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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Kolon Industries, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Woong-Jeon Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyoung-Ju Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young-Seok Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin-Hyung Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Na-Hyeon An, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chang-Ha Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun-Yoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Kolon Industries, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A fuel cell humidifier may completely or substantially completely prevent condensate water from entering a running fuel cell stack. The fuel cell humidifier includes a housing; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes arranged in the housing; a cap which is coupled to one end of the housing and has an air discharge port for supplying humidified air to the fuel cell stack; and a bypass tube for transferring condensate water generated from the humidified air to an interior space of the housing through which a discharge gas flows, wherein a first end of the bypass tube is disposed inside the air discharge port, and the bypass tube is in fluid communication with the interior space of the housing through a second end of the bypass tube.