US Patent Issued to Cevizdere on March 24 for "Methods and apparatus for mold mitigation in fuel cell humidifiers" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,798, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cevizdere LLC (Martinez, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatus for mold mitigation in fuel cell humidifiers" was invented by Sean Michael Mackinnon (Gibsons, Canada), Matthew Guenther (Vancouver, Canada) and Claudette Kennette (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for reducing the tendency for mold formation and accumulation in membrane-based humidifiers used in PEM fuel cell systems can include reducing the oxygen concentration and/or generating hydrogen peroxide within the humidifier upon shutdown of a fuel cell system. In some embodiments, a fuel cell syst...