EP1145352A2 - Liquid-cooled fuel cell battery comprising an integrated heat exchanger - Google Patents
Liquid-cooled fuel cell battery comprising an integrated heat exchangerInfo
- Publication number
- EP1145352A2 EP1145352A2 EP00904806A EP00904806A EP1145352A2 EP 1145352 A2 EP1145352 A2 EP 1145352A2 EP 00904806 A EP00904806 A EP 00904806A EP 00904806 A EP00904806 A EP 00904806A EP 1145352 A2 EP1145352 A2 EP 1145352A2
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- Prior art keywords
- fuel cell
- heat exchanger
- cooling circuit
- battery
- primary
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
- H01M8/04007—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids related to heat exchange
- H01M8/04029—Heat exchange using liquids
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
- H01M8/04082—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
- H01M8/04089—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
- H01M8/04119—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyte; Humidifying or dehumidifying
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M2250/00—Fuel cells for particular applications; Specific features of fuel cell system
- H01M2250/20—Fuel cells in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M2300/00—Electrolytes
- H01M2300/0017—Non-aqueous electrolytes
- H01M2300/0065—Solid electrolytes
- H01M2300/0082—Organic polymers
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
- Y02E60/50—Fuel cells
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- Y02T90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02T90/40—Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
- Y10T428/249921—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component
- Y10T428/249953—Composite having voids in a component [e.g., porous, cellular, etc.]
Definitions
- the invention relates to a fuel cell battery with liquid cooling, which has a primary and a secondary cooling circuit with an interposed heat exchanger.
- the battery is cooled in the primary cooling circuit and the coolant of the primary cooling circuit is regenerated in the secondary cooling circuit.
- the coolant of the primary cooling circuit of a fuel cell battery is subject to a particularly high level of purity because it comes partially in electrical contact with current-carrying components of the fuel cell battery and, in order to avoid a short circuit, may be only slightly conductive, if at all. For example, distilled water or pure alcohol is often used as the coolant.
- the primary cooling circuit In order to maintain the low conductivity of the coolant, the primary cooling circuit must be made from selected and expensive construction materials.
- a PEM fuel cell battery is known from DE 19608738, in which the waste heat from the battery is used for heating. Because of the purity of the coolant required in the fuel cell battery, the heat from the battery cannot be extracted directly via the heating water, but a heat exchanger is connected between the primary and secondary cooling circuits.
- the problem also arises that two cooling circuits with a heat exchanger interposed must be formed because, because of the purity required for the coolant in the primary cooling circuit, no additives such as antifreeze may be present there. Accordingly, the primary cooling circuit must be protected against frost in the mobile application. are protected, whereas the coolant of the secondary cooling circuit may contain an antifreeze.
- a disadvantage of the known construction for a liquid-cooled fuel cell battery is that the primary cooling circuit is connected to an external heat exchanger via external lines, ie lines which lead out of the fuel cell battery. This not only consumes expensive material for the lines of the primary cooling circuit, but also creates a large space requirement, which is particularly troublesome in the mobile application and which unnecessarily increases the volume and the weight of the fuel cell system mentioned.
- the invention relates to a liquid-cooled fuel cell battery with a primary and a secondary cooling circuit, in which a heat exchanger is integrated so that the lines of the primary cooling circuit from the fuel cell stack to the heat exchanger are essentially within the fuel cell battery.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel cell battery with a primary and secondary cooling circuit, in which the primary cooling circuit is guided essentially within the battery, the heated and used cooling medium of the primary cooling circuit in a heat exchanger which is integrated in the fuel cell battery, is regenerated.
- the heat exchanger is a plate heat exchanger, the plates of which are of the dimensions Fuel cell units in the fuel cell stack resemble the battery and are simply stacked on top of the fuel cell units.
- the heat exchanger can be made of metal, an alloy, a
- Plastic or ceramic but it must be a good heat-conductive material that does not endanger the purity of the primary coolant and at the same time is resistant to the coolant of the secondary cooling circuit.
- a metal such as e.g. Stainless steel is used, which can be treated on one or both surfaces.
- the coolant pump for the primary cooling circuit is flanged to one of the end plates of the battery, so that external lines in the primary cooling circuit are completely avoided. This also eliminates heat loss from the primary cooling medium that would otherwise be generated via external lines. The entire waste heat from the system is then transferred to the coolant of the secondary cooling circuit in the heat exchanger.
- “Fuel cell battery” here means the entire unit, which includes the fuel cell stack with the fuel cell units and any cooling elements, the primary cooling circuit, the integrated heat exchanger, the connections for the secondary cooling circuit and the end plates.
