Patent ID: 11967744
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a compressor;
a fuel cell stack fluidly coupled to the compressor and configured to receive airflow from an outlet of the compressor;
a bypass valve disposed between the compressor and the fuel cell stack and selectively coupling airflow from the compressor to an exhaust pipe;
a throttle valve disposed in an exhaust flow from the fuel cell stack;
an intercooler downstream of the compressor and upstream of the bypass valve;
a humidifier downstream of the bypass valve, wherein the bypass valve is configured to selectively direct at least a portion of the airflow from the intercooler to the exhaust pipe downstream of the throttle valve; and
a controller programmed to control the bypass valve to direct at least a portion of the airflow from the compressor to the exhaust pipe in response to position of the throttle valve exceeding a threshold.