Fuel Cell System
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJae Kwan Bae, Hae Wook Park, Seung Man Park, Ha Neul Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack configured to include at least one fuel cell, a magnetic field forming portion configured to variably form a magnetic field between an anode and a cathode of at least one fuel cell, and a controller configured to selectively control a direction of the magnetic field between a first direction, oriented from the cathode to the anode, and a second direction, oriented from the anode to the cathode when a magnetic field is formed.
Claims20
A fuel cell system, comprising:
- a fuel cell stack comprising at least one fuel cell, wherein the at least one fuel cell comprises an anode and a cathode;
- at least one electromagnet installed on the fuel cell stack and variably forms a magnetic field between the anode and the cathode;
- and
- a controller circuit configured to selectively control, the electromagnet to form the magnetic field in a first direction, oriented from the cathode to the anode, or a second direction, oriented from the anode to the cathode.
A fuel cell system, comprising:
- a fuel cell stack comprising at least one fuel cell, wherein the at least one fuel cell comprises an anode and a cathode;
- an electromagnet configured to variably form a magnetic field between the anode and the cathode;
- at least one sensor configured to determine at least one physical characteristic associated with the at least one fuel cell;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to cause the fuel cell system to control, based on the at least one physical characteristic, the electromagnet to:
- form the magnetic field in a changed direction, or
- change an intensity of the magnetic field.
A method performed by an apparatus of a fuel cell system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from at least one sensor of the fuel cell system, at least one physical characteristic of a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system;
- and
- controlling, based on the at least one physical characteristic, an electromagnet to form a magnetic field across a fuel cell of the fuel cell stack, wherein at least one of a direction of the magnetic field or an intensity of the magnetic field is set based on the at least one physical characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.