发明名称 |
Anode exhaust gas dilution method and apparatus in PEM fuel cell powered system |
摘要 |
The present invention discloses a fuel cell system that reduces a hydrogen content of anode effluent exhausted by a fuel cell stack without the use of a tail gas combustor. The fuel cell system reduces the hydrogen content in one or more stages to a level suitable for venting to the environment. A first stage reduction is provided by mixing a portion of the cathode effluent with a controlled quantity of the anode effluent in the presence of a catalytic bed. The resulting stream has a reduced hydrogen content which can then be supplied to the cathode inlet side of the fuel cell stack for further hydrogen content reduction. The fuel cell system also provides a storage device to store the anode effluent to minimize pressure fluctuations between the anode and cathode sides of the fuel cell stack during a purging operation.
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申请公布号 |
US8026010(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.09.27 |
申请号 |
US20030341765 |
申请日期 |
2003.01.14 |
申请人 |
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
发明人 |
MELTSER MARK A |
分类号 |
H01M8/06;H01M8/04 |
主分类号 |
H01M8/06 |
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