US 11,967,742 B2
Apparatus and method for managing condensate of fuel cell
Yong Hee Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0139487 (KR), filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120090 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/0263 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04074 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0263 (2013.01); H01M 8/04365 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for managing condensate of a fuel cell, the apparatus comprising:
a first heater for applying heat to a coolant of a fuel cell stack;
a second heater for applying heat to condensate produced in the fuel cell stack; and
a controller configured to control an operation of the second heater using residual power based on whether at least some of functions of the first heater are activated,
wherein the residual power includes power generated by residual hydrogen and oxygen, which are remained in the fuel cell stack, reacting with each other such that at least a part of the residual power is consumed by the first heater or the second heater.