Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd.

Bu Kil Kwon

Yong Gyu Noh

Hyo Sub Shim

Se Kwon Jung

Hyun Joon Lee

Duck Whan Kim

Sekwon Jung

Dong Jo Oh

Hyun Jae Lee

Hyun Jeong Lee

Yei Sik Jeon

Ik Jae Son

Yong Sun Park

Ho June Bae

Se Young Jung

Hyo Seop Kim

Young Mo Goo

Seung Eul Yoo

Ho Cheol Suh

Seok Yun Jang

A fuel supply valve is provided. The fuel supply valve includes a housing of the valve, a plunger and a hollow part. A cavity where the plunger moves is formed at one side of the housing and a contact area is formed between the housing and the plunger based on the movement of the plunger. Accordingly, fuel flow in the cavity is limited by the contact.

Fuel supply valve for fuel cell system

A method of controlling purge of a fuel cell system for a vehicle is provided. The method determines whether a purge function is normally performed in controlling purge of discharging nitrogen, hydrogen, and vapor within an anode of a fuel cell system. Particularly, the method confirms whether purge is performed by measuring a duty or a current applied to a hydrogen supply valve and measuring a change in the duty before and after an application of a purge valve operation command while adjusting a pressure inside the anode, which supplies hydrogen, to be uniform. Further, a hydrogen supply amount supplied into an anode is estimated and a change rate of a hydrogen supply amount supplied to the anode and a hydrogen amount consumed during a generation of the fuel cell system are estimated during a purge function, to determine whether purge is actually performed based on the estimated information.

Method of controlling purge of fuel cell system for vehicle

The present invention provides a method of outputting a level of a capacitive level sensor which may be provided in a water trap of a fuel cell system and the method of outputting a level of a capacitive level sensor including a level sensor including a plurality of electrodes for measuring capacitance, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode which are able to be disposed adjacent to each other in the level sensor, including: (a) measuring a change in an output value of the lower electrode; and (b) measuring a change in an output value of the upper electrode.

Method of outputting level of capacitive level sensor

A fuel cell system including a hydrogen shut-off valve and a hydrogen supply valve connected therewith, the fuel cell system including: a holder capable of accommodating the hydrogen supply valve, wherein the holder includes a rupture part which may be formed at one point between the hydrogen supply valve and the hydrogen shut-off valve, and the hydrogen shut-off valve may be accommodated in one or more extended ends of the holder, and when the rupture part is cut off by external shock the hydrogen shut-off valve and the hydrogen supply valve are disconnected from each other.

Fuel cell system including rupture part between hydrogen supply valve and hydrogen shut-off valve

A manifold device of a fuel cell stack is provided which prevents moisture condensed in gases supplied to the fuel cell stack from excessively flowing into specific cells of the stack by heating gases supplied into the stack using heat of the stack. The manifold device also prevents flooding that is caused by liquid generated in cells disposed away from a gas inlet by removing a flow rate difference of gases generated in respective cells based on distances from the gas inlet of the stack.

Manifold device of fuel cell stack

An anode discharge valve for a fuel cell system includes a valve main body which is installed in a hydrogen recirculation line of a fuel cell stack; a drive shaft which is rotatably installed in the valve main body, and coupled to an opening member which selectively opens a hydrogen discharge port by being rotated; and a mechanism which is connected to a hydrogen inlet port of the valve main body so as to form a hydrogen inflow path, and operates to rotate the drive shaft as a pressure of hydrogen inflowing through the hydrogen inflow path increases.

Anode discharge valve for fuel cell system

A recycling system in which anode off gas of a fuel cell is recycled to a stack includes a purge flow path purging the anode off gas passing through the stack, and a sprayer spraying pure gas supplied from a fuel tank to the stack. The sprayer is disposed on a path where the anode off gas passing through the stack is discharged, the purge flow path is spaced a certain distance from the sprayer, and the anode off gas passing through the stack is mixed with the pure gas by suction force of the sprayer to be introduced to the stack, thereby being recycled.

Recycling system of anode off gas in fuel cell

A valve for a fuel cell serves to discharge a fluid in a fuel cell system to the outside or other locations of the fuel cell system. The valve is mounted with a pressure transmission unit which is connected between a valve flow path unit having an inner flow path for moving a fluid and a solenoid unit for generating power for opening and closing the inner flow path of the valve flow path unit, and transmits pressure between the valve flow path unit and the solenoid unit, so as to minimize an operating load of the solenoid unit by minimizing a pressure difference between the valve flow path unit and the solenoid unit, regardless of factors such as working pressure and a temperature in the fuel cell system.

