FUEL CELLS AS POWER SOURCES FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND OTHER ELECTRIC LOADS

    公开(公告)号:US20240339640A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18747678

    申请日:2024-06-19

    申请人: Hybiquity, Inc.

    发明人: Carl W. Leighton

    摘要: A mobile generation resource (MGR) comprises a PEM fuel cell stack, hydrogen inputs and a hydrogen bus. A first hydrogen input receives hydrogen at 200 bars pressure which is stored in an onboard hydrogen tank. A second hydrogen input receives hydrogen at a pressure of 100 bars or less. The hydrogen bus, controlled by an MGR computing system, selects either the onboard hydrogen tank or the second hydrogen input as a hydrogen source for the fuel cell stack. A power take-off connection, cable and adapter provide DC electricity produced by the fuel cell stack at a power of at least 50 kilowatts. The MGR computing system communicates with the hydrogen bus and the power take-off connection, cable and adapter. A MGR user app instructs the MGR computing system to select the active source of hydrogen and to direct power produced by the fuel cell stack to the power take-off.

    Mass distribution method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12110102B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18022384

    申请日:2021-08-23

    发明人: Jason Hill

    摘要: Disclosed is a helicopter having a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis and a vertical axis, a helicopter centre of mass and a maximum gross mass of less than 5000 kg, the helicopter comprising a fuselage elongate along the longitudinal axis, the fuselage comprising an aerodynamically shaped shell defining a front, a rear, a top and a bottom of the fuselage and a passenger cabin therein having two forward-facing front seating positions for the pilot and a co-pilot or a passenger, and forward-facing rear seating positions for at least 2 passengers, optionally 3 passengers; a primary fuel cell mounted substantially behind the passenger cabin; the front seating position for the pilot having a centre of mass at a first location substantially in front of the rotor hub location, and the primary fuel cell having a centre of mass at a second location substantially behind the rotor hub location; a landing gear arrangement; a power plant mounted substantially above and behind the passenger cabin, wherein the primary fuel cell is arranged to provide fuel to the power plant; and a secondary fuel cell having a centre of mass at a nose location in front of the rotor hub location by at least 1500 mm.

    ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240322202A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18600316

    申请日:2024-03-08

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04082 H01M4/86

    摘要: An electrochemical cell includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte covering the working electrode and the counter electrode. The working electrode and the counter electrode are configured so that electrons are supplied from the counter electrode to the working electrode and the working electrode absorbs CO2 in response to a first voltage applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode, and electrons are supplied from the working electrode to the counter electrode and the CO2 is desorbed from the working electrode in response to a second voltage applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode. The working electrode is made of a metal, and a surface of the working electrode that is to be in contact with the CO2 containing gas is covered with an oxide film.

    In-vehicle fuel cell system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12080932B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US18266461

    申请日:2020-12-10

    摘要: An in-vehicle fuel cell system, including a fuel cell, and an auxiliary machine configured to exchange a gas with the fuel cell, the in-vehicle fuel system including an auxiliary machine structure configured to accommodate the auxiliary machine, wherein the fuel cell includes a first fuel cell fixed to an upper surface of the auxiliary machine structure and a second fuel cell fixed to a lower surface of the auxiliary machine structure, the auxiliary machine structure is disposed at substantially the same position in a height direction as a skeleton member of a vehicle body, and the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell are fixed to the skeleton member via the auxiliary machine structure.

    Fuel cell closing system
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12080922B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17766271

    申请日:2020-09-18

    申请人: Robert Bosch GmbH

    发明人: Andreas Knoop

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04082

    CPC分类号: H01M8/04197 H01M2250/20

    摘要: The invention relates to a fuel cell closing valve (36) having a valve closing body (5), which is electromagnetically movable from a first position to a second position by the energizing of an electrical coil (10) in order to close or open at least one medium passage of a fuel cell. In order to optimize the operation of the fuel cell system, the fuel cell closing valve (36) comprises two permanent magnets (13, 14), by means of which the valve closing body (5) can be held both in the first position and in the second position when the electrical coil (10) is in a currentless state.

    Sealed redox battery
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12068513B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17811525

    申请日:2022-07-08

    摘要: The disclosed technology generally relates to energy storage devices, and more particularly to redox batteries. In one aspect, a redox battery comprises a first half cell and a second half cell. The first half cell comprises a positive electrolyte reservoir comprising a first electrolyte contacting a positive electrode and has dissolved therein a first redox couple configured to undergo a first redox half reaction. The second half cell comprises a negative electrolyte reservoir comprising a second electrolyte contacting a negative electrode and has dissolved therein a second redox couple configured to undergo a second redox half reaction. The redox battery additionally comprises an ion exchange membrane separating the positive electrolyte reservoir and the negative electrolyte reservoir. The first half cell, the second half cell and the ion exchange membrane define a redox battery cell that is sealed in a casing.