Method and apparatus for removing water from electrochemical fuel cells
CA 2099886 C · Owner: Voss, Henry H. · Inventors: Voss, Henry H.; Wilkinson, David Pentreath; Watkins, David S.
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A method and apparatus is provided for removing water accumulated at the cathode (22) of an electrochemical fuel cell incorporating a solid polymer ion exchange membrane (12). Liquid water accumulated at the cathode can be removed by maintaining a partial pressure of water vapor in the hydrogen-containing gas supply below the saturation pressure of water vapor therein such that water accumulated at the cathode is drawn by a concentration gradient toward the anode (20) across the membrane and is absorbed as water vapor into the hydrogen-containing gas supply between the inlet and the outlet. In one embodiment, the partial pressure of water vapor in the hydrogen-containing gas supply is …
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- Filed January 15, 1992 and granted April 14, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 15, 2012.
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