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US 10,256,485 B2Granted
Fuel cell purge line system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCraig Michael Mathie, William F. Sanderson, Jr., Seha Son, Virgo W. Edwards, Valentina Mejia Mejia
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Abstract
A fuel cell anode purge line includes an elongated water-scavenging body having a single inlet portion, a single outlet portion having an outlet valve, and a scavenged reservoir configured to accumulate water and fluidly connect the inlet and outlet portions so as to direct a flow of purge gas from the inlet portion through the reservoir such that the purge gas entrains the water in the flow and transfers the water towards the outlet valve.
Claims10
A fuel cell anode purge line comprising:
- an elongated water-scavenging body having a single cylindrical inlet portion, a single outlet portion having an outlet valve, and a cylindrical scavenged reservoir configured to accumulate water and fluidly connect the inlet and outlet portions so as to direct a flow of purge gas from the inlet portion through the reservoir such that the purge gas transfers the water towards the outlet valve, wherein the inlet portion includes a venturi extending from an internal wall of the inlet portion to define a discontinuous surface and to increase velocity of the purge gas impacting the water in the reservoir so that the purge gas forms a jet capable of increasing a volume of water transported towards the outlet valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.