Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell and method for operating the same
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Application No.: US15607131Application Date: 2017-05-26
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Publication No.: US10483570B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Choonjae Ryu , Dongkeun Yang , Hyoungsuk Woo
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0066712 20160530
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/04746 ; H01M8/04082 ; H01M8/04186 ; H01M8/04089 ; H01M8/0432 ; H01M8/04537 ; H01M8/04119

Abstract:
A fuel cell has a stack that includes a fuel electrode and air electrode on opposite sides of an electrolyte membrane. The fuel electrode includes first and second fuel ports communicative via a fuel flow path, and the air electrode includes first and second air ports communicative via an air flow path. The fuel cell also includes first and second fuel feeders communicative with the first and second fuel ports, and first and second air feeders communicative with the first and second air ports. The fuel cell also includes a fuel switching unit between the first and second fuel feeders that switches a fuel supply direction between the first and second fuel feeders. The fuel cell further includes an air switching unit between the first and second air feeders that switches an air supply direction between the first and second air feeders.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170346115A1 FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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