Patents by Inventor Dong Hao
Dong Hao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12633554Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell performance optimization methodology combined with simulation method and experimental method, comprising: with the mutual coupling of simulation and experiment, a fuel cell simulation model is established, a bench test is performed, the model is calibrated, the operating conditions are refined and simulation and analysis are performed, and the optimal operating condition is obtained to perform the bench test, the optimal actual output voltage of the fuel cell is obtained, and the output voltage optimization result of the fuel cell are verified. The present disclosure not only reduces the number of experiments and experiment cycles in the process of fuel cell operation condition optimization, but also improves the reliability and accuracy of simulation results, and better plays the role of simulation in optimization.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Hao Lan, Jia Wang, Daokuan Jiao, Xin Zhao, Minghui Ma, Xuefeng Ji
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Patent number: 12614743Abstract: The present disclosure provides a discretization modeling method for electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in a fuel cell, comprising: establishing a conservation equation of membrane water in the fuel cell, performing a discretization for a complete electro-osmotic drag effect, obtaining a discretization simulation model of the complete electro-osmotic drag effect based on results of the discretization, solving the conservation equation of membrane water to establish a discretization simulation model of electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in the fuel cell. The discretization modeling method for the electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in a fuel cell in the present disclosure can perform a discretization and a numerical calculation for a complete electro-osmotic drag effect, the discretization comprising a water conservation portion caused by a membrane water content gradient and a water conservation portion caused by a proton transport flux gradient.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Xiaobing Wang, Guang Chen, Daokuan Jiao, Yan Li, Ruidi Wang
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Patent number: 12506161Abstract: A printed circuit board transmits the collected current and voltage signals of different regions in a membrane electrode assembly inside the fuel cell to PCB connectors, and transmits the current and voltage signals to a data collection module by means of mating of a male of the connector, a female and a male of the standard harness. The current and voltage signals of the PCB connectors are identified, and a local current density of the fuel cell represented by each signal is positioned according to the position matching relationship, so that the current density distribution in the entire membrane electrode assembly of the fuel cell is finally obtained. According to the scheme, stable and reliable transmission of current and voltage signals of different regions on the membrane electrode assembly inside the fuel cell to the data collection system is realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2024Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Guang Ma, Yanyi Zhang, Xingwang Xiong, Jianqiang Guo, Yunpeng Yang, Xifeng Luo
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Patent number: 12469864Abstract: A temperature control system for fuel cell includes a fuel cell under test, having two end plates, and the end plates having an area. At least two temperature regulating modules, respectively on a surface of one side of the two end plates facing outside of the fuel cell under test, and an area of a heat radiation surface of the temperature regulating module opposite the end plates is greater than or equal to a first preset proportion of the first preset value. At least two temperature detection modules, mounted to the cathode and anode of the fuel cell under test, for obtaining a measured temperature. A control module, connected to the temperature detection module and connected to the temperature regulating module, for controlling of the two temperature regulating modules to regulate the measured temperature of the cathode and anode to tend to a target temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Minghui Ma, Yanyi Zhang, Ruidi Wang, Jianwei Li, Zhensen Ding, Renguang Wang
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Publication number: 20250315579Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field of a fuel cell test, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for optimizing design based on performance evaluation of a gas diffusion layer of a fuel cell. The method includes: determining an overall porosity of the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell according to production requirements, and obtaining a plurality of porosity structures with the overall porosity; obtaining performance evaluation indexes of the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell, and constructing a performance evaluation system for the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell; calculating, with reference to evaluation functions and index weight ratios, performance comprehensive scores of the plurality of porosity structures in the performance evaluation system of the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell; determining an optimal design scheme in the plurality of porosity structures according to the performance comprehensive scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2025Publication date: October 9, 2025Applicants: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Daokuan JIAO, Dong HAO, Yanyi ZHANG, Zhixin WU, Yongping HOU, Ji PU, Zirong YANG, Xin ZHAO, Ruidi WANG, Wenyan DONG
