摘要:
The present invention is directed to a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including: a hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane; a pair of electrodes sandwiching the membrane; a pair of conductive separators each having a gas flow channel means, one of which supplies a fuel gas to one of the electrodes and the other supplies an oxidant gas to the other electrode; and gaskets, each of which is sandwiched between the conductive separator and the hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane to surround the periphery of the electrode and the gas flow channel means, wherein a gram of the conductive separator or the gasket, which is kept immersed in water of 80 to 100°C for 50 hours, leaches into the water not more than 300 µg of TOC, not more than 50 µg of ammonium ion, not more than 50 µg of chloride ion, not more than 20 µg of bromide ion and not more than 10 µg of sulfite ion.
摘要:
To realize a polymer electrolyte fuel cell with an increased level of safety by providing a method for easily and accurately detecting a cross leak or a micro short-circuit resulting from the initial failure or the deterioration of durability, specifically, by providing a method for operating a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising a stack of unit cells, each of the cells comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of electrodes sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane, and electroconductive separators, which generates electricity with the supply of a fuel gas containing hydrogen to one of the electrodes and an oxidant gas containing oxygen to the other of the electrodes, in which an electric output of a single cell or a group of cells is checked after the stoppage of the supply of the fuel and oxidant gases to detect a defective cell or a defective group of cells in the fuel cell.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including: a hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane; a pair of electrodes sandwiching the membrane; a pair of conductive separators each having a gas flow channel means, one of which supplies a fuel gas to one of the electrodes and the other supplies an oxidant gas to the other electrode; and gaskets, each of which is sandwiched between the conductive separator and the hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane to surround the periphery of the electrode and the gas flow channel means, wherein a gram of the conductive separator or the gasket, which is kept immersed in water of 80 to 100°C for 50 hours, leaches into the water not more than 300 µg of TOC, not more than 50 µg of ammonium ion, not more than 50 µg of chloride ion, not more than 20 µg of bromide ion and not more than 10 µg of sulfite ion.
摘要:
A fuel cell comprising stacked unit cells, each unit cell comprising: a hydrogen-ion conductive electrolyte; an anode and a cathode with the hydrogen-ion conductive electrolyte interposed therebetween; an anode-side conductive separator in contact with the anode; and a cathode-side conductive separator in contact with the cathode, wherein the anode-side conductive separator comprises fuel gas passage grooves, facing the anode, for supplying a fuel gas to the anode, the cathode-side conductive separator comprises oxidant gas passage grooves, facing the cathode, for supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode, and at least one of the fuel gas passage grooves (21b) and the oxidant gas passage grooves (21a) have an equivalent diameter of not smaller than 0.56 mm and not larger than 1.51 mm per each groove.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a thermoelectric material containing CoSb 3 compound for converting heat to electricity, and provides a p-type thermoelectric material of CoSb 3 having a high power factor by achieving high Seebeck coefficient consistently with high electric conductivity in a material of CoSb 3 system without causing increase in heat conductivity. By sintering Co 0.07 Pt 0.03 Sb 3 alloy powder using the spark plasma sintering technique, the material is densified, while growth of grains is restricted, so that a higher electric conductivity is achieved with a heat conductivity maintained in a low level, and the figure of merit as a heat-transfer material is improved. Also, by providing such heat insulating layer as an oxide intermediately in a grain boundary of a compound of CoSb 3 in a sintered body, the heat conductivity is reduced. Further, the Seebeck coefficient is increased by adding a rare earth metal to the thermoelectric material of CoSb 3 , and allowing it to be precipitated in grain boundaries of the sintered body.
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.
摘要:
Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including improved separators that cause no mixing of a fuel gas and an oxidant gas. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a plurality of conductive separators, wherein the plurality of conductive separators comprise at least one separator (10) comprising: a fuel gas inlet-side manifold aperture (12a); a fuel gas outlet-side manifold aperture (12b); a gas flow channel (24) for fuel gas formed on an anode-side of the separator; an inlet-side through hole (25a) and an outlet-side through hole (25b) penetrating the separator which are formed at an inlet-side end and an outlet-side end of the gas flow channel for fuel gas; and an inlet-side connection groove and an outlet-side connection groove for connecting the inlet-side and outlet-side through holes with the fuel gas inlet-side manifold aperture and the fuel gas outlet-side manifold aperture, respectively, which are formed on a cathode-side of the separator.
摘要:
A separator plate for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having excellent conductivity and moldability is provided. The separator plate is injection molded, using different compounds for molding the portion that requires conductivity and the portion that does not require conductivity. The separator plate comprises: an electronic conductor portion containing conductive carbon; and an insulating portion surrounding the electronic conductor portion. The electronic conductor portion has a first flow channel of a gas or cooling water on one side and has a second flow channel of a gas or cooling water on the other side.
摘要:
A step as deep as or deeper than a gas flow channel is provided on the gas-flow-channel-side periphery of each manifold aperture in a conductive separator plate. The step preferably comprises a taper so as to be deep on the manifold aperture side.