Volute for a flow machine for a fuel cell system of a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, flow machine, fuel cell system, and vehicle
AssigneeZF CV Systems Global GmbH
InventorsThorge Kentschke, Florian Steinberger, Raphael Zwick
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Abstract
A volute is for a flow machine for a fuel cell system of a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle. The volute has: a flow inlet for supplying the volute with an air flow which includes fluid constituents; and a helical flow body for guiding the air flow; wherein the flow body has an outlet opening for discharging the fluid constituents, which are separated from the air flow within the flow body, out of the flow body.
Claims17
A volute for a turbomachine for a fuel cell system of a vehicle, the volute comprising:
- a flow inlet for applying an air flow including fluid constituents to the volute;
- a spiral-shaped flow body for guiding the air flow;
- and,
- said spiral-shaped flow body having a discharge opening for discharging from said spiral-shaped flow body the fluid constituents separated from the air flow within said spiral-shaped flow body.
A turbomachine for a fuel cell system of a vehicle, the turbomachine comprising:
- a volute having a flow inlet for applying an air flow including fluid constituents to the volute;
- said volute further having a spiral-shaped flow body for guiding the air flow;
- and,
- said spiral-shaped flow body having a discharge opening for discharging from said spiral-shaped flow body the fluid constituents separated from the air flow within said spiral-shaped flow body.
A fuel cell system comprising:
- a turbomachine including a volute having a flow inlet for applying an air flow including fluid constituents to the volute;
- said volute further having a spiral-shaped flow body for guiding the air flow;
- said spiral-shaped flow body having a discharge opening for discharging from said spiral-shaped flow body the fluid constituents separated from the air flow within said spiral-shaped flow body;
- and,
- a fuel cell stack configured to be operatively connected to said turbomachine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.