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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Ellazar V. Niangar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Taehee Han, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nilesh Dale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kevork Adjemian, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ellazar V. Niangar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Taehee Han, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nilesh Dale, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kevork Adjemian, Birmingham, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are catalyst degradation detection assemblies and methods of catalyst degradation detection that can be performed in-situ. One embodiment of an in-situ fuel cell catalyst degradation detection assembly comprises a humidified hydrogen supply configured to supply humidified hydrogen to an anode of a fuel cell, a humidified nitrogen supply configured to supply humidified nitrogen to a cathode of the fuel cell, a collection cell containing a liquid, the collection cell configured to receive either cathode exhaust from the fuel cell through a cathode exhaust line or anode exhaust from the fuel cell through an anode exhaust line and means for detecting a gas.