Invention Grant
US09362578B2 Fuel cell power plant operating system and method for use in sub-freezing ambient conditions
有权
燃料电池发电厂操作系统和在低温环境条件下使用的方法
- Patent Title: Fuel cell power plant operating system and method for use in sub-freezing ambient conditions
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池发电厂操作系统和在低温环境条件下使用的方法
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Application No.: US13884039Application Date: 2010-12-07
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Publication No.: US09362578B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Timothy Patterson , Paravastu Badrinarayanan
- Applicant: Timothy Patterson , Paravastu Badrinarayanan
- Applicant Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Assignee: Audi AG
- Current Assignee: Audi AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ingolstadt
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2010/003098 WO 20101207
- International Announcement: WO2012/078123 WO 20120614
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04

Abstract:
The fuel cell power plant operating system (10) includes an on/off switching device by-pass circuit (60) to sustain operation of a fuel cell (12) whenever the fuel cell (12) on/off switching device (58) is turned off while a fuel cell operating temperature is below a predetermined freeze-safe operating temperature. The by-pass circuit (60) operates the fuel cell (12) until the fuel cell (12) temperature reaches or exceeds the freeze-safe temperature to thereby prevent fuel cell (12) product water from becoming ice in and adjacent fuel cell catalysts (26, 40).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130252123A1 FUEL CELL POWER PLANT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN SUB-FREEZING AMBIENT CONDITIONS Public/Granted day:2013-09-26
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