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Patent number: 12394811Abstract: The present disclosure provides a performance prediction method and system for a fuel cell in an anode recirculation mode. The method includes: calculating output results of a membrane water transfer equation, a liquid water transfer equation, and a temperature transfer equation based on the membrane water transfer equation, the liquid water transfer equation, and the temperature transfer equation inside the fuel cell; calculating output results of a gas transfer equation based on output results of a first labeling equation according to a phenomenon of nitrogen transmembrane permeation inside the fuel cell; determining gas state parameters in the anode recirculation mode based on the output results of the temperature transfer equation and the gas transfer equation; and predicting output voltage performance of the fuel cell based on the gas state parameters in the anode recirculation mode and output results of a second labeling equation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: CATARC New Energy Vehicle Test Center (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Xiaobing Wang, Guang Chen, Daokuan Jiao, Yan Li, Ruidi Wang
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Publication number: 20250253372Abstract: A method and a system for optimizing a lifetime of a fuel cell system based on adjustment and constraint of a thermoelectric ratio are provided. The method includes obtaining initial reference voltages of a plurality of single-machine fuel cell systems, and performing a durability test under a normal operating condition to obtain variation relationships of reference voltage over time; monitoring an operating voltage of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in real-time under the normal operating condition to obtain a real-time monitored voltage and a real-time voltage deviation; calculating a performance expected attenuation profile of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems under the normal operating condition; obtaining current density distribution and actual available heat of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems, and calculating a health state boundary of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in stable operation, so as to optimize operating modes of the systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicants: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Daokuan JIAO, Dong HAO, Yanyi ZHANG, Zhixin WU, Yongping HOU, Zirong YANG, Xin ZHAO, Jicheng MA, Ruidi WANG
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Patent number: 12381241Abstract: A method and a system for optimizing a lifetime of a fuel cell system based on adjustment and constraint of a thermoelectric ratio are provided. The method includes obtaining initial reference voltages of a plurality of single-machine fuel cell systems, and performing a durability test under a normal operating condition to obtain variation relationships of reference voltage over time; monitoring an operating voltage of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in real-time under the normal operating condition to obtain a real-time monitored voltage and a real-time voltage deviation; calculating a performance expected attenuation profile of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems under the normal operating condition; obtaining current density distribution and actual available heat of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems, and calculating a health state boundary of each of the single-machine fuel cell systems in stable operation, so as to optimize operating modes of the systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2025Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignees: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Daokuan Jiao, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Zhixin Wu, Yongping Hou, Zirong Yang, Xin Zhao, Jicheng Ma, Ruidi Wang
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Patent number: 12334608Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for valuating a heat dissipation capability of a test platform of hydrogen fuel cell system. A plurality of PTC heaters are connected in series or in parallel in a primary or secondary dispersion water loop to simulate the fuel cell system with different heating powers. A rotation speed of water pump and whether a PTC is operated are controlled, thereby implementing steady and dynamic tests, and a test for integrative operating condition, thereby avoiding a real machine test from controlling a plurality of parameters. Compared with the real machine of a fuel cell, it can better test the heat dissipation capability of the fuel cell system. During the operation, the device does not need to be supplied reaction gases to ensure the safety of the test. The primary and secondary dispersion tests can be performed separately or in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2025Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignees: CATARC NEW ENERGY VEHICLE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Zhixin Wu, Xuan Liu, Minghui Ma, Guang Chen, Jicheng Ma, Xiangyang Chen, Xin Zhao, Zirong Yang, Daokuan Jiao
