Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Lsis Co., Ltd.

Kia Corporation

Kia Motor Corporation

Mahle Donghyun Filter Systems Co., Ltd.

Hun Woo Park

Sung Wook Na

Su Dong Han

Jin Hun Lee

Young-Gyu Yu

Hyun Ju Ji

Jun Ho Jang

Tae Geun Kim

Hyung Wook Kim

Myung Ju Jung

Chi Myung Kim

Hyung Kook Kim

Sun Ae Park

Oh Tak Kwon

Hyun Young Park

Wook Il Jang

Ju Chan Jang

Seung Yong Lee

Dae Jong Kim

Il Hwan Kim

Min Kyu Lee

Young Gyu Yu

Hark Koo Kim

Sun Heum Baek

Hee-Tae Roh

Soo Hwan Park

Seong-Joon Lee

Jae-Shik Yoon

Hwan Choi

Hae-Tae Roh

Ki Young Nam

Sung Bok Yoo

Chui Wan Park

An embodiment integrated cooling control valve applied to a fuel cell thermal management system (TMS) includes a ball valve having at least three layers, wherein the ball valve includes a valve housing including a first port fluidly connected to a fuel cell stack, a second port coupled to a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater, a third port coupled to an ion filter, a fourth port coupled to a radiator, and a fifth port coupled to a coolant supply pump, and a valve plate disposed within the valve housing and including at least three layers to open and close the first port, the second port, the third port, the fourth port, and the fifth port.

Integrated cooling control valve

An integrated cooling module of a fuel cell stack is attached to a housing of the fuel cell stack, and the integrated cooling module is connected to a plurality of components constituting a thermal management system of a fuel cell. In particular, the integrated cooling module includes: a first injection member defining flow paths guiding coolant into one or more components of the thermal management system of the fuel cell, and at least one second injection member coupled to the first injection member, and the coolants going through the components flow into the fuel cell stack through any one of the flow paths defined by the integrated cooling module.

Integrated cooling module of fuel cell stack and thermal management system including integrated cooling module

An ion filter for a fuel-cell stack, which is configured for overcoming restrictions related to hydraulic head on the ion filter in a fuel-cell system and has a simplified structure, may include a manifold unit of diverging a coolant introduced from an outside; and an ion filter unit connected to the manifold unit to receive the coolant from the manifold unit and including a cartridge assembly having an ion filter resin.

Ion filter for fuel-cell stack

An apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger for a vehicle has a plurality of cooling panels bonded to each other by pressing a cooling panel module where the plurality of cooling panels are stacked vertically, including: a fixing portion for supporting top and bottom ends of the cooling panel module; and a pair of elastic portions that are provided between the top or bottom end of the cooling panel module and the fixing portion, and are arranged symmetrically based on a top or bottom surface of the cooling panel module to compress the cooling panel module.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing heat exchanger for vehicle

A thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle is provided. The thermal management system includes a fuel cell stack, a heater configured to use power generated by the fuel cell stack, a radiator configured to cool a coolant, a pump configured to circulate the coolant, and a valve configured to control a temperature of the coolant by adjusting a flow rate of the coolant supplied to the pump from at least one of the fuel cell stack, the heater, or the radiator.

Thermal management system for fuel cell vehicle

A fuel cell system comprising: a first line configured to pass through a fuel cell stack and allow a coolant to circulate therein; a pump provided in the first line; a second line having one end connected to the first line at a first point positioned between an outlet of the pump and the fuel cell stack, and the other end connected to the first line at a second point positioned between an inlet of the pump and the fuel cell stack; a heater provided in the second line to heat the coolant flowing along the second line; and a third line configured to pass through an air conditioning unit, connected to the first line between the first point and an outlet of the fuel cell stack, and configured to allow a part of the coolant to circulate therein.

