Title:
FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/238968
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The subject matter disclosed in the present specification relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier which can maintain a high humidity effect by allowing a high humidity gas discharged from a stack of hydrogen fuel cells to come in contact with the entire upper part, middle part and lower part of a hollow fiber membrane module without a dead zone, and which has improved airtightness and assemblability between a main housing coupled to a cartridge, an inlet housing and an outlet housing, the fuel cell membrane humidifier comprising: the main housing in which a flow-in section forming an inlet part for humid gas discharged from a fuel cell, a flow-out section forming an outlet part for the gas, and at least one cartridge support part formed inside a main body between the inlet part and the outlet part are integrally formed; and a hollow fiber membrane cartridge, which includes at least one outer flange formed to be spaced outside a cartridge housing in correspondence to the cartridge support part, has a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules arranged inside the cartridge housing, and structurally separates the flow-in section from the flow-out section by means of the flange during assembly inside the main housing, wherein the hollow fiber membrane cartridge comprises: an arrangement of an upstream distribution port, a midstream distribution port, and a downstream distribution port formed in one sidewall of the cartridge housing; and an arrangement of an upstream discharge port, a midstream discharge port, and a downstream discharge port formed in the other sidewall of the cartridge housing.
Inventors:
LEE CHEOL HEE (KR)
RYU JONG HYUN (KR)
RYU JONG HYUN (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2022/008157
Publication Date:
December 14, 2023
Filing Date:
June 09, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NVH KOREA INC (KR)
International Classes:
H01M8/04119
Foreign References:
| KR20190138288A | 2019-12-12 | |||
| KR20180066418A | 2018-06-19 | |||
| KR20190138529A | 2019-12-13 | |||
| KR20210144114A | 2021-11-30 | |||
| US20110165478A1 | 2011-07-07 | |||
| KR20220091205A | 2022-06-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LEE, Sang-Pil (KR)
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