HYDROGEN FILLING DEVICE

• Main Authors: YAMAGUCHI TOSHIHIRO, TAKENO TAKAAKI, OTAKI TSUTOMU, DOI MASATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.03.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

To provide a hydrogen filling device which comprises a compressor having a low operation cost, enabling the compression of hydrogen into a low or high pressure, free from vibration and noise, and actualizing compact design, and which enables hydrogen to be filled into a fuel cell type forklift.SOLUTION: A hydrogen filling device (50) filling hydrogen into a fuel cell type forklift (60) includes an electrochemical hydrogen compressor (40) including a plurality of cells (1) each constituted by an anode (1A) and a cathode (1C) between which an electrolyte film (1B) is held, and having a cell casing (11) housing the plurality of cells (1), a water separation device (2), a water separation device casing (12) housing the water separation device (2), a bubbler (3), and a bubbler casing (13) housing the bubbler (3), the cell casing (11), the water separation device casing (12), wherein the bubbler casing (13) is integrally joined with one another.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】運転コストが低く、低圧と高圧の双方の水素圧縮が可能であり、振動、騒音が無く、コンパクト設計が可能な圧縮機を備えた水素充填装置であって、燃料電池式フォークリフトに水素を充填することが出来る水素充填装置の提供。【解決手段】燃料電池式フォークリフト（６０）に水素を充填する水素充填装置（５０）において、アノード（１Ａ）とカソード（１Ｃ）により電解質膜（１Ｂ）を挟み込んで構成されたセル（１）を複数備え、複数のセル（１）を収容するセル用ケーシング（１１）と、水分離装置（２）と、水分離装置（２）を収容する水分離装置用ケーシング（１２）と、バブラー（３）と、バブラー（３）を収容するバブラー用ケーシング（１３）を有し、セル用ケーシング（１１）と、水分離装置用ケーシング（１２）と、バブラー用ケーシング（１３）は一体的に結合されている電気化学式水素圧縮機（４０）を備えている。【選択図】図３