CN211605295U - Water discharge device for fuel cell and fuel cell - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a drainage device of a fuel cell and the fuel cell, wherein the drainage device of the fuel cell comprises a controller, a gas-water separator and a drainage pipe communicated with the water outlet of the gas-water separator; the gas-water separator is provided with a first sensor, and the first sensor is used for detecting first water level information in the gas-water separator; the drain pipe is provided with a second sensor and a switch electromagnetic valve for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe, and the second sensor is used for detecting second water level information in the drain pipe; the controller is respectively electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the switch electromagnetic valve, and controls the switch electromagnetic valve to open the drain pipe when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value according to the first water level information; and according to the second water level information, when the second water level information is lower than a second preset value, the switch electromagnetic valve is controlled to close the drain pipe, so that the drainage time and the drainage quantity can be controlled, and adverse effects on the environment are avoided.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a battery technology field especially relates to a fuel cell's drainage device and fuel cell.
Background
A fuel cell is a chemical device that directly converts chemical energy of fuel into electrical energy, and particularly, converts chemical energy of fuel into electrical energy using an electrochemical reaction. Most fuel cells produce water during electrochemical reaction, for example, hydrogen and oxygen react to produce water in hydrogen fuel cells, and the amount of water produced by hydrogen fuel cells with different powers is different, so how to reasonably discharge the water produced during the operation of the hydrogen fuel cells has a great influence on the performance of the hydrogen fuel cells.
At present, water generated by the fuel cell during operation is drained by gravity, and although the water generated by the fuel cell can be drained by the gravity drainage method, the drainage time and the drainage quantity cannot be controlled, so that adverse effects on the environment can be caused.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a fuel cell's drainage device and fuel cell to can control the opportunity of fuel cell drainage and the volume of drainage, and then can avoid causing adverse effect to the environment.
In a first aspect, the utility model provides a drainage device of a fuel cell, which comprises a controller, a gas-water separator and a drainage pipe communicated with a water outlet of the gas-water separator; the gas-water separator is provided with a first sensor, and the first sensor is used for detecting first water level information in the gas-water separator; the drain pipe is provided with a second sensor and a switch electromagnetic valve for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe, and the second sensor is used for detecting second water level information in the drain pipe; the controller is respectively electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the switch electromagnetic valve, and controls the switch electromagnetic valve to open the drain pipe when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value according to the first water level information; and controlling the switch electromagnetic valve to close the drain pipe according to the second water level information when the second water level information is lower than a second preset value.
In the drainage device of the fuel cell, the gas-water separator is provided with the first sensor for detecting the first water level information in the gas-water separator, the drain pipe is provided with the second sensor for detecting the second water level information in the drain pipe and the switch electromagnetic valve for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe, and meanwhile, the controller is respectively electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the switch electromagnetic valve, so that the controller can control the switch electromagnetic valve to open the drain pipe to drain the water in the gas-water separator according to the first water level information, namely when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value, and in the drainage process, the controller can also control the switch electromagnetic valve to close the drain pipe to stop drainage according to the second water level information, namely when the second water level information is lower than a second preset value, so that the drainage time and the drainage quantity of the fuel cell can be controlled, to avoid adverse effects on the environment.
The drain device of the fuel cell as described above, optionally, the drain pipe has a horizontal pipe section, the second sensor is disposed on the horizontal pipe section, and the second sensor is located between the on-off solenoid valve and the outlet of the drain pipe.
In the drainage device of the fuel cell, optionally, a check valve is further disposed on the drainage pipe, and the check valve is located between the second sensor and the outlet of the drainage pipe.
The drainage device of the fuel cell is characterized in that the drainage pipe is provided with a heating device.
The water discharge apparatus for a fuel cell as described above, optionally, the heating means includes a heating wire.
The water discharge device for a fuel cell as described above, optionally, the water discharge pipe is provided with the heating wire along at least a part of a length direction thereof.
In the above water discharge device for a fuel cell, optionally, the first sensor is a position sensor, and the second sensor is a position sensor.
Optionally, the drain pipe is further provided with an artificial drain port, and the artificial drain port is located between the water outlet and the switch electromagnetic valve;
and a manual valve is arranged at the manual water outlet.
