GEAR TO RUN ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR WITH AFTER-BURNER AND PROCESS OF ITS EXPLOITATION Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: D C power supply sources. SUBSTANCE: gear to run electrochemical generator with after-burner has electrochemical generator with lines supplying oxygen and hydrogen, line for oxygen blow-through, line for hydrogen blow-through connected to after-burner, tank to collect water linked by line to electrochemical generator. Gear is enclosed in air-tight housing, after-burner comes in the form of reactor with platinum-carrying catalyst. Gear also has receiver and mixer installed in sequence in line of hydrogen blow- through from electrochemical generator, high-pressure bottle with valve connected to tank of air-tight housing, fan, liquid gas heat exchanger which are joined together with after-burner by closed circuit fitted with hydrogen analyzer. Lines supplying oxygen and hydrogen are equipped with enclosures joined to tank of air-tight housing. Tank collecting water is connected to pneumatic line, to fan installed in this line and to tank of air-tight housing. Process of exploitation of electrochemical generator with after- burner includes periodic blow-through of electrochemical generator with hydrogen and oxygen and supply of hydrogen into hydrogen space of after-burner. EFFECT: prolonged service life and increased operational reliability of gear. 2 cl, 1 dwg