Simplified direct oxidation fuel cell system
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    发明申请
    Simplified direct oxidation fuel cell system 失效
    简化直接氧化燃料电池系统

    公开(公告)号:US20060068271A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-30

    申请号:US11269108

    申请日:2005-11-08

    IPC分类号: H01M4/94 H01M8/02 B65D6/00

    摘要: A simplified direct oxidation fuel cell system is disclosed. The fuel cell is constructed in such a manner that fuel is added to the cell anode as it is consumed and water is evaporated off at cell cathode so that there is no need for recirculation of unreacted fuel at the cell anode or water at the cell cathode. In addition, carbon dioxide generated from the anodic reaction is passively vented out of the system by using a CO2 gas permeable membrane material integrated as part of the anode chamber construction. It is thus possible that, the CO2 separation from the anode fluid occurs without the recirculation of the anode fluid outside the anode chamber. In one embodiment, the simplified direct oxidation fuel cell includes a gas permeable, liquid impermeable membrane placed in close proximity to the anode to perform the carbon dioxide separation. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, a fuel container and delivery assembly is provided, which includes separate conduits from separate containers for methanol and water and a leak-proof interface. This allows for mixing of water into the methanol solution, to allow for improved ability to adjust the concentration of methanol and water in the system. The fuel container and delivery assembly operates using simple mechanical flow and simplified geometry. This design minimizes loss of methanol and water via carryover and crossover by limiting introduction of those fluids. The passive system in which fuel is added as it is consumed and CO2 separated, both without pumping, ultimately will increase net power provided to the load due to low parasitic losses.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种简化的直接氧化燃料电池系统。 燃料电池被构造成使得燃料在其被消耗时被添加到电池阳极中,并且水在电池阴极处被蒸发,使得不需要再循环在电解池阳极处的未反应燃料或在电池阴极处的水 。 此外,通过使用集成为阳极室结构的一部分的CO 2气体可渗透膜材料,从阳极反应产生的二氧化碳被动地排出系统。 因此,在阳极室外部阳极流体再循环的情况下,可能发生与阳极流体的二氧化碳分离。 在一个实施例中,简化的直接氧化燃料电池包括放置在靠近阳极的气体可渗透的不透液膜,以进行二氧化碳分离。 根据本发明的另一方面,提供了一种燃料容器和输送组件,其包括用于甲醇和水的单独容器和防漏接口的单独导管。 这允许将水混合到甲醇溶液中,以提高调节系统中甲醇和水的浓度的能力。 燃料容器和输送组件使用简单的机械流动和简化的几何形状进行操作。 这种设计通过限制这些流体的引入,最大限度地减少甲醇和水的流失和交叉。 其中燃料添加的被动系统消耗和二氧化碳分离,无需泵送,最终将增加由于低的寄生损耗而提供给负载的净功率。

    Method and apparatus for water management of a fuel cell system
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    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for water management of a fuel cell system 审中-公开
    燃料电池系统的水管理方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070015032A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-18

    申请号:US11523475

    申请日:2006-09-19

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/10

    摘要: A method and apparatus for water management in a direct oxidation fuel cell system includes a direct oxidation fuel cell, including: a housing surrounding an anode, a cathode, a protonically conductive electronically non-conductive membrane electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a current collector, and a gas-permeable liquid-impermeable membrane disposed on a side of the cathode opposite the electrolyte. Excess water accumulation is removed from an area between the membrane electrolyte and the gas-permeable liquid-impermeable membrane by a pressure differential generated, preferably, by a pump. The pressure differential draws air to the surface of, into, or through the cathode diffusion layer. The pump can be driven by the electricity generated by the fuel cell.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于直接氧化燃料电池系统中的水管理的方法和装置包括直接氧化燃料电池,其包括:围绕阳极的壳体,阴极,设置在阳极和阴极之间的质子导电电子非导电膜电解质, 集电器和设置在与电解质相对的阴极侧的透气不透液膜。 通过优选由泵产生的压力差,从膜电解质和透气性不透液膜之间的区域除去过多的水积聚。 压差将空气吸入阴极扩散层的表面,进入阴极扩散层或通过阴极扩散层。 泵可以由燃料电池产生的电力驱动。