The drainage device of the fuel cell is characterized in that the gas-water separator is provided with a first gas outlet and a second gas outlet;
the first gas outlet is used for circularly supplying the gas in the gas-water separator to the fuel cell, and the second gas outlet is used for discharging the gas in the gas-water separator.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a fuel cell, comprising an electrochemical reaction generator and the above first aspect, wherein the drainage outlet of the electrochemical reaction generator is communicated with the inlet of a gas-water separator in the drainage device.
In the fuel cell, a water outlet of the electrochemical reaction generator is communicated with an inlet of a gas-water separator in a water drainage device, wherein the water drainage device of the fuel cell comprises a controller, the gas-water separator and a water drainage pipe communicated with a water outlet of the gas-water separator; the gas-water separator is provided with a first sensor for detecting first water level information in the gas-water separator, the drain pipe is provided with a second sensor for detecting second water level information in the drain pipe and a switch electromagnetic valve for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe, and meanwhile, the controller is electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the switch electromagnetic valve respectively, so that the controller can control the switch electromagnetic valve to open the drain pipe to discharge water in the gas-water separator according to the first water level information when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value; and in the in-process of drainage, the controller can also be according to second water level information, and control switch solenoid valve closes the drain pipe in order to stop the drainage when second water level information is less than the second preset value promptly, and then can control the opportunity of fuel cell drainage and the volume of drainage to avoid causing adverse effect to the environment.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a water drainage device of a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1-gas-water separator;
11-a first sensor;
12-a water outlet;
13-a first outlet;
14-a second air outlet;
15-inlet;
2-a water drainage pipe;
21-a second sensor;
22-switching the electromagnetic valve;
23-one-way valve.
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The water that fuel cell produced in the course of the work is direct discharges under the effect of gravity, that is to say, no matter what environment or in what kind of scene the fuel cell is used, water can all be uncontrolled discharge, for example, the car that adopts this kind of fuel cell can directly discharge water on the road surface in the driving process, so, not only can influence the environment, can lead to the road surface to wet and slide or freeze moreover, and then seriously influenced driving safety.
In order to solve the technical problem, an embodiment of the utility model provides a fuel cell's drainage device, through sensor and the switch solenoid valve that the cooperation was used, the opportunity of control fuel cell drainage and the volume of drainage, and then can avoid causing adverse effect to the environment.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a water drainage device for a fuel cell, which can be applied to both a hydrogen fuel cell and other fuel cells that can generate water, such as a fuel cell using natural gas, methanol, ethanol or biogas as fuel, and the following description will take the water drainage device applied to the hydrogen fuel cell as an example.
The basic principle of the hydrogen fuel cell is the reverse reaction of electrolysis water, that is, hydrogen and oxygen are respectively supplied to an anode and a cathode, hydrogen diffuses outwards through the anode and reacts with an electrolyte, and then released electrons reach the cathode through an external circuit, the electrons move in the external circuit to form current, and the electrons reach the cathode and then combine with oxygen atoms and hydrogen ions to generate water. The embodiment of the utility model provides a fuel cell's drainage device can control the opportunity of hydrogen fuel cell drainage and the volume of drainage, and then can avoid causing adverse effect to the environment.
For the convenience of understanding, the following describes the water discharge device of the fuel cell in the embodiment of the present invention in detail with reference to the drawings in the embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a water drainage device of a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a drainage device for a fuel cell, which includes a controller, a gas-water separator 1, and a drainage pipe 2 communicated with a water outlet 12 of the gas-water separator 1, wherein the gas-water separator 1 is a device capable of separating gas and liquid, and the gas-water separator 1 may be a tubular separator, a louver separator, a cyclone separator, and the like. The gas-water separator 1 generally has an inlet 15, a water outlet 12 and a gas outlet, wherein the inlet 15 of the gas-water separator 1 is used for receiving gas-liquid mixed fluid, the gas-liquid mixed fluid enters the gas-water separator 1 and is separated by the gas-water separator 1, the gas is discharged through the gas outlet, and the liquid is discharged through the water outlet 12. In general, the gas outlet is arranged at the top of the gas-water separator 1, for example, the gas outlet can be arranged on the top surface of the gas-water separator 1, or can be arranged at the top of the side wall of the gas-water separator 1; the water outlet 12 is disposed at the bottom of the gas-water separator 1, for example, may be disposed at the bottom of the gas-water separator 1, or may be disposed at the bottom of the sidewall of the gas-water separator 1.
