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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Leslie L. Vandine, Manchester, CT (US);
Leslie L. VanDine, Manchester, CT (US);
UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A fuel cell cooling system () includes a fuel cell () having a liquid loop () that produces water vapor. An antifreeze cooling loop () includes an inductor () that receives the water vapor and introduces the water vapor to an antifreeze. The water is separated () from the antifreeze and returned to the liquid cooling loop as liquid water () after the mixture of condensed water vapor and antifreeze has passed through a radiator (). Water in the liquid cooling loop () exits the fuel cell () and passes through a restricting valve () thereby lowering the pressure of the water A flash cooler () downstream from the restricting valve collects the water vapor and provides it to the inductor () in the antifreeze cooling loop ().