Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system and method for controlling fuel cell system
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Application No.: US14400613Application Date: 2013-04-05
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Publication No.: US09755257B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Hiromichi Miwa
- Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-si, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-si, Kanagawa
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-133539 20120613
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/060475 WO 20130405
- International Announcement: WO2013/187110 WO 20131219
- Main IPC: H01M8/06
- IPC: H01M8/06 ; H01M8/0606 ; H01M8/0612 ; H01M8/04701 ; H01M8/04007 ; H01M8/124 ; H01M8/04746

Abstract:
The cooling capacity of a first heat exchanger for cooling a reformed gas introduced into an inlet of a circulation pump is increased as an output of a fuel cell increases. With this configuration, an inlet temperature of the circulation pump is relatively high during low power generation and decreases as the generation power increases, and a volumetric flow rate during high power generation in which a large amount of reformed gas is required can be decreased relatively. As the result, a dynamic range required for the circulation pump can be made small. Furthermore, water condensation in the inlet of the circulation pump can be prevented during low power generation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150140459A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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