Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system and purge method therefor
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Application No.: US17073941Application Date: 2020-10-19
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Publication No.: US11239478B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Kozuka
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-229489 20191219
- Main IPC: H01M8/04119
- IPC: H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/04223 ; H01M8/04701 ; H01M8/04746

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including an inlet and an outlet; first and second injection devices injecting purge gas; a gas-liquid separator separating liquid water from the purge gas discharged from the outlet and causing the liquid water to flow out; a discharge valve discharging the liquid water flowing out to an outside; an ejector including: an inflow port and an outflow port for the purge gas; a first connection path between the outflow port and the inlet; an introduction path introducing the purge gas injected from the second injection device into the first connection path without flowing through the ejector; a second connection path between the gas-liquid separator and the outlet; a third connection path connected between the gas-liquid separator and the inflow port, and extending vertically upward from the gas-liquid separator; and a controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210194022A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND PURGE METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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