Resumen de: US2025260028A1
A compression system comprising a compressor, the compressor comprising a sealing arrangement including at least one gas seal. A gas leakage recovery line is adapted to recover process gas leakages from the at least one gas seal. A fuel cell arrangement is fluidly coupled to the gas leakage recovery line. The fuel cell arrangement is adapted to process gas leakages and generate electric power therefrom.
Resumen de: US2025260024A1
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there may be provided a redox flow battery including: a plurality of unit cells, including a first electrode and a second electrode seated on flow frames, and a membrane provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; bipolar plates provided between the plurality of unit cells in order to connect electrical energy generated from the unit cell to adjacent unit cells; a pair of end plates respectively provided at both end portions of the plurality of unit cells in order to support a stack composed of the plurality of unit cells; and current collectors each provided at the inner side of the pair of end plates in order to move electrons generated in an electrochemical reaction, wherein the flow frames include a first cover plate and a second cover plate in which a plurality of through holes for flowing an electrolyte solution are formed, and a first flow path plate and a second flow path plate which are provided between the first cover plate and the second cover plate and have flow path portions of through patterns formed therein, the first cover plate, the second cover plate, the first flow path plate, and the second flow path plate are formed by stacking and assembling a plurality of films or thin plates on which a plurality of through patterns are formed in the same or different shapes and sizes at the same or different positions, and the through patterns are alternately overlapped to form a flow path.
Resumen de: US2025260027A1
A system and method for detecting and conditioning cross-leaks in the operation of electrolysis systems includes a separator configured to separate the fluid into a first stream and a second stream; a heat exchanger configured to lower a temperature of the first stream to form a condensed liquid within the first stream via condensation; a trap system configured to drain the condensed liquid out of a lower outlet of the trap system and transfer a gas composition within the first stream out of an upper outlet of the trap system; a flow control and metering system configured to reduce a pressure of the first stream such that additional liquid is formed and removed from the first stream due to a pressure drop, therein providing a conditioned gas in the first stream; and a gas sensor configured to measure the conditioned gas in the first stream.
Resumen de: US2025260031A1
A fuel cell system, includes: a fuel cell stack configured by stacking a power generation cell including an electrolyte membrane and an electrode; a temperature sensor configured to detect a stack temperature of the fuel cell stack; a current limiting circuit configured to limit an output current output from the fuel cell stack to a limit value or less; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit: executes warm-up of the fuel cell stack at time of low-temperature startup in which the fuel cell stack is started from a predetermined low-temperature state; estimates a water content of the power generation cell; sets the limit value based on the stack temperature and the water content; and controls the current limiting circuit to limit the output current to the limit value or less after the warm-up is completed.
Resumen de: US2025260025A1
The invention relates to an electrochemical cell (100) having a membrane electrode unit (1), a diffusion layer (5) and a distributor plate (7, 20). The membrane electrode unit (1) has a frame structure (16), wherein the frame structure (16) has a film (161) which is adhesively bonded to a membrane (2) by means of an adhesive (163). The diffusion layer (5) and the distributor plate (7, 20) partially contact the film (161). The film (161) has at least one first recess (161a) and at least one second recess (161b). The adhesive (163) is arranged in the two recesses (161a, 161b) such that it forms a connection to the diffusion layer (5, 6) lying thereabove via the first recess (161a) and forms a connection to the distributor plate (7, 8, 20) lying thereabove via the second recess (161b).
Resumen de: US2025260029A1
The fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, an oxidant gas supply unit having a turbo compressor that supplies oxidant gas to each of the fuel cell stacks, and a control device that determines a required operation number for the fuel cell stacks and a target supply pressure and a target supply flow rate of oxidant gas to be commanded to the oxidant gas supply unit according to a required output. The oxidant gas supply unit has an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a supply rate, which is a ratio of a supply flow rate supplied to the plurality of fuel cell stacks, with respect to a discharge flow rate of the turbo compressor. The control device monitors the pressure ratio in the turbo compressor and controls the adjustment mechanism to reduce the supply rate when the pressure ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Resumen de: US2025260023A1
The cells of the fuel cell stack have an adhesive sheet between adjacent first cell and second cell. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet adheres the first separator of the first cell to the second separator of the second cell. The first separator of the first cell comprises ribs in the adhesive region of the adhesive sheet, the ribs being adhered to the flat surface of the second separator of the second cell by the adhesive sheet. The width of the flat surface is larger than the width of the rib base portion.