- An integrated gas humidifier can also be provided in the battery .
- Fuel cell stack on the other hand, is only called the core of the battery, the stack of fuel cell units with supply channels and possibly cooling elements.
- the coolant of the primary cooling circuit is particularly critical with regard to its conductivity, which should be as minimal as possible. Distilled water and / or is preferred pure alcohol used.
- the coolant of the secondary cooling circuit ⁇ may be any liquid cooling medium with ⁇ be arbitrary additives.
- the heat exchanger can be connected to the fuel cell stack in various ways.
- the fuel cell stack and the heat exchanger are arranged on a common carrier according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross section through a further preferred embodiment of a fuel cell battery.
- FIGS 2 to 4 show block diagrams of preferred embodiments of the method.
- FIG. 1 shows a fuel cell stack which comprises individual fuel cell units 4 with cooling elements.
- the end plate 5 is located on one side of the stack and the heat exchanger 3 on the other side.
- the connection of the heat exchanger 3 and the fuel cell units 4 takes place here by installing the heat exchanger 3 in the fuel cell stack, in that the heat exchanger 3 is stacked exactly like the fuel cell units 4 .
- the heat exchanger 3 can be implemented simply by inserting at least one additional sheet into the fuel cell stack.
- the coolant of the primary cooling circuit then flows on one side of the sheet, while the coolant of the secondary cooling circuit flows on the other side.
- the heat exchanger 3 can also comprise many individual plates, all of which can be arranged after the fuel cell stack or also between the fuel cell units 4 of the stack.
- the heat exchanger 3 and the fuel cell units 4 are fastened by compressing the combined stack of fuel cell units 4 and the heat exchanger 3 with the common end plates 5.
- heat exchangers of conventional design can be connected to the fuel cell stack, preferably on its end plates 5, by screwing, pressing or gluing to form a battery with an integrated heat exchanger.
- the integrated heat exchanger with the fuel cell stack is preferably insulated against thermal losses and / or against frost.
- the end plates 5 have inlets and outlets 2, 6 and 7 for external lines. These are the connections of the secondary cooling circuit and the fuel and oxidant supply.
- FIG. 2 shows the block diagram of an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- the stack 4 is supplied with fuel and oxidant via lines 6 and 7.
- the waste heat from the stack 4 is released via the primary cooling circuit 8, which runs via the coolant pump 1, to the heat exchanger 3 integrated in the fuel cell battery.
- the secondary cooling circuit 9 connects to the heat exchanger 3.
- the axial channels (not shown in the schematic view), which are generally available for the coolant circulation in the fuel cell battery, can be expanded so that the heat exchanger 3, insofar as it is supplied by the primary cooling circuit, is supplied by these axial channels (axial means perpendicular to the membrane of a fuel cell unit, ie in the stacking direction).
- separate supply channels can also be provided for the part of the heat exchanger that is connected to the primary cooling circuit.
- the secondary cooling circuit must have its own, closed pipe system anyway.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 deal with block diagrams in which the interposition of a gas humidifier 11 can be seen.
- the gas humidifiers for fuel gas or oxidant are e.g. integrated in the stack. Alternatively, they are attached externally.
- the humidifiers can be heated either via the primary or secondary cooling circuit.
- FIG. 3 shows an integrated humidifier 11 which is heated via the primary cooling circuit 8. Compared to FIG. 2, the figure is only expanded by the humidifier 11 and the coolant pump 10 of the secondary cooling circuit.
- FIG. 4 corresponds to FIG. 3 except for the position of the humidifier 11, which in this case is attached externally and which is heated via the secondary cooling circuit 9.
- the invention relates to a fuel cell battery
- Liquid cooling which has a primary and a secondary cooling circuit with an interposed heat exchanger.
- the heat exchanger is structurally integrated in the battery, so that the primary cooling circuit, the material and coolant of which is expensive, is carried entirely within the battery, and the primary cooling circuit manages without external lines, i.e. lines that lead out of the battery and accordingly have heat losses .
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DE19900166 | 1999-01-05 | ||
DE19900166A DE19900166C1 (en) | 1999-01-05 | 1999-01-05 | Liquid-cooled fuel-cell battery with integrated heat exchanger |
PCT/DE2000/000007 WO2000041261A2 (en) | 1999-01-05 | 2000-01-03 | Liquid-cooled fuel cell battery comprising an integrated heat exchanger |
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US (1) | US20020009648A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1145352A2 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002534776A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1341284A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2358257A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE19900166C1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000041261A2 (en) |
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