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Integrated gas management device for a fuel cell system

US11031611B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DANA CANADA CORPORATION · CA

Inventors

Doug Vanderwees · Mississauga, CA
Michael Bardeleben · Oakville, CA
Raimund Stroebel · Neu-Ulm, DE
Joachim Scherer · Ulm, DE
Rainer Glueck · Tomerdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An integrated gas management device (GMD) for a fuel cell has a gas-to-gas humidifier for transferring water from a second gas to a first gas; and a heat exchanger attached to a first end of the humidifier core for cooling the first gas. The GMD may optionally have a thermal isolation plate between the heat exchanger and the first end of the humidifier core. The GMD further has a bypass line to allow the first gas to bypass the humidifier. The first gas may be cathode charge air and the second gas may be cathode exhaust.

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