Be provided with first sensor 11 on gas-water separator 1, first sensor 11 is used for detecting first water level information in gas-water separator 1, and first sensor 11 is connected with the controller electricity, thereby can convey first water level information to the controller, and is concrete, first water level information can be transmitted to the controller by first sensor 11, also can be acquireed from first sensor 11 by the controller initiative, wherein, the concrete realization mode of being electrically connected between first sensor 11 and the controller can be through carrying out the electricity between first sensor 11 and the controller and being connected in order to carry out information exchange through the connecting wire, or, also can carry out information exchange through wireless connection's mode between first sensor 11 and the controller.
The drain pipe 2 is provided with a second sensor 21, the second sensor 21 is used for detecting second water level information in the drain pipe 2, and the second sensor 21 is electrically connected with the controller, so that the second water level information can be transmitted to the controller by the second sensor 21, specifically, the second water level information can be transmitted to the controller by the second sensor 21 or actively acquired from the second sensor 21 by the controller, wherein the specific implementation manner of the electrical connection between the second sensor 21 and the controller can be that the second sensor 21 and the controller are electrically connected through a connecting wire for information exchange, or the second sensor 21 and the controller can also be in information exchange through a wireless connection manner.
The drain pipe 2 is further provided with a switch electromagnetic valve 22 for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe 2, and the switch electromagnetic valve 22 is electrically connected with the controller, so that the controller can decide whether to open the switch electromagnetic valve 22 according to the first water level information, that is, when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value, the controller controls the switch electromagnetic valve 22 to open the drain pipe 2 to discharge the water in the gas-water separator 1, and in the process of draining, the controller can decide whether to close the switch electromagnetic valve 22 according to the second water level information, that is, when the second water level information is lower than a second preset value, the controller controls the switch electromagnetic valve 22 to close the drain pipe 2 to stop draining.
Wherein, first default and second default all can set for according to actual need, through setting up first default and second default cooperation, can realize the purpose of control drainage opportunity and displacement, consequently, the user can adjust fuel cell's drainage device's first default and second default according to actual need to reach the purpose of control fuel cell's drainage opportunity and displacement, and then avoid producing adverse effect to the environment.
In a specific implementation, a discharge port of the fuel cell is communicated with an inlet 15 of the gas-water separator 1, so that water and gas generated during operation of the fuel cell can flow into the gas-water separator 1, the water and the gas can be separated in the gas-water separator 1 after entering the gas-water separator 1, wherein the separated gas can be discharged through a gas outlet of the gas-water separator 1, the separated water can be accumulated in the gas-water separator, a first sensor 11 arranged on the gas-water separator 1 can detect first water level information in the gas-water separator 1 and can send the first water level information to a controller, the controller compares the first water level information with a first preset value, when the first water level information is higher than the first preset value, the controller controls a switching solenoid valve 22 to open a drain pipe 2 to discharge water in the gas-water separator 1, and during drainage of the drain pipe 2, a second sensor 21 arranged on the drain pipe 2 can detect second water level information in the drain pipe 2, the second sensor 21 is electrically connected to the controller to enable the second water level information to reach the controller, the controller may compare the second water level information with a second preset value, and when the second water level information is lower than the second preset value, the controller controls the switching solenoid valve 22 to close the drain pipe 2 to stop draining, so that the user can set the first preset value and the second preset value according to actual needs to control the draining opportunity and the draining amount of the fuel cell, and further, adverse effects on the environment can be avoided.
In the water discharge device for the fuel cell provided in this embodiment, by providing the first sensor 11 for detecting the first water level information in the gas-water separator 1 on the gas-water separator 1, providing the second sensor 21 for detecting the second water level information in the water discharge pipe 2 and the switch solenoid valve 22 for controlling the on-off of the water discharge pipe 2 on the water discharge pipe 2, and by electrically connecting the controller to the first sensor 11, the second sensor 21 and the switch solenoid valve 22, respectively, the controller can be made to control the switch solenoid valve 22 to open the water discharge pipe 2 to discharge the water in the gas-water separator 1 based on the first water level information, that is, when the first water level information is higher than the first preset value, and during the water discharge, the controller can control the switch solenoid valve 22 to close the water discharge pipe 2 to stop the water discharge based on the second water level information, that is, when the second water level information is lower than the second preset value, and further, the timing and the amount of water discharge of the fuel cell can be controlled to avoid adverse effects on the environment.
