Fuel cell vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeung Jun Yeon
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle is provided. The fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell including a cell stack configured such that a plurality of unit cells is stacked, a drive motor unit disposed below the fuel cell, a purge valve/drain valve assembly configured to discharge unreacted hydrogen and first condensate water flowing together out of the fuel cell, an air exhaust line configured to discharge unreacted oxygen and second condensate water flowing together out of the fuel cell, and a hydrogen exhaust line connecting the purge valve/drain valve assembly to the air exhaust line and disposed so as to avoid interference with the drive motor unit.
Claims19
A fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel cell comprising a cell stack configured such that a plurality of unit cells is stacked;
- a drive motor unit disposed below the fuel cell;
- a purge valve/drain valve assembly configured to discharge unreacted hydrogen and first condensate water flowing together out of the fuel cell;
- an air exhaust line configured to discharge unreacted oxygen and second condensate water flowing together out of the fuel cell;
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- a hydrogen exhaust line connecting the purge valve/drain valve assembly to the air exhaust line;
- wherein the fuel cell further comprises:
- an air outflow manifold being configured to discharge the unreacted oxygen and the second condensate water;
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- a hydrogen outflow manifold being configured to discharge the unreacted hydrogen and the second condensate water;
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- wherein a bottom surface of each of the air outflow manifold and the hydrogen outflow manifold is located farther from a ground than a top surface of the purge valve/drain valve assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.