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1. 发明申请

WO2010030277A1 FUEL CELL DEVICE HAVING A WATER RESERVOIR 审中-公开
标题翻译：具有水储存器的燃料电池装置
公开(公告)号：WO2010030277A1
公开(公告)日：2010-03-18
申请号：PCT/US2008/076094
申请日：2008-09-12
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PATTERSON, Timothy, W. , DARLING, Robert, Mason
发明人： BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PATTERSON, Timothy, W. , DARLING, Robert, Mason
IPC分类号： H01M8/02
CPC分类号： H01M8/0228 , H01M4/8807 , H01M8/0245
摘要： An exemplary fuel cell device includes an electrode assembly. A hydrophobic gas diffusion layer is on a first side of the electrode assembly. A first, solid, non-porous plate is adjacent the hydrophobic gas diffusion layer. A hydrophilic gas diffusion layer is on a second side of the electrode assembly. A second flow field plate is adjacent the hydrophilic gas diffusion layer. The second flow field plate has a porous portion facing the hydrophilic gas diffusion layer. The porous portion is configured to absorb liquid water from the electrode assembly when the fuel assembly device is shutdown.
摘要翻译：示例性的燃料电池装置包括电极组件。疏水性气体扩散层位于电极组件的第一侧。第一固体，非多孔板与疏水性气体扩散层相邻。亲水性气体扩散层位于电极组件的第二侧。第二流场板与亲水性气体扩散层相邻。第二流场板具有面向亲水性气体扩散层的多孔部分。多孔部分构造成当燃料组件装置关闭时从电极组件吸收液态水。

2. 发明申请

WO2009131581A1 WICKING LAYER FOR MANAGING MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION IN A FUEL CELL 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于管理燃料电池中的水分配的层
公开(公告)号：WO2009131581A1
公开(公告)日：2009-10-29
申请号：PCT/US2008/061358
申请日：2008-04-24
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , DARLING, Robert, Mason , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
发明人： DARLING, Robert, Mason , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
IPC分类号： H01M8/04 , H01M8/02
CPC分类号： H01M8/04149 , H01M8/0258 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/04171 , H01M8/04291 , Y02E60/50
摘要： An exemplary device for managing moisture content within a fuel cell includes a reactant distribution plate having a plurality of members that establish reactant flow channels that are open on at least one side of the plate. A wicking layer is against the one side of the plate. The wicking layer includes a first portion that is uninterrupted and covers over at least some of the channels. A second portion of the wicking layer extends along ends of at least some of the members such that sections of the channels coextensive with the second portion are open toward the one side.
摘要翻译：用于管理燃料电池内的水分含量的示例性装置包括反应物分配板，其具有多个构件，其建立在板的至少一侧上敞开的反应物流动通道。芯吸层抵靠板的一侧。芯吸层包括不间断的第一部分并覆盖至少一些通道。芯吸层的第二部分沿着至少一些部件的端部延伸，使得与第二部分共同延伸的通道的部分朝向一侧敞开。

3. 发明申请

WO2010030278A1 FUEL CELL DEVICE HAVING A LIQUID SOAK UP REGION 审中-公开
标题翻译：具有液体粘稠区域的燃料电池装置
公开(公告)号：WO2010030278A1
公开(公告)日：2010-03-18
申请号：PCT/US2008/076096
申请日：2008-09-12
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PATTERSON, Timothy, W.
发明人： BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PATTERSON, Timothy, W.
IPC分类号： H01M8/04 , H01M8/02
CPC分类号： H01M8/04228 , H01M8/0204 , H01M8/0234 , H01M8/0239 , H01M8/0241 , H01M8/04171 , H01M8/04179 , H01M8/04223 , H01M8/04253 , H01M8/04303 , H01M2008/1095
摘要： The fuel cell device includes an electrode assembly. A gas diffusion layer is on each side of the electrode assembly. A solid, non-porous plate is adjacent each of the gas diffusion layers. A hydrophilic soak up region is near an inlet portion of at least one of the gas diffusion layers. The hydrophilic soak up region is configured to absorb liquid water from the electrode assembly when the fuel cell device is shutdown.
摘要翻译：燃料电池装置包括电极组件。气体扩散层位于电极组件的每侧。固体，无孔板与每个气体扩散层相邻。亲水吸收区域靠近至少一个气体扩散层的入口部分。亲水吸收区域构造成当燃料电池装置关闭时从电极组件吸收液态水。

