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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Daniel Ninan, Loughborough, GB;
Nathaniel Palmer, Loughborough, GB;
Sophie Charlotte Harris, Loughborough, GB;
Phillip Wardle, Loughborough, GB;
Jonathan Cole, Loughborough, GB;
Iain Fraser, Loughborough, GB;
Peter David Hood, Loughborough, GB;
Paul Leonard Adcock, Loughborough, GB;
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Abstract
A coolant storage tank () for storing coolant in a fuel cell system (), the coolant storage tank comprising a plurality of individually controllable heater elements (). A coolant storage tank comprising a first heater element () located at a base of the coolant storage tank and a second heater element () is also disclosed. A coolant storage tank comprising a first coolant storage compartment () in fluid communication with a second coolant storage compartment (), the first coolant storage compartment including at least a first heater element () and wherein the second coolant storage compartment is unheated is also disclosed. A method of melting frozen coolant in a coolant storage tank is also disclosed.