Valve for fuel cell

An apparatus and method for controlling a purge valve of a fuel cell vehicle are provided to reduce a consumption amount of hydrogen and improve fuel efficiency. In particular, whether oxygen concentration in a channel of an anode of a fuel cell stack exceeds a reference value is estimated while restarting the vehicle after the vehicle is parked. Then, an open time of a purge valve is adjusted based on a parking time of a vehicle when the hydrogen concentration is greater than the reference value.

Apparatus and method for controlling purge valve of fuel cell vehicle

Disclosed are a system and a method for discharging a gas and condensed water for a fuel cell system. The gas and condensed water discharge system comprises: a fuel cell stack that includes cathodes and anodes and produces an electric current by an electrochemical reaction of oxygen and hydrogen; a water trap that temporarily stores gases and water discharged from anodes of the stack and condensed water; an integrated drain valve that is mounted at the water trap so as to generate the gas flow path for gases and the condensed water passing through a discharge portion of the integrated drain valve and discharged out of the water trap; and a controller that discharges the gases and the condensed water by opening and closing the integrated drain valve.

Gas and condensed water discharge system for fuel cell system and control method thereof

A fuel cell stack manifold having an ejector function of which the manufacturing cost and the weight can be reduced by optimizing hydrogen supply and recirculation channels and removing other members. hardware without a separate ejector structure for additionally attaching an ejector, of which the productivity can be improved by removing from an ejector assembly process. The fuel cell system minimizes joints through which hydrogen may leak, by implementing a new structure of a manifold added with an ejector function by integrally forming/manufacturing a stack manifold having a venturi and diffuser structure and adding a nozzle thereto.

Fuel cell stack manifold with ejector function

A fuel cell system having a hydrogen supply manifold is provided and includes a stack that uses supplied air and fuel gas to generate electricity. A recirculation line recirculates a fuel gas, to an inlet of the stack. An ejector unit is disposed on the recirculation line, supplies fresh fuel gas, and circulates the recirculated gas. The ejector unit includes a middle pressure manifold in which a nozzle mounting portion is formed and a supply passage to transmit fuel gas to the nozzle mounting portion. A control valve is disposed on the middle pressure manifold to adjust fuel supplied to the stack. A nozzle is engaged with an end portion of the nozzle mounting portion to inject fuel gas supplied through the supply passage. Additionally, a low pressure manifold is engaged with the middle pressure manifold to suction and mix exhaust gas of the stack.

Fuel cell system using hydrogen supply manifold

A fuel cell including a stack in which a plurality of cells are stacked includes an air manifold and a hydrogen manifold on a first side and a second side of the stack, respectively, a jet array including a tubular body inserted in the air manifold or the hydrogen manifold and a plurality of orifices formed in the tubular body and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, a pump or a valve for supplying air or hydrogen to the jet array; and a controller that operates the pump or the valve.

Fuel cell

The present invention relates to a fuel cell system for vehicles and a method for controlling the same which stably maintains an output of a fuel cell by precisely estimating a recirculated hydrogen amount to a stack. A fuel cell system according to the present invention may include: a stack comprising a plurality of unit cells for generating electrical energy by electrochemical reaction of a fuel and an oxidizing agent; a blower for recirculating a gas exhausted from the stack so as to supply the gas back to the stack; an ejector for recirculating the gas exhausted from the stack, receiving hydrogen so as to mix the hydrogen to the recirculated gas, and supplying the mixture to the stack; a sensor module for detecting a driving condition of the vehicle; and a control portion for controlling operations of the blower and the ejector by using the driving condition of the vehicle and performance maps of the blower and the ejector.

Fuel cell stack including ejector and blower for anode recirculation and method for controlling the same

A fuel cell system includes an air manifold through which air is supplied or exhausted, a fuel gas manifold through which fuel gas is supplied or exhausted, a stack portion that generates electricity by using air and fuel that are supplied by the air manifold and the fuel gas manifold, and an injection array that is disposed along an inside of the air manifold or the fuel gas manifold to inject air or fuel gas.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Bu Kil Kwon