池的空气量的方法
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Application No.: US12572251Application Date: 2009-10-01
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Publication No.: US08691451B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Hyuck Roul Kwon
- Applicant: Hyuck Roul Kwon
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent Peter F. Corless; Stephen D. LeBarron
- Priority: KR10-2009-0046583 20090527
- Main IPC: H01M8/06
- IPC: H01M8/06 ; H01M8/04

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for controlling the amount of air supplied to a fuel cell, which can prevent flooding and membrane dry-out in a fuel cell stack and, at the same time, ensure optimal performance of the fuel cell stack and a humidifier by supplying an optimal amount of air to the fuel cell stack at each operation condition.For this purpose, the present invention provides a method for controlling the amount of air supplied to a fuel cell, the method including measuring the temperature and pressure of humidifier outlet (stack inlet) air, the temperature and pressure of stack outlet air, and the relative humidity of the humidifier outlet (stack inlet) air, and determining the stoichiometric ratio of air or the amount of air supplied to the stack based on the measurement results so as to adjust the relative humidity of the stack outlet air reach a target value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100304234A1 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AMOUNT OF AIR SUPPLIED TO FUEL CELL Public/Granted day:2010-12-02
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