APPARATUS FOR COOLING A DEVICE COMPRISING A FUEL CELL

• Main Authors: DAY, RICHARD, FRANCIS, HARTICK, JOHANNES, WILHELM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 30.03.2006
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

According to the invention, there is provided an apparatus for cooling a device powered by a fuel cell (6) and having at least one component which requires cooling, the apparatus comprising an evaporative cooler (1) for cooling the or each component and wherein the evaporative cooler (1) comprises a cooling member having a surface from which evaporation can occur, means for interconnecting a waste fluid outlet of the fuel cell (6) to the evaporative cooler (1), and means for drawing the fluid to the evaporative surface of the cooling member. L'invention concerne un appareil de refroidissement d'un dispositif alimenté par une pile à combustible (6) et possédant au moins un composant nécessitant un refroidissement. Cet appareil comprend : un refroidisseur évaporatif (1) conçu pour refroidir le ou les composants, comportant un élément de refroidissement possédant une surface de laquelle l'évaporation peut avoir lieu ; un moyen pour relier une sortie de fluide résiduaire de la pile à combustible (6) au refroidisseur évaporatif (1) ; et un moyen pour aspirer le fluide vers la surface d'évaporation de l'élément de refroidissement.