Patent ID: 8192883
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell cooling system comprising: a fuel cell having a first cooling loop including a first coolant, the first cooling loop configured to produce a first coolant vapor; an inductor including a nozzle and an exit joined at a throat, and an orifice arranged near the exit; a water vapor line fluidly connecting the first coolant loop and the orifice and configured to introduce the first coolant vapor to the throat; and a second cooling loop including a second coolant and the inductor, the nozzle configured to receive the second coolant at the nozzle and provide a mixture of the first coolant vapor and the second coolant at the exit, the second cooling loop configured to separate first coolant from the second coolant and return the first coolant to the first cooling loop as liquid first coolant.