Fuel cell exhaust fluid drain reduction
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsCarl LÖWSTEDT, Vishal TULASIGERI
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An exhaust fluid drain reducer for an exhaust system arranged downstream a fuel cell system is described. The exhaust fluid drain reducer has an exhaust fluid inlet arranged in fluid communication with main exhaust piping of the exhaust system, the main exhaust piping fluidly connecting a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system and a fluid exhaust chimney; an exhaust fluid outlet arranged in fluid communication with a fluid discharge location; and an exhaust fluid conduit fluidly connecting the exhaust fluid inlet and the exhaust fluid outlet. The exhaust fluid conduit is constructed with an inner diameter smaller than that of the main exhaust piping.
Claims20
An exhaust fluid drain reducer for an exhaust system arranged downstream a fuel cell system, wherein the exhaust fluid drain reducer comprises:
- an exhaust fluid inlet arranged in fluid communication with main exhaust piping of the exhaust system, the main exhaust piping fluidly connecting a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system and a fluid exhaust chimney;
- an exhaust fluid outlet arranged in fluid communication with a fluid discharge location;
- and
- an exhaust fluid conduit fluidly connecting the exhaust fluid inlet and the exhaust fluid outlet,
- wherein the exhaust fluid conduit is constructed with an inner diameter smaller than that of the main exhaust piping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.