Preferably, the drainage pipe 2 of this embodiment has a horizontal pipe section, specifically, a part of the drainage pipe 2 may be horizontally arranged to form the horizontal pipe section according to actual needs, or the whole drainage pipe 2 may be horizontally arranged to form the horizontal pipe section, and the second sensor 21 is arranged on the horizontal pipe section of the drainage pipe 2, so that the second sensor 21 detects the water level in the horizontal pipe section of the drainage pipe 2 to obtain the second water level information. Meanwhile, the second sensor 21 is disposed between the switching solenoid valve 22 and the outlet of the drain pipe 2, so that the second water level information in the drain pipe 2 can be more accurately detected in the draining process, and the timing of stopping the draining can be more accurately controlled.
In the concrete implementation, water and gas generated in the operation of the fuel cell flow into the gas-water separator 1 and are separated in the gas-water separator 1, wherein the separated gas can be discharged through a gas outlet of the gas-water separator 1, the separated water can be accumulated in the gas-water separator, a first sensor 11 arranged on the gas-water separator 1 can detect first water level information in the gas-water separator 1 and can send the first water level information to a controller, and the controller controls the switch electromagnetic valve 22 to open the drain pipe 2 to discharge the water in the gas-water separator 1 when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value; the water in the gas-water separator 1 firstly passes through the switch solenoid valve 22 in the process of being discharged from the drain pipe 2, then passes through the second sensor 21 and is finally discharged from the outlet of the drain pipe 2, the second sensor 21 is positioned on the horizontal pipe section of the drain pipe 2 so as to detect the second water level information in the drain pipe 2 and send the second water level information to the controller, when the second water level information is lower than the second preset value, the controller controls the switch solenoid valve 22 to close the drain pipe 2 to stop discharging, in the embodiment, the second sensor 21 is arranged between the switch solenoid valve 22 and the outlet of the drain pipe 2, so that the second sensor 21 can directly detect the water level information near the outlet of the drain pipe 2, namely, more accurate second water level information can be obtained, and more accurate control of the time for stopping discharging water is facilitated.
In other embodiments, the second sensor 21 may also be disposed between the switch solenoid valve 22 and the water outlet 12 of the gas-water separator 1 according to actual needs to detect the second water level information in the drain pipe 2 during the draining process.
The drain pipe 2 of this embodiment is further provided with a check valve 23, the check valve 23 is located between the second sensor 21 and the outlet of the drain pipe 2, the liquid in the drain pipe 2 can be discharged from the outlet of the drain pipe 2 through the check valve 23, and meanwhile, the check valve 23 can prevent the water at the outlet of the drain pipe 2 from flowing back into the drain pipe 2, so that it is ensured that the water in the drain pipe 2 can only be discharged outwards from the drain pipe 2 and cannot flow back into the drain pipe 2.
In a specific implementation, the check valve 23 may be disposed at the downstream of the second sensor 21 near the outlet of the drain pipe 2, and when the on-off solenoid valve opens the drain pipe 2, the check valve 23 may enable water discharged from the gas-water separator 1 to smoothly pass through the check valve 23 and to be discharged from the outlet of the drain pipe 2; furthermore, when an abnormal situation causes the water at the outlet of the drain pipe 2 to flow back into the drain pipe 2, the check valve 23 can cut off the path of the back flow thereof to avoid the water flow back at the outlet of the drain pipe 2 from affecting the performance of the drain device of the fuel cell.
In order to prevent the water remaining in the drain pipe 2 from freezing in a low temperature environment, a heating device may be provided on the drain pipe 2. Preferably, the heating means may comprise heating wires. Specifically, the heating wire may be disposed on the outer surface of the pipe wall of the drainage pipe 2, may be disposed on the inner surface of the pipe wall of the drainage pipe 2, or may be embedded inside the pipe wall of the drainage pipe 2. The heating wire can be arranged along the axial direction of the drain pipe 2 in an extending way, and also can be arranged along the circumferential direction of the drain pipe 2 in a winding way; the number of the heating wires can be one, two or more, and the specific arrangement mode of the heating wires, the number of the heating wires and the like can be determined according to actual needs, which is not described herein again.