Fuel cell system and method of operating same

The present disclosure provides a seal member that is applied to a valve assembly. The seal member includes: a cylindrical metal part supporting the seal member and defining a channel through which cooling water flows; and a valve seat provided to surround an outer surface of the cylindrical metal part and keeping the valve assembly hermetic, in which the valve seat has a first sealing portion protruding from a second end of the cylindrical metal part in an opposite direction to a direction in which the cylindrical metal part extends.

Valve assembly and seal member applied to the valve assembly

The present invention relates to a communication data modeling method. The communication data modeling method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: identifying a service list of an electronic device; making a first communication data sheet for communication protocol standards of the electronic device; making a second communication data sheet for products related to the electronic device; making a final communication data sheet by combining the first communication data sheet and the second communication data sheet; and creating a communication data model on the basis of the final communication data sheet.

Communication data modeling method

An apparatus for discharging water in exhaust fluid is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body having an inlet disposed on an exhaust path for exhausting exhaust fluid exhausted from a fuel cell stack to the outside and through which the exhaust fluid is introduced, an outlet communicating with the outside, an interior space allowing the inlet and the outlet to communicate each other, and a discharge passage communicating with the outside to discharge water in the interior space. The apparatus further includes a first resistance unit disposed on a flow path along which the exhaust fluid flows in the interior space and having first fine holes through which at least a portion of the exhaust fluid passes, and a second resistance unit disposed on a discharge path along which the water in the interior space is discharged through the discharge passage and having second fine holes through which the water passes.

Apparatus for discharging water in exhaust fluid and silencer for fuel cell vehicle

A sealing member of a multi-direction changeover valve for maintaining air-tightness between an orifice formed in a valve body rotatably installed in a valve housing and a port through which fluid flows into or out of the valve housing. The sealing member includes an annular seal part and an annular frame inserted into the seal part to support the seal part such that the seal part is brought into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the port.

Sealing member for a multi-direction changeover valve and a multi-direction changeover valve including the sealing member

A mechanical valve for adjusting coolant flow which may be opened and closed based on the pressure of a coolant and a fuel cell cooling system using the same are provided. The valve has a mechanical valve structure to be opened and closed by the pressure of a coolant introduced into a coolant inlet and thus blocks and permits the coolant circulated to an ion filter line during operation of a fuel cell stack at the maximum output. The valve performs a coolant flow blocking function executed by a conventional electronic valve and thus a fuel cell cooling system has a simplified structure using the valve.

Valve for controlling coolant flow and fuel cell cooling system using the same

A coolant bypass structure includes a main loop forming a channel in which coolant circulates; a bypass loop connected to the main loop and forming a selective bypass channel; and a stack bypass valve provided between the main loop and the bypass loop to open and close the bypass loop according to a predetermined temperature, and provided with an outlet temperature sensor. The coolant bypass structure may improve marketability by decreasing the starting time of the fuel cell vehicle in a frozen state and improve power efficiency.

Coolant bypass structure

In some embodiments, a load power monitoring system includes a distribution board to distribute a electric power applied from a external electric power supply source or a first renewable energy source to an electric device, at least one power metering device to sense electric energy of at least one of the electric power supply source and the first renewable energy source, a second power metering device to sense electric energy distributed to the electric device, a third power metering device to sense electric energy generated from a second renewable energy source, and a monitoring server to collect electric energy data sensed at each of the power metering devices and monitor the load power based on the collected electric energy data.

Power metering system, load power monitoring system using the same and operation method thereof

Disclosed embodiments relate to a power monitoring system. In some embodiments, the power monitoring system includes: a sampling device configured to measure patterns of energy consumed by loads included in the power system; an electric meter configured to measure an amount of second energy supplied from a system to the power system; a power supply configured to supply power stored therein or generate power to supply the power system and measure an amount of third energy supplied; and an external server configured to receive at least one of the patterns, the amount of the second energy and the amount of the third energy and analyze the patterns to acquire an amount of first energy for each of the loads. In some embodiments, the external server calculates at least one of the amount of the first, second and third energy.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hun Woo Park