Fuel cell assembly with jet pump in the exhaust path, and motor vehicle with fuel cell assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10535886-B2
Application number	US-201514863684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a fuel cell arrangement ( 1 ) and a motor vehicle having a fuel cell arrangement ( 1 ). In order to be able to produce the fuel cell arrangement ( 1 ) in a compact manner and to be able to operate said fuel cell arrangement in an efficient manner, it is provided in accordance with the invention that an exhaust gas flow path ( 3 a ) of the fuel cell arrangement ( 1 ) extends through a jet pump ( 4 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel cell arrangement comprising:
a fuel cell;
an exhaust gas flow path for exhaust gases of the fuel cell having a first branch connected in parallel to a second branch;
a jet pump arranged downstream from the fuel cell in the first branch of the exhaust gas flow path, wherein the jet pump comprises a driving media inlet and an outlet; and
a turbine arranged downstream from the fuel cell in the second branch of the exhaust gas flow path;
wherein the first branch of the exhaust gas flow path and the second branch of the exhaust flow path rejoin downstream from the outlet and the turbine, and
wherein a flow direction of the exhaust gas flow path through the first and second branches and after the first and second branches rejoin is away from the fuel cell.

2. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas flow path is the cathode-side exhaust gas flow path or the anode-side exhaust gas flow path of the fuel cell.

3. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outlet and the turbine are connected in a fluid-flow manner to an exhaust gas processing unit of the fuel cell arrangement.

4. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas flow path is the anode-side exhaust gas flow path of the fuel cell and the outlet is connected in a fluid-flow manner to a cathode exhaust gas flow path of the fuel cell arrangement.

5. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a suction media connection of the jet pump is connected in a fluid-flow manner to a housing in which the fuel cell is arranged.

6. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a suction media connection of the jet pump is connected in a fluid-flow manner to the environment of the fuel cell arrangement.

7. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas flow path comprises a branch for product water and said branch is the branch for product water that extends through the jet pump.

8. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a valve or a flap is connected upstream of the driving media inlet.

9. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a valve is connected upstream of the suction media connection.

10. A motor vehicle having a fuel cell arrangement and a drive system that is connected to the fuel cell arrangement in such a manner that it transmits the driving energy, wherein the fuel cell arrangement is a fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 .

11. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , a hydrogen sensor connected downstream from the first branch and the second branch of the exhaust gas flow path.

12. The fuel cell arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a valve arranged downstream of the turbine in the second branch of the exhaust gas flow path.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Lucas Christian
• Ermatschenko Natalja

Classifications

• H01M8/06

  Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues (regenerative fuel cells H01M8/18) · CPC title

• H01M8/04761 Primary

  of fuel cell exhausts · CPC title

• B60L50/72 Primary

  Constructional details of fuel cells specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• H01M2250/20

  Fuel cells in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• B60L11/1883

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic