Fuel gas injection device and fuel cell system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10998563-B2
Application number	US-201916364346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2018
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

A fuel gas injection device of a fuel cell system includes an ejector having a nozzle that generates a negative pressure by discharging a fuel gas injected respectively from a plurality of injectors so as to draw-in a fuel exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack and mix the fuel exhaust gas with the fuel gas. A total orifice equivalent diameter obtained by adding together orifice equivalent diameters of respective injection holes of the plurality of injectors and an orifice equivalent diameter of an injection hole of the nozzle are set such that S E <S T .

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel gas injection device disposed on a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to a fuel cell, comprising:
a plurality of injectors arranged in parallel to each other; and
an ejector including a nozzle that generates a negative pressure by discharging the fuel gas injected respectively from the plurality of injectors so as to draw-in a fuel exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and mix the fuel exhaust gas with the fuel gas,
wherein a total orifice equivalent diameter S T obtained by adding together orifice equivalent diameters of respective injection holes of the plurality of injectors and an orifice equivalent diameter S E of an injection hole of the nozzle are set such that S E <S T .

2. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 1 , further comprising an injector control unit configured to control operations of the plurality of injectors such that the fuel gas is injected simultaneously from the plurality of injectors.

3. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 1 , wherein flow paths respectively from the plurality of injectors to the nozzle are configured such that lengths and flow path sectional areas are substantially identical to each other.

4. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the ejector comprises:
a diffuser disposed downstream of the nozzle; and
a draw-in portion for guiding the fuel exhaust gas into a space between the nozzle and the diffuser.

5. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of sending out paths connected respectively to the plurality of injectors; and
a junction portion at which the plurality of sending out paths join together so that the fuel gas injected from the plurality of injectors is guided to the ejector.

6. A fuel gas injection device disposed on a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to a fuel cell, comprising:
a plurality of injectors arranged in parallel to each other; and
an ejector including a nozzle that generates a negative pressure by discharging the fuel gas injected respectively from the plurality of injectors so as to draw-in a fuel exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and mix the fuel exhaust gas with the fuel gas,
wherein an orifice equivalent diameter S A of an injection hole of each of the plurality of injectors and an orifice equivalent diameter S E of an injection hole of the nozzle are set such that S E <S A .

7. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 6 , further comprising an injector control unit configured to control operations of the plurality of injectors such that the fuel gas is injected intermittently from the plurality of injectors in an alternate manner, once at a time or multiple times at a time.

8. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 6 , wherein flow paths respectively from the plurality of injectors to the nozzle are configured such that lengths and flow path sectional areas are substantially identical to each other.

9. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the ejector comprises:
a diffuser disposed downstream of the nozzle; and
a draw-in portion for guiding the fuel exhaust gas into a space between the nozzle and the diffuser.

10. The fuel gas injection device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a plurality of sending out paths connected respectively to the plurality of injectors; and
a junction portion at which the plurality of sending out paths join together so that the fuel gas injected from the plurality of injectors is guided to the ejector.

11. A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel cell, and a fuel gas injection device disposed on the fuel gas supply path,
the fuel gas injection device comprising:
a plurality of injectors arranged in parallel to each other; and
an ejector including a nozzle that generates a negative pressure by discharging the fuel gas injected respectively from the plurality of injectors so as to draw-in a fuel exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and mix the fuel exhaust gas with the fuel gas,
wherein a total orifice equivalent diameter S T obtained by adding together orifice equivalent diameters of respective injection holes of the plurality of injectors and an orifice equivalent diameter S E of an injection hole of the nozzle are set such that S E <S T .

12. The fuel cell system according to claim 11 , further comprising an injector control unit configured to control operations of the plurality of injectors such that the fuel gas is injected simultaneously from the plurality of injectors.

13. The fuel cell system according to claim 11 , wherein flow paths respectively from the plurality of injectors to the nozzle are configured such that lengths and flow path sectional areas are substantially identical to each other.

14. The fuel cell system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the ejector comprises:
a diffuser disposed downstream of the nozzle; and
a draw-in portion for guiding the fuel exhaust gas into a space between the nozzle and the diffuser.

15. The fuel cell system according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a plurality of sending out paths connected respectively to the plurality of injectors; and
a junction portion at which the plurality of sending out paths join together so that the fuel gas injected from the plurality of injectors is guided to the ejector.

16. A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel cell, and a fuel gas injection device disposed on the fuel gas supply path,
the fuel gas injection device comprising:
a plurality of injectors arranged in parallel to each other; and
an ejector including a nozzle that generates a negative pressure by discharging the fuel gas injected respectively from the plurality of injectors so as to draw-in a fuel exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and mix the fuel exhaust gas with the fuel gas,
wherein an orifice equivalent diameter S A of an injection hole of each of the plurality of injectors and an orifice equivalent diameter S E of an injection hole of the nozzle are set such that S E <S A .

17. The fuel cell system according to claim 16 , further comprising an injector control unit configured to control operations of the plurality of injectors such that the fuel gas is injected intermittently from the plurality of injectors in an alternate manner, once at a time or multiple times at a time.

18. The fuel cell system according to claim 16 , wherein flow paths respectively from the plurality of injectors to the nozzle are configured such that lengths and flow path sectional areas are substantially identical to each other.

19. The fuel cell system according to claim 16 ,
wherein the ejector comprises:
a diffuser disposed downstream of the nozzle; and
a draw-in portion for guiding the fuel exhaust gas into a space between the nozzle and the diffuser.

20. The fuel cell system according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a plurality of sending out paths connected respectively to the plurality of injectors; and
a junction portion at which the plurality of sending out paths join together so that the fuel gas injected from the plurality of injectors is guided to the ejector.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Koichi
• Hatakeda Tomohiko
• Mizumoto Kazuya
• Fukuda Tetsuya
• Ozaki Hiroyasu
• Saito Yoichiro

Classifications

• H01M8/04201 Primary

  Reactant storage and supply, e.g. means for feeding, pipes · CPC title

• H01M8/04

  Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids · CPC title

• H01M8/04753

  of fuel cell reactants · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M8/04761

  of fuel cell exhausts · CPC title