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US 12,633,550 B2Granted
Fuel cell power plant heat exchanger
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoji Moriyama, Richard Y. Asato, Ryosuke Shibata, Brian Moran
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Abstract
A heat exchanger for a fuel cell power plant system may include a first loop and a second loop. For the first loop, a first coolant may be passed through a fuel cell stack, a thermostat, a first portion of a first plate of the heat exchanger, and a fuel cell pump. For the second loop, a second coolant may be passed through a second portion of the first plate of the heat exchanger.
Claims6
A heat exchanger for a fuel cell power plant system, comprising:
- a first loop, wherein a first coolant is passed through:
- a fuel cell stack;
- a thermostat;
- a first portion of a first plate of the heat exchanger;
- and
- a fuel cell pump;
- a second loop, wherein a second coolant is passed through a second portion of the first plate of the heat exchanger;
- and
- a third loop, wherein a third coolant is passed through:
- an area associated with circuitry;
- the fuel cell stack;
- an expansion tank;
- and
- a first portion of a second plate of the heat exchanger.
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