4. 发明申请

WO2012087265A1 HYBRID BIPOLAR PLATE FOR EVAPORATIVELY COOLED FUEL CELLS 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于蒸发冷却燃料电池的混合双极板
公开(公告)号：WO2012087265A1
公开(公告)日：2012-06-28
申请号：PCT/US2010/003240
申请日：2010-12-23
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , CARNEVALE, Christopher, John , PATTERSON, Timothy, W. , DARLING, Robert, M. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PERRY, Michael, L.
发明人： CARNEVALE, Christopher, John , PATTERSON, Timothy, W. , DARLING, Robert, M. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , PERRY, Michael, L.
IPC分类号： H01M8/02 , H01M8/10 , H01M4/86
CPC分类号： H01M8/04029 , H01M8/0258 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/04164 , H01M8/04291 , H01M8/1004 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/2457 , H01M2008/1095 , Y02E60/521
摘要： A fuel cell power plant (36) has vertical fuel cells (102) each sharing a half of a hybrid separator plate (100) which includes a solid fuel flow plate (105) having horizontal fuel flow channels (106) on one surface and coolant channels (108) on an upper portion of the opposite surface, bonded to a plain rear side of a porous, hydrophilic oxidant flow field plate (115) having vertical oxidant flow channels (118). Coolant permeates through the upper portion of the porous, hydrophilic oxidant flow field plates and enters the oxidant flow channels, where it evaporates as the water trickles downward through the oxidant flow field channels, thereby cooling the fuel cell.
摘要翻译：燃料电池发电厂（36）具有垂直燃料电池（102），每个燃料电池共享一个混合隔板（100）的一半，该混合隔板包括在一个表面上具有水平燃料流动通道（106）的固体燃料流动板（105）和冷却剂通道（108）在相对表面的上部结合到具有垂直氧化剂流动通道（118）的多孔亲水氧化剂流场板（115）的平坦的后侧。冷却剂渗透通过多孔亲水氧化剂流场板的上部并进入氧化剂流动通道，当水向下流过氧化剂流场通道时，其蒸发，从而冷却燃料电池。

5. 发明申请

WO2011149458A1 FUEL CELL CONTAMINANT REMOVAL METHOD 审中-公开
标题翻译：燃料电池污染物去除方法
公开(公告)号：WO2011149458A1
公开(公告)日：2011-12-01
申请号：PCT/US2010/036276
申请日：2010-05-27
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , PATTERSON, Timothy W. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
发明人： PATTERSON, Timothy W. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
IPC分类号： H01M8/04 , H01M8/10
CPC分类号： H01M8/04291 , H01M8/04044
摘要： An example method of operating a fuel cell system includes calculating the rate of water produced in the fuel cell stack, determining the rate of water exiting the system, and controlling the condenser temperature to maintain the cathode gas exit temperature from the condenser below the temperature required to maintain water balance in the fuel cell system. The method collects the condensed vapor as water and purges a portion of the collected water containing contaminants from the system.
摘要翻译：操作燃料电池系统的示例性方法包括计算在燃料电池堆中产生的水的速率，确定离开系统的水的速率，以及控制冷凝器温度以将阴极气体出口温度从冷凝器保持在低于所需温度以维持燃料电池系统中的水平衡。该方法将冷凝的蒸汽作为水收集并且从系统中清除含有污染物的收集的水的一部分。

6. 发明申请

WO2012078123A1 FUEL CELL POWER PLANT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN SUB-FREEZING AMBIENT CONDITIONS 审中-公开
标题翻译：燃料电池发电厂操作系统和用于分冻环境条件的方法
公开(公告)号：WO2012078123A1
公开(公告)日：2012-06-14
申请号：PCT/US2010/003098
申请日：2010-12-07
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , PATTERSON, Timothy , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
发明人： PATTERSON, Timothy , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
IPC分类号： H01M8/04
CPC分类号： H01M8/04253 , H01M8/0432 , H01M8/04753 , H01M2250/40 , Y02E60/50 , Y02E60/56
摘要： 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).
摘要翻译：燃料电池发电厂操作系统（10）包括每当燃料电池（12）通/断切换装置（58）为...时，燃料电池（12）的运行来维持燃料电池（12）的操作的开关装置旁通电路（60）当燃料电池工作温度低于预定的冷冻安全工作温度时关闭。旁路电路（60）操作燃料电池（12）直到燃料电池（12）温度达到或超过冷冻安全温度，从而防止燃料电池（12）产生的水在燃料电池催化剂中和附近变成冰（26，40）。