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Publication number: 20250145038Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fuel cell technology, and in particular, to a method and a system for analyzing hydrogen refueling action of a fuel cell vehicle based on a big data platform. By extracting a structural design parameter set of a hydrogen system of a fuel cell vehicle and a driving data set of the fuel cell vehicle in a preset time period, and further analyzing the obtained hydrogen refueling action data, it calculates a first hydrogen refueling feature set and a second hydrogen refueling feature set of the fuel cell vehicle and finally obtain hydrogen refueling action features corresponding to driving of the fuel cell vehicle in a preset time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Zirong YANG, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Fang Wang, Xiangyang Chen, Yunpeng Yang, Jia Wang, Wenyan Dong, Zhensen Ding, Xiangxiang Wang
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Publication number: 20240372116Abstract: A printed circuit board transmits the collected current and voltage signals of different regions in a membrane electrode assembly inside the fuel cell to PCB connectors, and transmits the current and voltage signals to a data collection module by means of mating of a male of the connector, a female and a male of the standard harness. The current and voltage signals of the PCB connectors are identified, and a local current density of the fuel cell represented by each signal is positioned according to the position matching relationship, so that the current density distribution in the entire membrane electrode assembly of the fuel cell is finally obtained. According to the scheme, stable and reliable transmission of current and voltage signals of different regions on the membrane electrode assembly inside the fuel cell to the data collection system is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Zirong YANG, Dong HAO, Guang MA, Yanyi ZHANG, Xingwang XIONG, Jianqiang GUO, Yunpeng YANG, Xifeng LUO
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Publication number: 20240139736Abstract: An integrated sampling sealed reagent box is disclosed. The reagent box includes a testing box, sampling probe, piston cap, and reagent vial. There is a test strip set inside the testing box. The sampling probe is set at the first end of the reagent box. The piston cap has a load-bearing chamber, and a sealing structure is provided at the opening of the load-bearing chamber. The piston cap is sealed and connected to the first end of the testing box through the sealing structure. The reagent vial is located in the bearing chamber and is used to hold testing reagents. The mouth of the reagent vial is lower than the opening of the piston cap. The integrated sampling sealed reagent box fixes the reagent vial in the bearing chamber, the mouth of the reagent vial is lower than the opening of the piston cap, and a sealing structure is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Hipro Biotechnology Co.Inventor: Dong HAO
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Publication number: 20240047719Abstract: A temperature control system for fuel cell includes a fuel cell under test, having two end plates, and the end plates having an area. At least two temperature regulating modules, respectively on a surface of one side of the two end plates facing outside of the fuel cell under test, and an area of a heat radiation surface of the temperature regulating module opposite the end plates is greater than or equal to a first preset proportion of the first preset value. At least two temperature detection modules, mounted to the cathode and anode of the fuel cell under test, for obtaining a measured temperature. A control module, connected to the temperature detection module and connected to the temperature regulating module, for controlling of the two temperature regulating modules to regulate the measured temperature of the cathode and anode to tend to a target temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Zirong YANG, Dong HAO, Minghiu MA, Yanyi ZHANG, Ruidi WANG, Jianwei LI, Zhensen DING, Renguang WANG
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Publication number: 20230420709Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel cell performance optimization methodology combined with simulation method and experimental method, comprising: with the mutual coupling of simulation and experiment, a fuel cell simulation model is established, a bench test is performed, the model is calibrated, the operating conditions are refined and simulation and analysis are performed, and the optimal operating condition is obtained to perform the bench test, the optimal actual output voltage of the fuel cell is obtained, and the output voltage optimization result of the fuel cell are verified. The present disclosure not only reduces the number of experiments and experiment cycles in the process of fuel cell operation condition optimization, but also improves the reliability and accuracy of simulation results, and better plays the role of simulation in optimization.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Zirong YANG, Dong HAO, Yanyi ZHANG, Hao LAN, Jia WANG, Daokuan JIAO, Xin ZHAO, Minghui MA, Xuefeng JI
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Publication number: 20230369619Abstract: The present disclosure provides a performance prediction method and system for a fuel cell in an anode recirculation mode. The method includes: calculating output results of a membrane water transfer equation, a liquid water transfer equation, and a temperature transfer equation based on the membrane water transfer equation, the liquid water transfer equation, and the temperature transfer equation inside the fuel cell; calculating output results of a gas transfer equation based on output results of a first labeling equation according to a phenomenon of nitrogen transmembrane permeation inside the fuel cell; determining gas state parameters in the anode recirculation mode based on the output results of the temperature transfer equation and the gas transfer equation; and predicting output voltage performance of the fuel cell based on the gas state parameters in the anode recirculation mode and output results of a second labeling equation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Zirong Yang, Dong Hao, Yanyi Zhang, Xiaobing Wang, Guang Chen, Daokuan Jiao, Yan Li, Ruidi Wang
