US 12,191,540 B2
Membrane humidifier for fuel cell
Young Seok Oh, Seoul (KR); Kyoung Ju Kim, Seoul (KR); and Woong Jeon Ahn, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/417,768
Filed by KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/018173
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/138854, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0171473 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0013798 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); B01D 63/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/0662 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04149 (2013.01) [B01D 63/02 (2013.01); H01M 8/0687 (2013.01); B01D 2313/20 (2013.01); B01D 2313/201 (2022.08); B01D 2313/44 (2013.01); B01D 2313/54 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, the membrane humidifier comprising:
a housing unit comprising a first fluid inlet for introduction of a first fluid, a first fluid outlet for discharge of the first fluid, a second fluid inlet for introduction of a second fluid, and a second fluid outlet for discharge of the second fluid, a humidity of the first fluid introduced through the first fluid inlet being different from a humidity of the second fluid introduced through the second fluid inlet;
at least one first cartridge installed in the housing unit, the at least one first cartridge having a plurality of hollow fiber membranes therein; and
at least one second cartridge installed in the housing unit, the at least one second cartridge being filled only with a gas filter configured to capture harmful gas included in at least one of the first and second fluids, the gas filter having a different shape from the hollow fiber membranes, the harmful gas comprising nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx), ammonia (NH3), or a mixture of two or more thereof.