Patent ID: 8563182
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An anode reactant recycling system comprising: a hollow main body including an inlet, a recycle outlet, and a draining outlet, the inlet configured to receive a fluid; a bleed conduit providing fluid communication between the inlet and the draining outlet; a water separator disposed in the hollow main body configured to remove a condensate from the fluid; and a hydrophilic porous media disposed in the draining outlet in fluid communication with the water separator and configured to collect the condensate removed from the fluid received by the inlet of the hollow main body, thereby hydrating the hydrophilic porous media and militating against gas transfer through the hydrophilic porous media, wherein the anode reactant recycling system is operable to exhaust a first portion of the fluid from the anode reactant recycling system through the bleed conduit and to introduce a second portion of the fluid into the hollow main body and cause the second portion of the fluid to pass through the water separator before exiting the anode reactant recycling system through the recycle outlet.