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US 12,603,312 B2Granted
Fuel cell system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHeejoong Jang, Dongkeun Yang, Hyoungsuk Woo, Jihoon Jun
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Abstract
A fuel cell system may include: a stack for generating power through an electrochemical reaction of reforming gas and air; a fuel processing apparatus for generating the reforming gas supplied to the stack; a water supply tank for storing the water; a heat recovery tank for storing hot water; a first heat exchanger disposed in the fuel processing apparatus, and exchanging heat between cooling water and exhaust gas discharged from the fuel processing apparatus; and a heat supply valve for supplying the cooling water to the water supply tank or the heat recovery tank so as to heat the water stored in the water supply tank or the hot water stored in the heat recovery tank.
Claims18
A fuel cell system comprising:
- a stack configured to provide power based on an electrochemical reaction of reforming gas and air;
- a fuel processing apparatus configured to provide the reforming gas to be supplied to the stack;
- a water supply tank configured to store the water to be supplied to the stack;
- a heat recovery tank configured to store hot water;
- a first heat exchanger disposed at the fuel processing apparatus, and configured to exchange heat between cooling water and exhaust gas that is discharged from the fuel processing apparatus, and to provide cooling water based on the exchanged heat;
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- a heat supply valve configured to selectively provide the cooling water from the first heat exchanger to the water supply tank so as to heat the water in the water supply tank or to the heat recovery tank so as to heat the hot water in the heat recovery tank,
- wherein the fuel cell system further comprises:
- a first temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the water in the water supply tank;
- a second temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of water discharged from the stack;
- and
- a controller configured to control the heat supply valve, and
- wherein the controller controls the heat supply valve to open to the water supply valve and provide the cooling water to the water supply tank when the water temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor is equal to or more than a first set temperature and the temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor is less than a second set temperature in a power generation mode.
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A fuel cell system comprising:
- a stack configured to generate power based on an electrochemical reaction of reforming gas and air;
- a fuel processing apparatus configured to provide the reforming gas and to provide exhaust gas;
- a water supply tank configured to store the water;
- a heat recovery tank configured to store hot water;
- a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between cooling water and the exhaust gas from the fuel processing apparatus, and to provide cooling water based on the exchanged heat;
- and
- a heat supply valve configured to selectively provide the cooling water from the first heat exchanger to the water supply tank or to the heat recovery tank,
- wherein the fuel cell system further comprises:
- a first temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the water in the water supply tank;
- a second temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of water discharged from the stack;
- and
- a controller configured to control the heat supply valve to open to the water supply valve and provide the cooling water to the water supply tank when the water temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor is equal to or more than a first set temperature and the temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor is less than a second set temperature in a power generation mode.
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A fuel cell system comprising:
- a stack configured to provide power based on an electrochemical reaction of reforming gas and air;
- a fuel processing apparatus configured to provide the reforming gas to be supplied to the stack;
- a water supply tank configured to store the water to be supplied to the stack;
- a heat recovery tank configured to store hot water;
- a first heat exchanger disposed at the fuel processing apparatus, and configured to exchange heat between cooling water and exhaust gas that is discharged from the fuel processing apparatus, and to provide cooling water based on the exchanged heat;
- a second heat exchanger disposed in the water supply tank, and configured to exchange heat between the cooling water from the first heat exchanger and the cooling water in the water supply tank;
- a third heat exchanger disposed in the heat recovery tank, and configured to exchange heat between the cooling water from the first heat exchanger and the hot water in the heat recovery tank;
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- a heat supply valve configured to selectively provide the cooling water from the first heat exchanger to the water supply tank so as to heat the water in the water supply tank or to the heat recovery tank so as to heat the hot water in the heat recovery tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.