7. 发明申请

WO2011043760A1 REDUCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN PEM FUEL CELL GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS 审中-公开
标题翻译：在PEM燃料电池气体扩散层中降低热导率
公开(公告)号：WO2011043760A1
公开(公告)日：2011-04-14
申请号：PCT/US2009/005562
申请日：2009-10-08
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , DARLING, Robert, M. , O'NEILL, Jonathan, D.
发明人： BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , DARLING, Robert, M. , O'NEILL, Jonathan, D.
IPC分类号： H01M8/02 , H01M8/10
CPC分类号： H01M8/0202 , H01M2008/1095
摘要： A fuel cell for a fuel cell power plant having gas diffusion layers which do not have microporous layers, includes a PEM (9), a cathode comprising at least a cathode catalyst (10) and a gas diffusion layer (17) on one side of the PEM, and an anode comprising at least an anode catalyst (11) and a gas diffusion layer (14) on the opposite side of the PEM, and a porous water transport plate having reactant gas flow field channels (31, 32) (21, 28) adjacent to each of said support substrates as well as water flow channels (22) in at least one of said water transport plates. The thermal conductivity of the cathode and/or the anode gas diffusion layers is less than about one- quarter of the thermal conductivity of conventional gas diffusion layers, less than about 0.25 W/m/K, to promote flow of water from the cathodes to the anodes and to the adjacent water transport plates, during start-up at normal ambient temperatures (lower than normal PEM fuel cell operating temperatures).
摘要翻译：一种具有不具有微孔层的气体扩散层的燃料电池发电厂的燃料电池，包括PEM（9），至少包含阴极催化剂（10）的阴极和在一侧的气体扩散层（17）所述PEM和在所述PEM相反侧的至少包含阳极催化剂（11）和气体扩散层（14）的阳极和具有反应气体流场通道（31,32）（21,32）的多孔水输送板，28），以及至少一个所述水输送板中的水流通道（22）。阴极和/或阳极气体扩散层的热导率小于常规气体扩散层的热导率的约四分之一，小于约0.25W / m / K，以促进水从阴极流到阳极和相邻的水输送板，在正常环境温度（低于正常PEM燃料电池工作温度）的启动期间。

8. 发明申请

WO2010107428A1 FUEL CELL WITH PURGE MANIFOLD 审中-公开
标题翻译：燃料电池与灌注歧管
公开(公告)号：WO2010107428A1
公开(公告)日：2010-09-23
申请号：PCT/US2009/037483
申请日：2009-03-18
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , AMEMIYA, Kazuki
发明人： BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , AMEMIYA, Kazuki
IPC分类号： H01M8/02 , H01M8/10
CPC分类号： H01M8/0232 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/04179 , H01M8/04223 , H01M8/04225 , H01M8/04228 , H01M8/2483
摘要： A fuel cell includes an electrode assembly having an electrolyte between an anode and a cathode for generating an electric current and byproduct water. A porous plate is located adjacent to the electrode and includes reactant gas channels for delivering a reactant gas to the electrode assembly. A separator plate is located adjacent the porous plate such that the porous plate is between the electrode assembly and the separator plate. The separator plate includes a reactant gas inlet manifold and a reactant gas outlet manifold in fluid connection with the reactant gas channels, and a purge manifold in fluid connection with the porous plate such that limiting flow of the reactant gas from the reactant gas outlet manifold and opening the purge manifold under a pressure of the reactant gas in the reactant gas channels drives the byproduct water toward the purge manifold for removal from the fuel cell.
摘要翻译：燃料电池包括在阳极和阴极之间具有电解质以产生电流和副产物水的电极组件。多孔板位于电极附近，并且包括用于将反应气体输送到电极组件的反应气体通道。分隔板位于多孔板附近，使得多孔板位于电极组件和分隔板之间。隔板包括反应物气体入口歧管和与反应物气体通道流体连接的反应物气体出口歧管，以及与多孔板流体连接的净化歧管，从而限制反应气体从反应气体出口歧管和在反应物气体通道内的反应气体的压力下打开净化歧管，驱动副产物水朝向清洗歧管，以从燃料电池移除。

