Humidifier for fuel cell
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJong Sung Kim
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Abstract
A humidifier for a fuel cell is configured to humidify dry air to be supplied to a fuel cell stack with wet air discharged from the fuel cell stack. The humidifier includes a housing provided such that the dry air and the wet air pass therethrough, a moisture transfer member provided in the housing to transfer moisture in the wet air to the dry air, a bypass flow path provided to guide a part of the dry air to bypass the housing, and a flow regulating valve provided to be driven using a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the housing as a power source to adjust a flow rate of the dry air passing through the bypass flow path.
Claims17
A humidifier for a fuel cell;
- which is provided to humidify dry air to be supplied to a fuel cell stack with wet air discharged from the fuel cell stack, comprising:
- a housing configured to allow dry air and wet air to pass through an inside of the housing;
- a moisture transfer member positioned in the housing, the moisture transfer member being configured to transfer moisture in the wet air to the dry air;
- a bypass flow path configured to guide a part of the dry air to bypass the housing;
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- a flow regulating valve configured to be driven using a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the housing as a power source to adjust a flow rate of the dry air passing through the bypass flow path.
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