摘要:
To provide an operation method of a fuel cell system which even when the fuel cell repeats stop and start, can avoid degradation of the fuel cell and a fuel cell system for carrying out the method. An operation method of a fuel cell system which is provided with a fuel cell having at least one cell provided with an electrolyte, an anode and a cathode each having a platinum based metallic catalyst, the electrolyte being put between the anode and the cathode, and a pair of separator plates having formed thereon gas passages for feeding a fuel gas into the anode and feeding an oxidizing agent gas into the cathode, respectively and which switches connection and disconnection between the fuel cell and a load, wherein feeding of the oxidizing agent gas into the cathode and feeding of the fuel gas into the anode are continued until a prescribed period of time elapses after disconnection between the fuel cell and the load, and thereafter, feeding of each of the oxidizing agent gas and the fuel gas is stopped, thereby controlling the operation such that the time when the cell of the fuel cell has a voltage of 0.9 V or more falls within 10 minutes.
摘要:
The invention refers to a fuel cell comprising a passageway for a cooling medium, said passageway comprising a cooling medium inlet, a cooling medium flow channel and a cooling medium outlet. According to the invention, there is no portion of said flow channel having a downstream part higher than an upstream part thereof.
摘要:
To provide a fuel cell with a simple configuration such that, when a defective single cell is found among the laminated cells, a groove is provided between adjacent separators on a side, in the direction of fuel cell lamination. As a result, it is possible to provide a fuel cell that facilitates the replacement of defective cells, simply by processing into a separator shape with an extremely simple configuration.
摘要:
For the purpose of avoiding deterioration or instability of fuel cell performance caused by mist mixed into a supply gas in part of a separator plate, the present invention provides a polymer electrolyte fuel cell consisted of a cell stack including hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of electrodes sandwiching the hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane and a pair of conductive separator plates, one of which has a gas flow channel means for supplying and exhausting a fuel gas to and from one of the electrodes and the other has a gas flow channel means for supplying and exhausting an oxidant gas to and from the other electrode, wherein at least one of the gas flow channel means for the fuel gas and the oxidant gas is communicated with an inlet manifold so that a lowermost part of a junction of the gas flow channel means with the inlet manifold is positioned above a gas supply pipe connected to the inlet manifold in the gravity direction.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a cell stack comprising a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a plurality of conductive separator plates that are stacked alternately, each of the membrane electrode assemblies comprising a hydrogen-ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, and an anode and a cathode sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane. The conductive separator plate is formed of a molded plate comprising a carbon powder and a binder, the conductive separator plate having a main portion (16C) which is raised from a peripheral portion (17C) surrounding the main portion, the main portion being in contact with the anode or the cathode and being provided with a gas flow path (18) for supplying a fuel gas to the anode or a gas flow path for supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode.
摘要:
A method of producing a fuel cell comprising the steps of: (A) molding a separator having a gas flow channel or a cooling water flow channel by injection molding process having a step of injecting a mixture comprising one or more conductive inorganic materials and one or more resins into a mold; (B) producing an assembly comprising an electrolyte and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the electrolyte; and (C) combining the separator with the assembly to produce a fuel cell.
摘要:
Members as an upper fixing screw, piezoelectric element (15), a pressure transmitting member (14) are located closer to region of an engine to be measured and the like than a fitting thread portion of a sensor casing so that a pre-stress on the piezoelectric element can be constantly maintained at a predetermined value, thus enabling pressure measurement with a high degree of accuracy. Further, a projecting portion or a spacer is provided on the backside of a pressure receiving surface (13) in order to ensure the surface contact between the pressure transmitting member (14) and the back surface of the pressure receiving surface, thus preventing the stress from concentrating on corners of the bottom surface of the pressure transmitting member.
摘要:
A piezoelectric pressure sensor is provided with a sensor housing including an inner sensor housing (12), accommodating an piezoelectric element (15), and an outer sensor housing (10) threaded to a test article. The inner sensor housing is attached to the outer sensor housing in such a manner that a prestress applied to the piezoelectric element does not change due to an axial strain in the outer sensor housing. The axial strain is produced when the outer sensor housing is mounted to a test article.