Resumen de: US2025260022A1
A corrugated-flat-tubular electrochemical cell configured in a layered structure including a porous metal support layer having disposed therein a plurality of gas flow channels, a barrier layer, a fuel electrode layer, a solid oxide electrolyte layer, and an oxygen electrode layer, wherein each layer is configured in a corrugated pattern.
Resumen de: US2025260038A1
A method of recycling a waste catalyst coated membrane material comprising an ionomer membrane, at least one catalyst comprising platinum, palladium and/or ruthenium, and at least one catalyst comprising iridium, the method comprising: (a) treating the waste catalyst coated membrane material with a heated solution comprising an acid and an oxidant, wherein platinum, palladium and/or ruthenium is leached from the waste catalyst coated membrane material into the solution which is separated from remaining solid components of the waste catalyst coated membrane material; (b) treating the waste catalyst coated membrane material with a solvent to disperse the ionomer membrane and recover a dispersion of ionomer, wherein the dispersing of the ionomer is performed before or after the leaching of the platinum, palladium and/or ruthenium; and (c) treating the waste catalyst coated membrane material to extract iridium.
Resumen de: US2025260026A1
The present disclosure pertains to a system (5) comprising a plurality of power converters (20-1 to 20-n) configured, via a processing device (30), to balance heat from a plurality of fuel cell stacks (10-1 to 10-n). Some embodiments may: set one or more parameter values of one of the power converters (20-1) located at the output of one of the plurality of stacks (10-1) such that the one stack preferentially provides power to a load; determine a heat power of the one stack (10-1) and of one or more other stacks of the plurality of stacks (10-2 to 10-n), each of the heat powers being determined based on a voltage and current that are determined at the input of the respective power converter (20-1 to 20-n); determine whether the heat power of the one stack (20-1) satisfies a criterion; and responsive to a determination that the heat power of the one stack satisfies the criterion, set one or more parameter values of each of the power converters (20-2 to 20-n) located at the output of the one or more other stacks such that the determined heat power of each of the one or more other stacks (10-2 to 10-n) more closely matches the determined heat power of the one stack (10-1).
Resumen de: WO2024184651A1
An electrode for an electrochemical cell. The electrode comprising at least a first layer comprising a first electrode composition, the first electrode composition comprising Pr(1- x)LnxO(2-0.5x-δ) and a source of lithium. Ln is selected from at least one rare earth metal selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sc, Y and mixtures thereof. δ is the degree of oxygen deficiency, and 0.01≤x≤0.4. An electrochemical cell comprising said electrode, and a stack of electrochemical cells, a method for producing said electrode, and said composition.
