Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080311440 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes a power unit that generates power using a fuel; a fuel storage unit that stores the fuel; a fuel supply device that conveys the fuel from the fuel storage unit to the power unit; and a control unit that controls the supply of the fuel and the generation of power. The fuel supply device includes a fuel supply control device that controls the supply of fuel according to a signal generated by the control unit. The control unit includes a fuel control unit that generates the signal according to the information of the fuel storage unit and the state information of the power unit. | 12-18-2008 |
20090023044 | POWER UNIT AND CARTRIDGE, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING POWER UNIT AND CARTRIDGE - A power unit, a fuel cartridge, and a fuel cell system having the power unit and the fuel cartridge. The power unit includes a coupling unit to couple with the fuel cartridge. The coupling unit includes a nozzle that receives fuel supplied from the fuel cartridge, a selection key to selectively mate with the fuel cartridge, and an outer unit surrounding the nozzle. An end of the nozzle is located between the selection key and an end of the outer unit. | 01-22-2009 |
20100209788 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell stack for generating electrical energy by reacting oxidant and mixed fuel, and for discharging non-reacted fuel, oxidant, moisture, and carbon dioxide; a mixer for preparing the mixed fuel by mixing at least a portion of the non-reacted fuel, oxidant and moisture with concentrated fuel and for supplying the mixed fuel to the fuel cell stack; a fuel supply unit for supplying the concentrated fuel to the mixer; an oxidant supply unit for supplying the oxidant to the fuel cell stack; a first heat exchanger between an outlet of the fuel cell stack and the mixer; and a second heat exchanger between the mixer and an inlet of the fuel cell stack. | 08-19-2010 |
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20080290831 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING BATTERY AND METHOD OF CONSUMING RESIDUAL FUEL IN THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system having a back-up battery and a method of consuming residual fuel in the fuel cell system in which the fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a system controller, a back-up battery, a converter, a fuel supply control, and a driver to drive the fuel supply control, and a charger disposed between the converter and a load. A power output end of the charger is directly connected to the back-up battery via a switch. The converter includes a first converter connected to the back-up battery and a second converter connected to the fuel cell, and the first and second converters are commonly connected to the charger. | 11-27-2008 |
20090042073 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING POWER OF VARIOUS LEVELS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fuel cell system capable of supplying power at various levels and a method of operating the same includes a power unit having a stack, a power generation unit including unit cells, and a switch group to connect the unit cells in series or in parallel wit. The switch group may include a first switch to connect anodes of two neighboring unit cells, a second switch to connect cathodes of the two neighboring unit cells, and a third switch to connect the two neighboring unit cells in series. | 02-12-2009 |
20090087703 | RECYCLER FOR DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A recycler for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that uses methanol as a direct feed fuel includes: a housing in which a gas-liquid mixture recovered from a stack is accommodated; a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing; and a motor to rotate the rotor, wherein, when the rotor is rotated by the motor, a phase separation occurs such that liquid in the gas-liquid mixture is collected mainly in an outer region of the housing and gas is collected in the center region of the housing due to the centrifugal force. Accordingly, as it is unnecessary to align a liquid outlet port of the housing with a gravitational direction, the recycler can be employed in a mobile apparatus whose orientation occasionally changes. Also, the recycler does not use a membrane whose performance is rapidly reduced over time so that effective performance can be maintained for a long operation time. | 04-02-2009 |
20100098981 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM HAVING FUEL CIRCULATION STRUCTURE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In a fuel cell system including a fuel cartridge and a fuel supply module, the fuel cartridge includes at least two ports, wherein a first port from among the at least two ports is a fuel inlet port and a second port from among the at least two ports is a fuel outlet port. The fuel cartridge may also include a fuel pouch or the fuel cartridge itself may be the fuel pouch. The fuel supply module may include a fuel circulation structure that circulates the fuel before the fuel is supplied to the stack. The fuel cell system may be equipped with an electronic apparatus and serve as a source of power. | 04-22-2010 |
20100167095 | DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system including: a separator receiving a gas-liquid mixture discharged from a stack and separating the mixture to gas and a liquid; a methanol cartridge storing high concentration methanol; and a fuel mixer for methanol dilution. The separator and the fuel mixer are separate structures, each including an agitator for stirring a liquid. The agitators can be on the same rotation axis. | 07-01-2010 |