F28D2021/0043

HIGH TEMPERATURE FLOW SPLITTING COMPONENT AND HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFORMING MEANS USING THE SAME

A high-temperature flow-splitting component, applicable to a temperature range from a first temperature to a second temperature, includes an entrance channel, at least one primary channel and at least one subordinate channel. The entrance channel is used for introducing a fluid at a total flow rate. The at least one primary channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a first flow rate is connected with the entrance channel by a first angle ranging from 90°˜270°. The at least one subordinate channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a second flow rate is connected with the at least one primary channel by a second angle ranging from 30°˜150°. A sum of the first flow rate and the second flow rate is equal to the total flow rate.

Conformal fluid-cooled heat exchanger for battery
10923782 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A heat exchanger for use with at least two battery modules, each of the battery modules comprising at least one battery cell housed within a rigid container, the heat exchanger defining an internal fluid passage for a heat exchanger fluid and having at least one compliant region that is configured to be compressed to facilitate thermal contact between the heat exchanger and the two battery modules.

Conformal fluid-cooled heat exchanger for battery
10923783 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A heat exchanger for use with at least two battery modules, each of the battery modules comprising at least one battery cell housed within a rigid container, the heat exchanger defining an internal fluid passage for a heat exchanger fluid and having at least one compliant region that is configured to be compressed to facilitate thermal contact between the heat exchanger and the two battery modules.

Gas supply, conditioning, and discharge systems and methods
10923743 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A gas supply and discharge system may have a fuel cell arrangement having at least one electrode, a gas-gas heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first gas to be supplied to the electrode and a second gas discharged or dischargeable from the second electrode, and a humidifier for transferring humidity between the first gas and the second gas. The first gas to be supplied to the electrode can be introduced into the gas-gas heat exchanger before the supply of the first gas to the electrode, and such that the second gas can be introduced into the gas-gas heat exchanger from the electrode in order to transfer heat between the first gas and the second gas in the gas-gas heat exchanger. The first gas and the second gas can be introduced into the humidifier from the gas-gas heat exchanger in order to transfer humidity between the first gas and the second gas in the humidifier. The first gas can be introduced into the fuel cell arrangement from the humidifier and can be supplied to the electrode.

FUEL CELL SYSTEM
20210083307 · 2021-03-18 ·

A fuel cell system is disclosed. The fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell module including a plurality of unit cells for generating electrical energy by using oxygen of air and hydrogen of a reformed fuel gas; a first module including a burner part which burns an unreacted fuel gas and air discharged from the fuel cell module, an air-heating part which heats air through heat exchange with a hot combustion gas and a flame generated by the burner part and supplies the heated air to the fuel cell module, and a water vapor generation part which converts water, flowing through an inner portion thereof, into water vapor through heat exchange with a hot combustion gas generated by the burner part; and a second module which mixes a fuel supplied from an external fuel supply source and water vapor supplied from an water-vapor generator part, allows a water vapor reformation reaction to occur, and supplies a reformed fuel gas to the fuel cell module.

HEAT EXCHANGER

A core part includes plural plates stacked with a gap therebetween so as to form plural refrigerant passages and plural cooling water passages. The refrigerant passages are communicated with each other in a stacking direction of the plates by a refrigerant inlet tank section and a refrigerant outlet tank section distanced from each other. A refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet communicate with the refrigerant inlet tank section and the refrigerant outlet tank section, respectively, and are provided at one end of the core part in the stacking direction. The refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant inlet tank section are communicated with each other by a refrigerant inlet passage. A distance between a center of the refrigerant outlet tank section and a center of the refrigerant outlet is shorter than a distance between a center of the refrigerant inlet tank section and a center of the refrigerant inlet.

TUBULAR BODY ARRANGEMENT FOR A TEMPERATURE-CONTROL DEVICE

A tubular body arrangement for a temperature-control device, e.g., for temperature-controlling an electrical device, is disclosed. The tubular body arrangement includes at least one first tubular body and at least one second tubular body that can each be flowed through by a temperature-control fluid and that each include a circumferential wall extending along an axial direction. The first tubular body has a first tube flange that is deformable for compensating for at least one of a position change and a dimensional change of an axial length of at least one of the tubular bodies. The first tube flange projects from the circumferential wall of the first tubular body at an angle. The second tubular body is mounted on the first tube flange so that the first tubular body and the second tubular body jointly bound a tubular body interior that can be flowed through by the temperature-control fluid.

FUEL CELL COOLER PLATE
20210057766 · 2021-02-25 ·

An illustrative example fuel cell cooler plate includes a first side configured to be received adjacent a fuel cell component and a second side facing opposite the first side. The first side defines a first surface area of the plate. An edge is transverse to the first side and the second side. The edge has a surface area that is less than the first surface area. A first coolant passage within the plate is closer to the second side than the first side. A second coolant passage is between the first side and the first coolant passage. The second coolant passage is in a heat exchange relationship with the first coolant passage.

Heat exchanger plate assembles for electrified vehicle battery packs

This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles or other electrified components. An exemplary battery pack may include a heat exchanger plate assembly having a metallic plate and a polymeric plate that are joined together to establish a coolant circuit therebetween. The metallic plate or the polymeric plate may include a protrusion that extends through an opening of the other of the metallic plate or the polymeric plate. The protrusion may either be crimped or heat staked to a surface surrounding the opening in order to join together the metallic plate and the polymeric plate of the heat exchanger plate assembly.

WATER-SPRAYING COOLING DEVICE

A water-spraying cooling device includes a spraying device for a heat exchanger that is configured to exchange heat between air flowing in a predetermined airflow direction and a heat medium conducted through an inside of the heat exchanger while the spraying device is configured to spray water to the heat exchanger from an upstream side of the heat exchanger in the predetermined airflow direction. The spraying device includes: a supply hole that is configured to supply the water to be sprayed to the heat exchanger; and a guide that extends downward from the supply hole in a gravitational direction and is configured to guide the water supplied from the supply hole.