Gas-liquid separation device and fuel cell system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShota MAEDA, Yuji OKAMURA
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Abstract
A gas-liquid separation device includes: a gas-liquid separation unit that separates exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell into gas and liquid; a reservoir unit that can store liquidseparated by the gas-liquid separation unit; a drain valve provided at a lower end portion of the reservoir unit; and a heater provided in the reservoir unit, wherein a heat generating portion of the heater includes an internal heat generating portion located inside the reservoir unit, and the internal heat generating portion and a drain inlet of the drain valve face each other.
Claims9
A gas-liquid separation device comprising:
- a gas-liquid separation unit configured to separate exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell into gas and liquid;
- a reservoir unit configured to store liquidseparated by the gas-liquid separation unit;
- a drain valve provided at a lower end portion of the reservoir unit;
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- a heater provided in the reservoir unit,
- whereinthe heater includes a heat generating portion, and the heat generating portion includes an internal heat generating portion located inside the reservoir unit, and
- the internal heat generating portion and a drain inlet of the drain valve face each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.