Braking system for a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsTove Audhav, Arne Andersson
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Abstract
A braking system for a vehicle comprising a fuel cell system generating electric power to an electric power system arranged to propel an electric traction motor, the braking system comprising a tank arrangement comprising a first inlet configured to be arranged in downstream fluid communication with an outlet of the fuel cell system for receiving fuel cell exhaust, and a first outlet configured to at least convey fuel cell exhaust from the tank arrangement, and an air blower operable at least during power generative braking of the electric traction motor, the air blower being configured to convey ambient air into an air conduit, wherein the air conduit is extending between the air blower and a second inlet of the tank arrangement.
Claims15
A braking system for a vehicle comprising a fuel cell system generating electric power to an electric power system arranged to propel an electric traction motor, the braking system comprising:
- a tank arrangement comprising a first inlet configured to be arranged in downstream fluid communication with a cathode outlet of the fuel cell system for receiving fuel cell exhaust comprising water, and a first outlet configured to at least convey fuel cell exhaust from the tank arrangement, and
- an air blower operable at least during power generative braking of the electric traction motor, the air blower being configured to convey pressurized ambient air into an air conduit, wherein the air conduit is extending between the air blower and a second inlet of the tank arrangement for feeding pressurized ambient air into the tank arrangement to form a mixture of pressurized ambient air and fuel cell exhaust in the tank arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.