In addition, the heater strip and the drain pipe 2 may be an integrated piece, wherein the heater strip and the drain pipe are an integrated piece, which means that the heater strip and the drain pipe are processed in the processing process as an integrated piece and are not detachable, or means that the heater strip and the drain pipe 2 are assembled together and are not detachable after being processed respectively. In other embodiments, the heating wire may be detachably disposed on the water discharging pipe 2, so as to facilitate the removal and replacement of the heating wire.
Further, the drain pipe 2 is provided with heating wires along at least part of the length direction thereof, and a possible implementation manner is as follows: can all be provided with the heater strip on the whole length of drain pipe 2, during concrete implementation, can directly choose for use the drain pipe that has the heater strip at the in-process of equipment fuel cell's drainage device to the equipment forms fuel cell's drainage device, when the liquid water in drain pipe 2 freezes, the heater strip can heat drain pipe 2 so that the ice in drain pipe 2 melts, thereby can avoid blockking up drain pipe 2 and influence fuel cell drainage, and then can guarantee that fuel cell and fuel cell's drainage device normally works in low temperature environment. In other embodiments, a common drain pipe may be used to assemble the drain device of the fuel cell, and then a heating wire may be additionally disposed on the entire drain pipe 2 to prevent the water remaining in the drain pipe 2 from freezing.
Another possible implementation is: the heating wire may be provided only on one part of the water discharge pipe 2, and the heating wire may not be provided on the other part of the water discharge pipe 2, for example, when the pipe section of the water discharge pipe 2 near the outlet of the water discharge pipe 2 is exposed to a low temperature environment, the water remaining in the part of the pipe section is prone to freeze and block the water discharge pipe 2, therefore, the heating wire may be provided only on the part of the pipe section, or the part of the pipe section is assembled by using a water discharge pipe with the heating wire, so that when the liquid water in the part of the pipe section freezes, the heating wire can heat the part of the pipe section to melt the ice in the part of the pipe section, so as to avoid blocking the water discharge pipe 2 to affect the water discharge of the fuel cell, thereby ensuring that the water discharge device of.
In other embodiments, the heating device may also be other devices capable of heating the drain pipe, as long as the requirements of this embodiment can be met, and details are not described here.
Preferably, the first sensor 11 of this embodiment may be a position sensor, the position sensor can directly detect a water level height in the gas-water separator 1, the water level height is the first water level information of this embodiment, the position sensor transmits the first water level information to the controller, and the controller compares the first water level information with a first preset value to determine whether to open the switch solenoid valve 22. It is understood that, when the first water level information is the water level height inside the gas-water separator 1, the first preset value is also set with reference to the water level height inside the gas-water separator 1.
In other embodiments, the first sensor 11 may also be a pressure sensor, and since different water levels correspond to different pressure values, the pressure sensor can detect a pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the gas-water separator 1, where the pressure value is first water level information, the pressure sensor transmits the first water level information to the controller, and the controller compares the first water level information with a first preset value to determine whether to open the on-off solenoid valve 22. It can be understood that, when the first water level information is a pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the gas-water separator 1, the first preset value is also set with reference to the pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the gas-water separator 1, or the controller may convert the first water level information into a water level height inside the gas-water separator 1 to compare with the first preset value when receiving that the first water level information is the pressure value, where the first preset value is set with reference to the water level height inside the gas-water separator 1.
Preferably, the second sensor 21 of this embodiment may be a position sensor, the position sensor can directly detect the water level height in the drain pipe 2, the water level height is the second water level information of this embodiment, the position sensor transmits the second water level information to the controller, and the controller compares the second water level information with a second preset value to determine whether to close the on-off solenoid valve 22. It is understood that, when the second water level information is the height of the water level in the drain pipe 2, the second preset value is also set with reference to the height of the water level in the drain pipe 2.