Resumen de: AU2024219667A1
The present disclosure provide a nitrogen-containing compound, which includes a segment I with a formula of , wherein a represents number of methylene groups, a is a positive integer, Ar1 is an aryl structural unit, and R1 and R2 are each independently selected from H, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or, R1 and R2 are connected and form a poly-membered ring together with a N atom to which they are connected. The present disclosure provide a nitrogen-containing compound, which includes a segment I + Ar a with a formula of R1 R2, wherein a represents number of methylene groups, a is a positive integer, Ar is an aryl structural unit, and R1 and R2 are each independently selected from H, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or, R1 and R2 are connected and form a poly-membered ring together with a N atom to which they are connected. ep e p h e p r e s e n t d i s c l o s u r e p r o v i d e a n i t r o g e n - c o n t a i n i n g c o m p o u n d , w h i c h i n c l u d e s a s e g m e n t + r w i t h a f o r m u l a o f , w h e r e i n a r e p r e s e n t s n u m b e r o f m e t h y l e n e g r o u p s , a i s a p o s i t i v e i n t e g e r , r i s a n a r y l s t r u c t u r a l u n i t , a n d a n d a r e e a c h i n d e p e n d e n t l y s e l e c t e d f r o m , a h y d r o c a r b y l g r o u p , o r a s u b s t i t u t e d h y d r o c a r b y l g r o u p , o r , a n d a r e c o n n e c t e d a n d f o r m a p o l y - m e m b e r
Resumen de: AU2024219721A1
An anitrogen-containing multicomponent copolymer is provided, and includes at least two of a chain segment I, a chain segment II, and a chain segment III. A structural formula of the chain segment I is represented by , where Ar1 is an aryl structural unit. A structural formula of the chain segment II is represented by , where Ar2 is an aryl structural unit. A structural formula of the chain segment III is represented by , where Ar3 is an aryl structural unit. An anitrogen-containing multicomponent copolymer is provided, and includes at least two of a chain segment I, a chain segment II, and a chain segment III. A + Ar nl structural formula of the chain segment I is represented by R1 , where Ar1 is an aryl structural unit. A structural formula of the chain segment II is represented by ( Ar2 xR3 N , where Ar2 is an aryl structural unit. A structural formula of the chain ( Ar3 ) segment III is represented by N , where Ar3 is an aryl structural unit. ep n a n i t r o g e n - c o n t a i n i n g m u l t i c o m p o n e n t c o p o l y m e r i s p r o v i d e d , a n d i n c l u d e s a t e p l e a s t t w o o f a c h a i n s e g m e n t , a c h a i n s e g m e n t , a n d a c h a i n s e g m e n t + r n l s t r u c t u r a l f o r m u l a o f t h e c h a i n s e g m e n t i s r e p r e s e n t e d b y , w h e r e r i s a n a r y l s t r u c t u r a l u n i t s t r u c t u r a l f o r m u l a o f t h e c h a i n s e g m e n t i s r e p r e s e n t e d b y - r R3 , w h e r e r i s a
Resumen de: AU2024215870A1
Provided is a manufacturing method for a gas diffusion layer 10 that has a carbon fiber layer 10a including carbon fibers and a porous layer 10c including a conductive material and a binding resin. The manufacturing method for the gas diffusion layer 10 uses a spraying method or a vapor phase method to impart a conductive material P from a surface 10b side of the carbon fiber layer 10a of a laminate having the carbon fiber layer 10a and the porous layer 10c. The manufacturing method enables an electrolytically active gas diffusion layer to be manufactured.
Resumen de: WO2025170588A1
An ambient energy converter includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The housing lower portion has a hydrophobic material portion. The upper portion has a vent opening in fluid communication with ambience. The housing contains a mass of hygroscopic within the housing lower portion that is in fluid communication with the hydrophobic material portion. An ion conductive membrane electrode assembly is coupled to the housing to allow the passage of ionized water or water vapor through the ion conductive membrane electrode and into contact with the hygroscopic solution. An air conduit may be coupled to the housing to provide an airflow to the ion conductive membrane electrode and/or hydrophobic material portion.
Resumen de: WO2025170474A1
Examples of electrochemical cells are disclosed. The electrochemical cell can comprise a container, an inner half-cell within the container, an outer half-cell within the container, and a product transport tube for transporting hydrogen from the electrochemical cell. The inner half-cell can define a substantially gas-tight internal volume. An inner portion of the product transport tube can be within the internal volume. The inner portion of the product transport tube can be hydrogen permeable. A method of fabricating an electrochemical cell is also disclosed.
Resumen de: WO2025170011A1
In this fuel cell: (i) the flow path cross-sectional area of a first proximal flow path (111j+1) is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of one distal flow path (120j+1), and the flow path cross-sectional area of a second proximal flow path (112j+1) is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of one distal flow path (120j+1); or (ii) a first distal flow path (121j+1) is a flow path adjacent to the first proximal flow path (111j+1), a second distal flow path (121j+1) is a flow path adjacent to the second proximal flow path (112j+1), the flow path cross-sectional area of the first proximal flow path (111j+1) is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the first distal flow path (121j+1), and the flow path cross-sectional area of the second proximal flow path (112j+1) is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the second distal flow path (121j+1).