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Publication number: 20230361323Abstract: The present disclosure provides a discretization modeling method for electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in a fuel cell, comprising: establishing a conservation equation of membrane water in the fuel cell, performing a discretization for a complete electro-osmotic drag effect, obtaining a discretization simulation model of the complete electro-osmotic drag effect based on results of the discretization, solving the conservation equation of membrane water to establish a discretization simulation model of electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in the fuel cell. The discretization modeling method for the electro-osmotic drag effect of water conservation in a fuel cell in the present disclosure can perform a discretization and a numerical calculation for a complete electro-osmotic drag effect, the discretization comprising a water conservation portion caused by a membrane water content gradient and a water conservation portion caused by a proton transport flux gradient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Zirong YANG, Dong HAO, Yanyi ZHANG, Xiaobing WANG, Guang CHEN, Daokuan JIAO, Yan LI, Ruidi WANG
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Publication number: 20220292895Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring and alarming hydrogen leakage of a fuel-cell vehicle and a system thereof. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring the current hydrogen concentration of a fuel-cell vehicle; judging whether the current hydrogen concentration is 0, if not, acquiring the measured hydrogen concentration, the hydrogen pressure drop value and the normal pressure range generated when the current hydrogen concentration of the fuel-cell vehicle is 0; judging whether the hydrogen pressure drop value exceeds the normal pressure range, if so, determining the predicted hydrogen concentration according to the measured hydrogen concentration and the hydrogen pressure drop value; judging whether the predicted hydrogen concentration exceeds the hydrogen leakage alarm threshold, and if not, determining the hydrogen leakage and issuing an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Meilin Ren, Tianyou Wang, Fang Wang, Yuntang He, Dong Hao, Zhizhao Che, Zhen Lu, Cheng Wang, Chenshu Hu, Hao Lan
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Patent number: 10527124Abstract: A non-limit multi-function viscoelastic support structure group, relating to a field of aerospace structural design, includes a basic structure, a supported structure and multiple viscoelastic support structure units. The multiple viscoelastic support structure units form a circular discontinuous group and are arranged between the basic structure and the supported structure. The viscoelastic support structure units are connected with the basic structure and the supported structure respectively in ways of pre-pressing and surface contact, and no fixed constrained relationship exists. The present invention absorbs a vibration energy through a viscoelastic effect of own structural material and forms a spring-oscillator vibration attenuation system with the supported structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: National University of Defense TechnologyInventors: Dongxu Li, Changping Yin, Dong Hao, Wang Liu
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Publication number: 20190136941Abstract: A non-limit multi-function viscoelastic support structure group, relating to a field of aerospace structural design, includes a basic structure, a supported structure and multiple viscoelastic support structure units. The multiple viscoelastic support structure units form a circular discontinuous group and are arranged between the basic structure and the supported structure. The viscoelastic support structure units are connected with the basic structure and the supported structure respectively in ways of pre-pressing and surface contact, and no fixed constrained relationship exists. The present invention absorbs a vibration energy through a viscoelastic effect of own structural material and forms a spring-oscillator vibration attenuation system with the supported structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Dongxu Li, Changping Yin, Dong Hao, Wang Liu
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Patent number: 7131495Abstract: A method to synthesize a chlorine dioxide block remover in a well is described. The method includes dissolving a chlorate aqueous solution and some acidic substances in water and to produce a hydrogen ion. The chlorate aqueous solution and acidic substances are quickly injected into the well by an injection pump, so they react with each other and produce chlorine dioxide. The synthesis of the chlorine block remover in the well removes oil layer blocks induced by polymers and microbes, while reducing the risk of explosion caused by leaked chlorine dioxide, and reducing the corrosion of equipment and pipes caused by chlorine dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Inventors: Zhanyuan Hao, Dong Hao