In other embodiments, the second sensor 21 may also be a pressure sensor, and since different water levels correspond to different pressure values, the pressure sensor can detect a pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the drainage pipe, the pressure value is the second water level information, the pressure sensor transmits the second water level information to the controller, and the controller compares the second water level information with a second preset value to determine whether to close the on-off solenoid valve 22. It can be understood that, when the second water level information is a pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the drain pipe 2, the second preset value is also set with reference to the pressure value corresponding to the water level inside the drain pipe 2, or the controller may convert the second water level information into a water level height inside the drain pipe 2 to compare with the second preset value when receiving that the second water level information is the pressure value, where the second preset value is set with reference to the water level height inside the drain pipe 2.
Still be provided with artifical outlet on the drain pipe of this embodiment, artifical outlet is located between delivery port and the switch solenoid valve, artifical outlet department is provided with manual valve, when the switch solenoid valve breaks down and can't open the drain pipe drainage, can open manual valve through the manual work and open the water in artifical outlet with the exhaust gas water separator to can avoid the switch solenoid valve trouble to lead to the water unable discharge in the gas water separator, and then promoted fuel cell's drainage device's reliability.
Because the fuel gas is mixed in the water discharged by the fuel cell in the working process, in order to facilitate the discharge or recycling of the fuel gas, the gas-water separator 1 of the water discharging device of the fuel cell of the embodiment further has a first gas outlet 13 and a second gas outlet 14, when the concentration of the fuel gas in the gas-water separator 1 is relatively high, the first gas outlet 13 can be opened to circularly supply the fuel gas in the gas-water separator 1 to the fuel cell, so that the energy can be saved; when the concentration of the fuel gas in the gas-water separator 1 is relatively low and there is no need for recovery, the second gas outlet 14 may be opened to discharge the gas in the gas-water separator 1.
Example two
The embodiment provides a fuel cell, which comprises an electrochemical reaction generator and a water drainage device of the fuel cell, wherein a water drainage port of the electrochemical reaction generator is communicated with an inlet of a gas-water separator in the water drainage device.
The water drainage device of the fuel cell in this embodiment is the same as the water drainage device of the fuel cell provided in the first embodiment, and can bring about the same or similar technical effects, and details are not repeated herein, and specific reference can be made to the description of the above embodiment.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "top," "bottom," "upper," "lower" (if present), and the like, are used in the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.
The terms "first" and "second" in the description and claims of the present application and the description of the above-described figures are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. The drainage device of the fuel cell is characterized by comprising a controller, a gas-water separator and a drainage pipe communicated with a water outlet of the gas-water separator;
the gas-water separator is provided with a first sensor, and the first sensor is used for detecting first water level information in the gas-water separator;
the drain pipe is provided with a second sensor and a switch electromagnetic valve for controlling the on-off of the drain pipe, and the second sensor is used for detecting second water level information in the drain pipe;
the controller is respectively electrically connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the switch electromagnetic valve, and controls the switch electromagnetic valve to open the drain pipe when the first water level information is higher than a first preset value according to the first water level information; and controlling the switch electromagnetic valve to close the drain pipe according to the second water level information when the second water level information is lower than a second preset value.
2. The drain device of the fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the drain pipe has a horizontal pipe section, the second sensor is provided on the horizontal pipe section, and the second sensor is located between the on-off solenoid valve and an outlet of the drain pipe.
3. The fuel cell drain arrangement according to claim 2, wherein a one-way valve is further provided on the drain pipe, the one-way valve being located between the second sensor and an outlet of the drain pipe.
4. The drain device of the fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein a heating means is provided on the drain pipe.
5. The water discharge apparatus of a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein the heating means includes a heating wire.
6. The water discharge device of a fuel cell according to claim 5, wherein the water discharge pipe is provided with the heating wire along at least a part of a length direction thereof.
7. The water discharge device of a fuel cell according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first sensor is a position sensor and the second sensor is a position sensor.
8. The drain device of the fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein an artificial drain port is further provided on the drain pipe, the artificial drain port being located between the water outlet and the on-off solenoid valve;
and a manual valve is arranged at the manual water outlet.
9. The water drain device for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the gas-water separator has a first gas outlet and a second gas outlet;
the first gas outlet is used for circularly supplying the gas in the gas-water separator to the fuel cell, and the second gas outlet is used for discharging the gas in the gas-water separator.
10. A fuel cell comprising an electrochemical reaction generator and the drain of the fuel cell according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the drain of the electrochemical reaction generator is in communication with the inlet of a gas-water separator in the drain.
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