Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Kia Motor Corporation

Kukdong Jeyen Company Limited

Sung Wook Na

Hun Woo Park

Nam Woo Lee

Hyuck Roul Kwon

Su Dong Han

Chi Myung Kim

Yong Sun Park

Hyung Kook Kim

Hunwoo Park

Seung Yong Lee

Dae Jong Kim

Jun Ho Jang

Myung Ju Jung

Hark Koo Kim

Sun Heum Baek

Hyun Young Park

Ju Chan Jang

Sung Ho Lee

In Woong Lyo

Kyong Hwa Song

Il Hwan Kim

Min Kyu Lee

Hyung Wook Kim

Gi Young Nam

Kwang Ok Han

Hee Seok Jeong

Eung Young Kim

Chang Yeol Jo

Jae Yoon Park

Soo Hwan Park

Kyoon Soo Lim

Seong Kyun Kim

Jinhyeok Cha

Sung Bok Yoo

Ki Young Nam

Hun-Woo Park

Hong Ki Lee

A thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle includes a first line including a coolant pump and a fuel cell stack, a second line including a coolant heater and a phase change material (PCM) and connected to the first line to form a first loop in which the coolant pump, the stack, the coolant heater, and the PCM are arranged, a third line including a radiator and connected to the first line to form a second loop in which the coolant pump, the stack, and the radiator are arranged, and an opening and closing valve opening and closing each of the first line, the second line, and the third line to allow the coolant to circulate in at least one of the first loop and the second loop, wherein the PCM is configured to be heat-exchanged with the coolant heater and the coolant.

Thermal management system for fuel cell vehicle and control method thereof

A heat exchange apparatus for cooling water of a fuel cell includes a body, through which a cooling water pipe having cooling water flowing therethrough to be supplied to a fuel cell stack, passes; and a heat accumulator provided in an interior of the body and filled with a PCM heat accumulation material that exchanges heat with the cooling water. The body includes a medium space provided between the cooling water pipe and the heat accumulator such that the heat accumulator is spaced apart from the cooling water pipe. The PCM heat accumulation material exchanges heat with the cooling water by a medium of the medium space.

Heat exchange apparatus for cooling water of fuel cell and fuel cell system including the same

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

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

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

Disclosed is a heat exchange apparatus for cooling water of a fuel cell, the heat exchange apparatus including a body, through which a cooling water pipe, through which cooling water that is to be supplied to a fuel cell stack flows, passes, and a heat accumulator provided in the interior of the body and filled with a PCM heat accumulation material that is to exchange heat with the cooling water. The body includes a medium space provided between the cooling water pipe and the heat accumulator and filled with a medium material. The PCM heat accumulation material exchanges heat with the cooling water by the medium material.

Heat exchange device for cooling water of fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising the same

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

A fuel cell system includes: a first line provided with a fuel cell stack and allowing a coolant to be circulated therethrough; and a second line provided with an air conditioning system and connected to the first line to allow a portion of the coolant to be selectively circulated therethrough, wherein the air conditioning system includes: a first flow path including a first inlet through which first air is introduced; a second flow path including a second inlet through which second air is introduced, and one or more communication holes communicating with the first flow path; an opening and closing device independently opening and closing the second inlet and the communication holes; a cooler disposed in the first flow path and cooling the air passing through the first flow path; and a heater core disposed in the second flow path and exchanging heat between the coolant passing through the second line and the air passing through the second flow path.

Fuel cell system

A method for managing an ion filter of a fuel cell vehicle includes measuring a differential pressure between ends of the ion filter, calculating a change of the differential pressure according to a coolant flow at the ion filter, and determining leakage of an ion resin or a replacement time of a cartridge using the measured differential pressure or the calculated change of the differential pressure.

Method for managing ion filter of fuel cell vehicle

A thermal management system of a fuel cell vehicle includes a cold start loop which heats a coolant that flows through a fuel cell during a cold start of the fuel cell, and a cooling loop which moves a coolant that cools the fuel cell.

Thermal management system of fuel cell vehicle

Growing community of inventors

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sung Wook Na