Fluid cooling apparatus for a fuel cell device and fuel cell system
AssigneeDeutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
InventorsAndreas Brinner, Tilo Maag
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Abstract
Liquid cooling apparatus for a fuel cell device, which is configured as an independent unit and by means of which the fuel cell device can be provided with cooling liquid and heated liquid can be removed from the fuel cell device, comprising an inlet connection for liquid, an outlet connection for liquid, a radiator, at least one fan, which is speed-controlled and directed at the radiator, and a temperature-controlled two-way valve, wherein a first path passes through the radiator and a second path by-passes the radiator and a mass flow distribution of the liquid into the first path and the second path can be adjusted by the two-way valve.
Claims39
Liquid cooling apparatus for a fuel cell device, which is configured as an independent unit and which is adapted to provide the fuel cell device with cooling liquid and to remove heated liquid from the fuel cell device, comprising:
- an inlet connection for liquid;
- an outlet connection for liquid;
- a radiator;
- at least one fan, which is speed-controlled and directed at the radiator;
- and
- a temperature-controlled two-way valve;
- wherein a first path passes through the radiator and a second path by-passes the radiator and a mass flow distribution of the liquid into the first path and the second path is adjustable by the two-way valve.
Fuel cell system, which comprises a fuel cell device and a liquid cooling apparatus for a fuel cell device, which is configured as an independent unit and which is adapted to provide the fuel cell device with cooling liquid and to remove heated liquid from the fuel cell device, comprising:
- an inlet connection for liquid;
- an outlet connection for liquid;
- a radiator;
- at least one fan, which is speed-controlled and directed at the radiator;
- and
- a temperature-controlled two-way valve;
- wherein a first path passes through the radiator and a second path by-passes the radiator and a mass flow distribution of the liquid into the first path and the second path is adjustable by the two-way valve;
- and
- wherein the liquid cooling apparatus is coupled by an inlet connection and the outlet connection to the fuel cell device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.