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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventor:

Frank Klimpel, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/33 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/33 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01); H01M 8/04768 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooling circuit operable with fuel of a fuel cell system includes a fuel tank storing fuel for the fuel cell system, a fuel compressor configured to increase a pressure of the fuel, a first heat exchanger configured to cool the pressurized fuel, a first conduit coupled to an outlet of the first heat exchanger, a first turbine coupled to the first conduit and configured to expand the pressurized and cooled fuel, and a second conduit coupled to an outlet of the first turbine and configured to direct the expanded fuel to the fuel cell system. Further disclosed is a vehicle including at least one cooling circuit or a cooling system having a cooling circuit.


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