US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 15 for "Apparatus and method for estimating an amount of condensed water in an anode of a fuel cell system and method of controlling a drain valve using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,371, issued on July 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating an amount of condensed water in an anode of a fuel cell system and method of controlling a drain valve using same" was invented by Mi Sun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Soon Woo Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating an amount of condensed water in an anode of a fuel cell system includes: an initial anode water vapor amount calculation unit to calculate an initial amount of water vapor in the anode of a fuel cell upon startup, an ...