A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system included high thermal conductivity materials such as copper to increase thermal energy transfer by thermal conduction. The copper is protected from oxidation by nickel electroplating and protected from thermal damage by providing Hastelloy liners inside…
One or more example electric vehicles (EV), auxiliary thermal regulation systems for an EV, a computer-implemented methods of operating an EV, and a computer program product for operating an EV. The EV includes an FC system and an HVAC system. The FC system includes an FC stack (FCS) operable to…
A fuel cell system includes a gas fuel source, a fuel cell stack fluidly connected to the gas fuel source by a first pathway, and a turboexpander generator fluidly connected to the gas fuel source by a bypass fluid pathway in parallel with at least a portion of the first pathway. The first pathway…
An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires use history information indicating a use history of a vehicle for a plurality of items, a derivation unit which derives the output decrease amount for each of the items based on use history information and output decrease…
A heat exchanger for a fuel cell power plant system may include a first loop and a second loop. For the first loop, a first coolant may be passed through a fuel cell stack, a thermostat, a first portion of a first plate of the heat exchanger, and a fuel cell pump. For the second loop, a second…
A heat insulation structure for a high-temperature reaction room includes a heat insulating body surrounding the reaction room. The heat insulating body contains a binder component including a metal element and is arranged so as to face an insulating film disposed on a cell stack. Transfer of metal…
The present disclosure relates to a thermal management system and method of adjusting and/or reversing coolant flow of a fuel cell system during stationary applications.
A system includes a power generator to generate power from an reaction involving a first fuel reactant and a second fuel reactant, a fuel reactant supply source to supply the first fuel reactant to the power generator via a fuel supply line having a fuel expansion region, a radiant fluid circuit…
A fuel cell power generation system capable of providing both electric vehicle charging power and normal power, includes a fuel cell system, a radiator configured to cool the fuel cell system, a main hydrogen storage unit provided at one side of the fuel cell system, the main hydrogen storage unit…
Provided is a fuel cell stack that includes a plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cells stacking an anode electrode layer, a cathode electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer sandwiched between the anode electrode layer and the cathode electrode layer, the plurality of fuel cells being stacked…
The present disclosure relates to a thermal management system and method of adjusting and/or reversing coolant flow of a fuel cell system during stationary applications.
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system included high thermal conductivity materials such as copper increase thermal energy transfer by thermal conduction. The copper is protected from oxidation by nickel electroplating and protected from thermal damage by providing Hastelloy liners inside combustion…
A power source device may include a casing housing a fuel cell or a battery; a small room provided in the casing, the small room partitioned from a main space in which the fuel cell or the battery is housed; a cooler arranged at a floor of the small room; a first electric component being in contact…
A fuel cell includes a power-generation channel provided on a surface of a cathode-side separator which faces a MEA and a cooling channel provided on a surface of the cathode-side separator opposite to the MEA. Air flows through the power-generation channel and the cooling channel. The cooling…
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell (100) including an electrolyte membrane (90), a sensor (450) configured to measure a temperature of the fuel cell (100), and a controller (610). The controller (610) is configured to cause the fuel cell (100) to perform a wet operation to increase a water…
An object is to suppress drying of a fuel cell during continuous operation with high load. There is provided a fuel cell system including a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises an impedance detector that is configured to detect an impedance of the fuel cell; and a current limiter that is…
To provide a configuration such that cooling capacity of a first heat exchanger (19) for cooling a reformed gas introduced into an inlet of a circulation pump (14) is increased as an output of a fuel cell (11) increases. With this configuration, a characteristic is provided such that an inlet…
A fuel cell system includes: a coolant circulation passage through which a coolant for cooling a fuel cell circulates; a pump that circulates the coolant; a radiation unit that cools the coolant by discharging heat from the coolant; a bypass passage connected to the coolant circulation passage so…
A fuel cell stack includes a terminal plate, an insulating member, and an end plate at one end of a stack body formed by stacking a plurality of power generation cells. A heat insulating member and the terminal plate are placed in a recess of the insulating member. The heat insulating member is…
A fuel cell apparatus includes a stack (400) generating electricity by an anode gas and a cathode gas, a heat Insulating layer (800) covering an outside of the stack (400), a cathode gas flow passage (500), an exhaust gas flow passage (600), a housing (200) facing the stack (400), accommodating the…