[특허]Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger

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Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	H01M-008/04
미국특허분류(USC)	429/026; 429/024; 429/034; 429/013; 165/110; 068/393; 068/434
출원번호	US-0701988 (2003-11-05)
발명자 / 주소	Schrooten,Jeremy A. Schmidt,Wayde R. Rice,Cynthia A. Perry,Michael L. Michels,H. Harvey Marzullo,Jesse M. Hagans,Patrick L.
출원인 / 주소	UTC Fuel Cells, LLC
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 5 인용 특허 : 8

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A freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) includes at least one fuel cell (12), a coolant loop (18) including a freeze tolerant accumulator (22) for storing and separating a water immiscible fluid and water coolant, a direct contact heat exchanger (56) for mixing the water immiscible fluid and the water coolant within a mixing region (72) of the heat exchanger (56), a coolant pump (21) for circulating the coolant through the coolant loop (18), a radiator loop (84) for circulating the water immiscible fluid through the heat exchanger ( 56), and a radiator (86) for removing heat from the coolant. The plant (10) utilizes the water immiscible fluid during steady-state operation to cool the fuel cell and during shut down of the plant to displace water from the fuel cell (12) to the freeze tolerant accumulator (22).

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What is claimed is: 1. A freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant for generating an electrical current from hydrogen containing reducing fluid fuel and oxygen containing oxidant reactant streams, the plant comprising: a. at least one fuel cell (12) including a coolant inlet (14) and a coolant outlet (16) for directing a water immiscible fluid and the water component to flow through the fuel cell (12); b. a coolant loop (18) including a freeze tolerant accumulator means (22) secured in fluid communication with the fuel cell coolant outlet (16) for storing and separating the water immiscible fluid and the water component, a direct contact heat exchanger (56) secured in fluid communication with the accumulator means ( 22) and the fuel cell coolant inlet (14), and a coolant circulating means (21) secured in fluid communication with a coolant passage (20) of the coolant loop (18) for circulating the water immiscible fluid and the water component through the coolant loop (18); and, c. a radiator loop (84) including a radiator (86 ) secured in fluid communication between a water immiscible fluid discharge (91) and water immiscible fluid inlet (90) of the direct contact heat exchanger (56) that removes heat from the water immiscible fluid passing through the radiator (86), and a radiator pump (92) secured to the radiator loop (84) for circulating the water immiscible fluid through the radiator (86) and direct contact heat exchanger (56). 2. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, further comprising a water immiscible fluid reservoir (94) secured in fluid communication with the radiator (86) and the direct contact heat exchanger (56) for supplying the water immiscible fluid to the radiator loop (84) and coolant loop ( 18). 3. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, further comprising operational control valve means for selectively directing the water component within the direct contact heat exchanger (56) to flow out of a water region (76) of the heat exchanger (22) into the coolant loop (18) and the water immiscible fluid to flow out of a separation region (74) of the heat exchanger into the radiator loop (84). 4. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the water immiscible fluid is selected from the group consisting of silicones, silicone copolymers, substituted silicones, siloxanes, polysiloxanes, substituted siloxanes or polysiloxanes and mixtures thereof. 5. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the water immiscible fluid is selected from the group consisting of perfluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers and mixtures thereof. 6. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the water immiscible fluid is selected from the group consisting of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes having six or more carbon atoms and mixtures thereof. 7. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the water immiscible fluid has a freezing temperature equal to or less than minus twenty degrees Celsius, has a surface tension of less than or equal to 35 dynes/cm, and has a solubility in water of less than 0.1 percent. 8. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the water immiscible fluid has a freezing temperature equal to or less than minus twenty degrees Celsius, has a surface tension of less than or equal to 20 dynes/cm, and has a solubility in water of less than 0.1 percent. 9. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, wherein the accumulator means (22) includes a porous layer separating a water region (26) from a water immiscible region (24) of the accumulator (22). 10. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, further comprising a by-pass coolant passage (58) secured in fluid communication with the direct contact heat exchanger (56) and the accumulator (22) for directing the water component or water immiscible fluid to by-pass the heat exchanger (56). 11. The freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) of claim 1, further comprising: a. an accumulator feed valve means (48) secured in fluid communication with the coolant loop (18) for selectively directing the water immiscible fluid or the water component within the coolant loop (18) to flow into either a water inlet (30) of the accumulator (22) or a water immiscible fluid inlet (42) of the accumulator (22); b. an accumulator discharge valve means (50) secured in fluid communication with the coolant loop (18) for selectively directing flow of the water component from the accumulator (22) into the coolant loop (18) through an accumulator water outlet ( 32), or flow of the water immiscible fluid from the accumulator ( 22) into the coolant loop (18) through an accumulator water immiscible fluid outlet (34) or a water immiscible fluid discharge header (40) of the accumulator means (22); and, c. a direct contact heat exchanger feed valve means (54 ) secured in fluid communication with the coolant loop (18) for selectively directing the water immiscible fluid or the water component to flow into a mixing inlet (70) of the direct contact heat exchanger (56) or to by-pass the direct contact heat exchanger ( 56). 12. A method of operating a freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10), the power plant (10) including at least one fuel cell (12) having a coolant inlet (14) and a coolant outlet (16) for directing a water immiscible fluid and the water component to flow through the fuel cell (12), a coolant loop ( 18) including a freeze tolerant accumulator (22) secured in fluid communication with the fuel cell coolant outlet (16) for storing and separating the water immiscible fluid and the water component, and a coolant pump (21) secured in fluid communication with a coolant passage (20) of the coolant loop (18) for circulating coolant through the coolant loop (18), the method comprising the steps of: a. securing a direct contact heat exchanger (56) in fluid communication with the accumulator (22) and the fuel cell coolant inlet (14); b. providing a radiator loop (84) including a radiator (86) secured in fluid communication between a water immiscible fluid discharge (91) and water immiscible fluid inlet (90) of the direct contact heat exchanger (56) that removes heat from the water immiscible fluid passing through the radiator (86), a radiator pump (92) secured to the radiator loop (84) for circulating the water immiscible fluid through the radiator (86) and direct contact heat exchanger (56); c. mixing the water coolant with the water immiscible fluid within a mixing region (72) of the direct contact heat exchanger (56); and, d. separating the water component within the direct contact heat exchanger (56) so that the water coolant flows out of a water region (76) of the heat exchanger (22) into the coolant loop (18) and the water immiscible fluid flows out of the separation region (74) into the radiator loop (84). 13. The method of claim 12, comprising the further steps of shutting down the power plant (10) by: a. directing the water component to by-pass the direct contact heat exchanger (56) and flow from the accumulator ( 22) into the coolant inlet (14) of the fuel cell (12); b. then directing water immiscible fluid to flow from the accumulator (22) into the coolant loop (18) and the fuel cell (12) displacing the water component from the fuel cell ( 12) into the accumulator (22); and, c. then directing water immiscible fluid from the the direct contact heat exchanger (56) into the fuel cell (12) and the coolant loop (18). 14. The method of claim 12, comprising the additional steps of starting up the plant (10) in sub-freezing ambient conditions by: a. passing reactant streams through the fuel cell (12) to generate heat; b. then directing flow of the water immiscible fluid from the accumulator (22) through the fuel cell (12) to heat the fluid; c. directing the heated water immiscible fluid to flow into the accumulator (22) to melt frozen water component within the accumulator (22); d. then directing the water immiscible fluid to flow from the fuel cell (12) into the direct contact heat exchanger (56) and into the radiator loop (84) after the water component is melted; e. circulating the melted water component from the accumulator (22) through the direct contact heat exchanger ( 56) and back into the accumulator (22); and, f. circulating the water immiscible fluid from the radiator loop (84) through the direct contact heat exchanger (56) and radiator (86).

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