Control system for discharging the cells of a fuel-cell stack
US11996710B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control system is intended to be tailored to a fuel-cell stack. This fuel-cell stack includes a plurality of cells connected in series between a first terminal and a second terminal. This system includes a central control unit and an electronic bypass device including a plurality of separate electrical bypass units, each electrical bypass unit being connected in parallel to at least one separate cell of the fuel-cell stack, in order to control its discharge on startup and shutdown of the stack and thus to avoid the creation of inverse electrical potentials and to limit the presence of residual potentials.
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