Systems and methods are provided for regulating fuel cell backpressure or humidity in conjunction with a flow control assembly that recovers energy resulting from the regulation. An exemplary vehicle system includes a fuel cell stack, a flow control valve to regulate a fluid flow exiting the fuel cell stack, and a flow control assembly parallel to the flow control valve to generate electrical energy in response to a bypass portion of the fluid flow that bypasses the flow control valve based on an orientation of the flow control valve with respect to the fluid flow.
Fuel cell regulation using loss recovery systems
2018-07-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES |
OUTPUT PERFORMANCE RECOVERY DEVICE OF FUEL CELL AND OUTPUT PERFORMANCE RECOVERY METHOD OF FUEL CELL
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