Resumen de: WO2025169724A1
This invention relates to nitrogen-containing porous carbon. In the nitrogen-containing porous carbon, a part of a carbon element in the skeleton of a carbon material is substituted with a nitrogen element. A most frequent pore diameter of the nitrogen-containing porous carbon in a pore diameter range of 2.0 nm-50.0 nm inclusive is 2.0 nm-30.0 nm inclusive. In the nitrogen-containing porous carbon, the ratio of the mass of the nitrogen element to the mass of the carbon element is 0.005 or more. The nitrogen-containing porous carbon has a BET specific surface area of 400 m2/g or more as measured by a nitrogen adsorption method.
Resumen de: WO2025168187A1
A separator plate and its production as well as the production of a precursor, and a fuel cell comprising such a separator plate is disclosed. The electroconductive separator plate (5) is produced by using an aqueous dispersion (2) of powders of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) and polyetherimide (PEI) in specific amounts relative to an electroconductive filler, for example carbon powder, and providing a dry malleable compound of the electroconductive filler and polymeric binder as a precursor (3).
Resumen de: WO2025167347A1
Provided in the present invention are a polynorbornene-based interpenetrating polymer network cross-linked anion exchange membrane, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. In the present invention, the polynorbornene-based interpenetrating polymer network cross-linked anion exchange membrane is prepared from polynorbornene, allylphenol quaternary ammonium salt and polythiol under irradiation from an ultraviolet lamp. The polynorbornene-based interpenetrating polymer network cross-linked anion exchange membrane has a smooth and transparent surface and good conductivity, stability and mechanical properties, overcomes the common problem of balancing conductivity and stability of an AEM, and can be applied to alkaline fuel cells, and devices for alkaline water electrolysis, electrodialysis, waste acid recovery, carbon dioxide reduction, etc.
Resumen de: US2025256957A1
The power generation system comprises a fuel cell unit adapted to generate electric power using a hydrocarbon-containing gas. A water-gas shift reactor is adapted to receive flue gas from the fuel cell unit and convert carbon monoxide contained in the flue gas into carbon dioxide and hydrogen. A cryogenic carbon dioxide capture unit is adapted to receive flue gas from the water-gas shift reactor and remove carbon dioxide therefrom. A recycle line recycles carbon dioxide-depleted flue gas to the fuel cell unit.
Resumen de: US2025257235A1
An ink production method is a method for producing an ink for use in the formation of a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell, the method includes: a generation step of mixing ionomer and solvent to generate an ionomer solution having a concentration of solid content of 7.5% by mass or more and an alcohol ratio in the solvent of 85% by mass or more; and a shearing treatment step of applying a shear force to the ionomer solution generated in the generation step.
Resumen de: US2025256311A1
The invention relates to a method of recovering catalyst material from a membrane electrode assembly from water electrolysis, including the steps of providing a membrane electrode assembly having a membrane coated with a metallic catalyst material, comminuting the membrane electrode assembly, pyrolytically decomposing the comminuted membrane electrode assembly to obtain a solid pyrolysis product as residue, dissolving the solid pyrolysis product in a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid, removing the nitrates by heating the solution to 100° C. to 110° C.,—filtering the insoluble residue, and drying the insoluble residue at a drying temperature (TD) to recover the metallic catalyst material. The method may be employed for the recycling of a membrane electrode assembly from PEM water electrolysis, where iridium as metallic catalyst material is recovered.
Resumen de: US2025257846A1
To enable a hydrogen tank to be efficiently filled with hydrogen even when the hydrogen tank has a large capacity, hydrogen filling at the nozzle flow is prohibited when the nozzle flow of a nozzle is larger than the receptacle flow of a receptacle or when the receptacle flow is unknown under the condition that the nozzle and the receptacle can be connected to each other.
Nº publicación: US2025257849A1 14/08/2025
Solicitante:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH [DE]
Robert Bosch GmbH
Resumen de: US2025257849A1
The invention relates to a connector device for connecting one or more hydrogen storage means to a fuel cell. For this purpose, a connector device is proposed which has a main part made of a light metal, such as aluminum, and connector elements made of a high-strength material, such as high-grade steel.