Lg Electronics Inc.

Hyoungsuk Woo

Dongkeun Yang

Heejoong Jang

Namjoon Cho

Choonjae Ryu

Woojin Cho

Hyeri Park

Jongchul Ha

Jihoon Jun

Jaeyoung Won

Donghyuk Lee

Hyungsoon Kim

A fuel cell system includes: a stack generating electric power using reformed gas; a fuel processing device supplying reformed gas; a first gas passage connecting the stack and the fuel processing device, and carrying the reformed gas; a second gas passage connecting the stack and the fuel processing device and carrying an anode off gas (AOG) discharged from the stack; a buffer tank storing the AOG; a first buffer tank passage connecting the buffer tank and the second gas passage; a second buffer tank passage carrying the AOG stored in the buffer tank; a gas mixer connected to the second buffer tank passage and supplying the AOG stored in the buffer tank to the stack; and a controller controlling the gas mixer to supply the anode off gas stored in the buffer tank to the stack so as to preheat the stack or remove air in the stack.

Fuel cell system

A fuel cell apparatus may include a stack, a reformer configured to generate reformed gas, a burner, a water supply tank configured to store cooling water, a burner air blower configured to draw in external air and then to blow the air, a vertex tube configured to convert the air into heated air and cooled air, a three-way valve configured to supply the air from the burner air blower selectively to the vertex tube or the burner, a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the air discharged from the vertex tube and the cooling water, a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the air discharged from the vertex tube and the reformed gas, and a four-way valve configured to supply the heated air and the cooled air to the first and second heat exchangers.

Fuel cell apparatus and method for controlling the same

A fuel cell apparatus may include a stack, a stack air blower configured to supply external air to the stack, a humidifier configured to extract moisture contained in exhaust air and to supply the extracted moisture to external air supplied to the stack, a first bypass channel configured to allow exhaust air to bypass the humidifier, a first three-way valve controlled to adjust the amount of exhaust air that bypasses the humidifier, and a humidity sensor configured to sense the humidity of external air. The fuel cell apparatus may also include a second bypass channel configured to allow external air to bypass the humidifier, a second three-way valve controlled to adjust the amount of external air that bypasses the humidifier, and a controller configured to control the first three-way valve and the second three-way valve depending on the sensed humidity value of the external air.

Fuel cell apparatus

Disclosed is a desulfurizer of a fuel cell. The desulfurizer includes a pipe extended long and having one side that is open and the other side that is closed; a cap coupled to one side of the pipe and closing the pipe; a plurality of baffles installed in an inner space of the pipe and sequentially partitioning the inner space in a direction crossing a length direction of the pipe; an inflow pipe penetrating through the cap and the plurality of baffles and communicating from the outside of the pipe to the inner space of the pipe; and an outflow pipe installed in the cap and communicating the outside of the pipe and the inner space of the pipe.

Desulfurizer

A fuel cell stack includes a first stack including a plurality of first fuel cells stacked on each other, and a second stack including a plurality of second fuel cells stacked on each other and disposed on one side of the first stack. Each of the first stack and the second stack includes a fuel inlet hole, through which fuel to be supplied to anodes of the respective first and second fuel cells is introduced, a fuel discharge hole, through which the fuel passing through the anodes is discharged, an air inlet hole, through which air to be supplied to cathodes of the respective first and second fuel cells is introduced, and an air discharge hole, through which the air passing through the cathodes is discharged. The fuel cell stack divided into the two stacks increases a charging ratio of hydrogen at the anodes of the respective stacks.

Fuel cell stack

A fuel cell exhaust device includes a pipe having one side open and the other side closed, a water tank having one side open and the other side closed, a reformer exhaust pipe communicating with the pipe between one side and the other side of the pipe, a stack exhaust pipe which is spaced apart from the reformer exhaust pipe and communicates with the pipe between one side and the other side of the pipe, a drain pipe positioned adjacent to the reformer exhaust pipe or the stack exhaust pipe and disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the water tank to communicate with the inside of the water tank, and a hole defined on the closed other side of the pipe and spaced apart from the closed other side of the water tank.

Fuel cell exhaust device

A blower fan for preventing noise generated from blades and a peripheral interference object is provided, the blower fan including a cylindrical hub, a plurality of blades disposed to be spaced apart an asymmetric distance from one another about the hub, and a balancer connected to the hub to balance the blades.

Blower fan

A fuel cell has a stack that includes a fuel electrode and air electrode on opposite sides of an electrolyte membrane. The fuel electrode includes first and second fuel ports communicative via a fuel flow path, and the air electrode includes first and second air ports communicative via an air flow path. The fuel cell also includes first and second fuel feeders communicative with the first and second fuel ports, and first and second air feeders communicative with the first and second air ports. The fuel cell also includes a fuel switching unit between the first and second fuel feeders that switches a fuel supply direction between the first and second fuel feeders. The fuel cell further includes an air switching unit between the first and second air feeders that switches an air supply direction between the first and second air feeders.

Fuel cell and method for operating the same

A fuel reforming device includes a combustion part including a burner; an exhaust part configured to circulate an exhaust gas that is generated from the combustion part; and a reactor that is configured to generate hydrogen from a raw material by absorbing heat from the exhaust gas circulating in the exhaust part. The reactor includes a heat storage member that is configured to absorb the heat from the exhaust gas during operation of the combustion part, store the absorbed heat, and provide the absorbed heat to the reactor.

Fuel reforming device with heat storage member

The present disclosure relates to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, the outdoor unit including a case forming a front surface and a rear surface and an exterior of a circumferential surface between the front surface and the rear surface and divided into a mechanical room and a heat exchange space by a barrier, a blower fan disposed in the heat exchange space to suction in air in an axial direction and discharge air in a circumferential direction, an outdoor heat exchanger disposed in the heat exchange space, an orifice member disposed to divide the blower fan and the outdoor heat exchanger and guide heat exchanged air toward the blower fan, and discharge grilles formed at a portion of the circumferential surface including an upper surface of the case and having outlets to allow the heat-exchanged air to be discharged in the circumferential direction.

Outdoor unit of air conditioner

A hot water supply apparatus for combined use with an air conditioner is provided that may include an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger to heat exchange a first refrigerant with indoor air, and a cascade hot water heater connected to the indoor unit to receive the first refrigerant and to provide a second refrigerant to heat water. The cascade hot water heater may perform a heat exchange between the first refrigerant and a second refrigerant. The cascade hot water heater may include a capacity variable compressor to limit a maximum flowing amount of the second refrigerant and increase a flowing amount of the first refrigerant to flow to the indoor unit.

Heat pump supply apparatus having a combined use with an air conditioner

A heat pump interoperating hot water feeding apparatus is provided that may determine whether to activate only the first coolant circulation circuit along which the first coolant is circulated or the first coolant circulation circuit as well as the second coolant circulation circuit along which the second coolant is circulated depending on an external air temperature or target water temperature, thus providing the optimal performance.

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Seoul, South Korea

Hyoungsuk Woo