9. 发明申请

WO2008088310A1 WETTABLE GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR A WET SEAL IN A FUEL CELL 审中-公开
标题翻译：可湿性气体扩散层，用于在燃料电池中密封
公开(公告)号：WO2008088310A1
公开(公告)日：2008-07-24
申请号：PCT/US2006/049343
申请日：2006-12-27
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
发明人： BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu
IPC分类号： H01M8/00
CPC分类号： H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0234 , H01M8/0243 , H01M8/0258 , H01M8/026 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0276 , H01M8/241
摘要： An example fuel cell stack (10, 40) includes a cathode plate (60) having oxidant flow passages (62) and coolant flow passages (64), and a porous anode plate (42) adjacent the coolant flow passages (64). The porous anode plate (42) includes fuel flow passages (46) and a network of pores (44) that fluidly connect the fuel flow passages (46) and the coolant flow passages (64). A membrane electrode arrangement (50) adjacent the fuel flow passages (46) generates electricity in a fuel cell reaction. A hydrophilic gas diffusion layer (48) between the membrane electrode arrangement (50) and the porous anode plate (42) distributes water from the coolant flow passages (64) to maintain or establish a wet seal (70) within the network of pores (44) that limits fuel transport through the network of pores (44) from the fuel flow passages (46) to the coolant flow passages (64).
摘要翻译：示例性燃料电池堆（10,40）包括具有氧化剂流动通道（62）和冷却剂流动通道（64）的阴极板（60）和邻近冷却剂流动通道（64）的多孔阳极板（42）。多孔阳极板（42）包括燃料流动通道（46）和流体连接燃料流动通道（46）和冷却剂流动通道（64）的孔（44）网络。邻近燃料流动通道（46）的膜电极装置（50）在燃料电池反应中产生电力。在膜电极装置（50）和多孔阳极板（42）之间的亲水性气体扩散层（48）从冷却剂流动通道（64）分配水以保持或建立在孔网络内的湿密封（70） 44）限制从燃料流动通道（46）到冷却剂流动通道（64）的通过孔（44）的网络的燃料传输。

10. 发明申请

WO2011025469A1 MITIGATING ELECTRODE EROSION IN HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELL 审中-公开
标题翻译：在高温PEM燃料电池中减轻电极腐蚀
公开(公告)号：WO2011025469A1
公开(公告)日：2011-03-03
申请号：PCT/US2009/004892
申请日：2009-08-28
申请人： UTC POWER CORPORATION , DARLING, Robert, M. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , REISER, Carl, A.
发明人： DARLING, Robert, M. , BADRINARAYANAN, Paravastu , REISER, Carl, A.
IPC分类号： H01M8/04 , H01M8/10 , H01M8/24
CPC分类号： H01M8/0432 , H01M8/04559 , H01M8/04753 , H01M8/0488 , H01M8/0491 , H01M2008/1095
摘要： A method of operating a fuel cell power plant (10) including a stack (11) of fuel cells having an anode catalyst layer and a cathode electrode (15) including a catalyst layer disposed on catalyst support material is characterized by, during normal operation of said power plant, adjusting the voltage of the stack to be substantially equal to or less than a predetermined maximum voltage for the temperature of the stack. Further, said step of adjusting comprises adjusting the stack voltage to the lesser of: a) a predetermined voltage above which corrosion of catalyst support material is significant and below which corrosion of catalyst support material is insignificant at the temperature of the stack; and b) a predetermined voltage above which dissolution of catalyst is significant and below which dissolution of the catalyst is insignificant at the temperature of the stack.
摘要翻译：一种操作包括具有阳极催化剂层的燃料电池堆（11）和包括设置在催化剂载体材料上的催化剂层的阴极电极（15）的燃料电池发电厂（10）的方法，其特征在于，在正常运行期间，所述发电厂将所述堆的电压调整为基本上等于或小于所述堆的温度的预定最大电压。此外，所述调节步骤包括将堆叠电压调整为较小的一个：a）预定电压，在该预定电压之上，催化剂载体材料的腐蚀是显着的，低于该预定电压，催化剂载体材料的腐蚀在堆叠温度下不显着; 和b）预定电压，其上催化剂的溶解是显着的，低于该电压时，催化剂的溶解在叠层的温度下是不显着的。

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