摘要:
The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte fuel cell in which neither cross leakage nor outward leakage occurs with the application of low clamping pressures. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a unit cell, the unit cell comprising: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) (10) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, a gasket (11) covering the periphery of the electrolyte membrane, an anode (12) and a cathode attached to the electrolyte membrane; and conductive separator plates sandwiching the MEA therebetween. The gasket and the separator plates have a pair of manifold apertures for each of fuel gas (14), oxidant gas (15) and cooling water (16). The gasket comprises dummy ribs (21,22,23) surrounding each of the manifold apertures, and the separator plates have grooves into which each of the dummy ribs is fitted loosely such that there is a clearance therebetween. The gasket further has seal ribs (41,42,43) surrounding each of the manifold apertures, the anode and the cathode, as well as seal ribs formed on both sides of each of gas passages connecting the fuel gas manifold apertures with the anode and gas passages connecting the oxidant gas manifold apertures with the cathode. These seal ribs, except for in the gas passages, are pressed against the separator plates by clamping pressure of the cell stack to form gas sealing sections.
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:
The invention aims at providing a fuel cell capable of highly efficient and stable operation, by eliminating the flooding caused by condensed water and generated water during low-load operation, and by inhibiting the increase in the pressure drop at high loads. A fuel cell that does not flood, particularly during low-load operation, in accordance with the invention is realized by forming multiple independent gas flow channels having independent inlet-side and outlet-side manifold holes in the separator surface, and by connecting these in series or in parallel. This connection can be obtained through switching means characterised in that: the inlets and outlets of such switchable channel means are maintained in both operational modes in a manner that in both operational modes the switchable channel means are fed by their fluid in the same direction of circulation.
摘要:
The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte fuel cell in which neither cross leakage nor outward leakage occurs with the application of low clamping pressures. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a unit cell, the unit cell comprising: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) (10) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, a gasket (11) covering the periphery of the electrolyte membrane, an anode (12) and a cathode attached to the electrolyte membrane; and conductive separator plates sandwiching the MEA therebetween. The gasket and the separator plates have a pair of manifold apertures for each of fuel gas (14), oxidant gas (15) and cooling water (16). The gasket comprises dummy ribs (21,22,23) surrounding each of the manifold apertures, and the separator plates have grooves into which each of the dummy ribs is fitted loosely such that there is a clearance therebetween. The gasket further has seal ribs (41,42,43) surrounding each of the manifold apertures, the anode and the cathode, as well as seal ribs formed on both sides of each of gas passages connecting the fuel gas manifold apertures with the anode and gas passages connecting the oxidant gas manifold apertures with the cathode. These seal ribs, except for in the gas passages, are pressed against the separator plates by clamping pressure of the cell stack to form gas sealing sections.
摘要:
End plates of a fuel cell are conventionally made by cutting metal plates. Therefore, they have problems in that it is difficult to reduce their cost, and they are inconveniently heavy, and they are likely to be corroded by supplied gases and cooling water since they contact such gases and water at inside surfaces of manifold holes of the metal end plates. According to the present invention, the end plates are made of a resin-dominant material, more preferably by injection-molding such material, so that it becomes possible to reduce the cost and weight of the end plates, and the corrosion resistance can be greatly improved by insert-molding the current collecting plates in such a manner that the end plate material extends into a manifold hole of each current collecting plate.
摘要:
An optical disk changer system comprises an optical disk changer including M magazines storing N optical disks (N, M: positive integers), which can insert/draw optical disks in each magazine and manages data on a set of optical disks including one or a plurality of optical disks as a volume having a series of logical address; a volume management means including a management table for managing storage position information of optical disks constituting the volume and an unused optical disk management table for identifying unused magazines storing N unused optical disks; a volume creation information means which receives inputs of the number of optical disks or magazines to create the volume; and a volume creation management means for inquiring of the volume management means the storage position information of X unused optical disks to create a volume including X optical disks when positive integer X is input from the volume creation information input means as the number of the optical disks and inquiring of the volume management means storage position information of N X Z pieces of unused optical disks stored in Z pieces of unused magazines to create a volume including N x Z pieces of optical disks stored in Z pieces of magazines according to the number of unused magazines when positive integer X is input from the volume creation information input means.
摘要:
A fuel cell system comprising the stack having a gas distribution means of guiding reaction gas into electrodes of respective single cells, the gas supplying sections for supplying the reaction gas to the stack, the gas humidifying section for humidifying the reaction gas which are disposed between the gas supplying sections and the electrode inlet of the gas distribution means, and the controlling section for controlling the water vapor content of the reaction gas supplied at least to one of the electrodes so as to exceed the saturated water vapor content at the temperature of at least one of the electrode inlets of the gas distribution means.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell system is disclosed, comprising a fuel cell having a predetermined power generation portion configured to operate at a predetermined temperature to generate an electric power using a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas supplied to said fuel cell, and a humidifier configured to humidify the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas, wherein the humidifier is configured to humidify the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas to allow the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas to have dew points higher than the predetermined temperature, the humidified fuel gas and oxidizing gas having the dew points higher than the operating temperature being supplied to the fuel cell.
摘要:
The present invention provides a contents delivery method and a server, terminal and computer program to be used for the contents delivery method, which are capable of achieving re-delivery of contents and others efficiently and strictly. In a contents delivery method of delivering contents from a server (10) through a network (30) to a terminal (40), when receiving the delivery of the contents, the terminal retains an electronic receipt (71) including at least its own identifier, an identifier of the contents purchased, an identifier of the terminal or a user and information on purchase date/time, issued by the server. The terminal transmits the electronic receipt to the server when making a request for the re-delivery of the contents. This method can enhance the efficiency of the delivery processing or re-delivery processing of contents, and enables high-security and high-reliability contents delivery or re-delivery through simple operations of the terminal.