Patent ID: 7238020
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F17C,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A control device for controlling a hydrogen flow from at least one hydrogen storage canister accommodated in a canister containing chamber, comprising: a heating device, which is supplied with a heating fuel by a heating fuel supplying pipeline in communication with a heating fuel storage tank for heating up the canister containing chamber, said heating device including a coiled pipe disposed adjacent to the at least one hydrogen storage canister on an inner surface of said canister containing chamber; a blowing device, for providing an air flow via an air flow leading pipe to the canister containing chamber; at least one temperature sensor, for detecting an internal temperature of the canister containing chamber and generating a temperature signal; and a controller with a microprocessor for controlling the heating device and the blowing device in correspondence to the temperature signal generated by the temperature sensor, and thereby controlling the hydrogen flow discharged from the hydrogen storage canisters via a hydrogen supplying pipeline.