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US 2018/0020506 A1Published application
End cell heater for fuel cell
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorKil Sang JANG
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Abstract
Provided is an end cell heater for a fuel cell capable of preventing water existing in reaction cells of a fuel cell stack from being frozen to improve initial start ability and initial driving performance of the fuel cell at the time of cold-starting the fuel cell during winter by disposing heaters on end cells disposed at both ends of the fuel cell stack and capable of securing air-tightness and pressure resistance properties of air passages and fuel passages formed in the end cell.
Claims17
An end cell heater for a fuel cell, comprising:
- an end cell including a body and an upper cover stacked on and in contact with an upper surface of the body, and having air channels formed between the body and the upper cover;
- a heating element stacked on and coupled to the end cell;
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- an electricity collecting plate stacked on and in contact with the heating element.
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An end cell heater for a fuel cell, comprising:
- an end cell including a body, an upper cover stacked on and in contact with an upper surface of the body, and a lower cover stacked on and in contact with a lower surface of the body, having air channels formed between the body and the upper cover, and having fuel channels formed between the body and the lower cover;
- a heating element stacked on and coupled to the end cell;
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- an electricity collecting plate stacked on and in contact with the heating element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.