摘要:
A method of preserving a PEFC stack of the present invention is a method of preserving a PEFC stack that is provided with an oxidizing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through a cathode and a reducing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through an anode. The method comprises preserving the polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack in an uninstalled state under a condition in which an oxygen concentration within the oxidizing agent passage and within the reducing agent passage is lower than an oxygen concentration in atmospheric air.
摘要:
The durability of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is very significantly improved by using a tightening pressure of about 2 to 4 kgf/cm2 of area of electrode; or a tightening pressure of about 4 to 8 kgf/cm2 of contact area between electrode and separator plate; or by selecting a value not exceeding about 1.5 mS/cm2 for the short-circuit conductivity attributed to the DC resistance component in each unit cell; or by selecting a value not exceeding about 3 mA/cm2 for the hydrogen leak current per area of electrode of each MEA. Further, in a method of manufacturing or an inspection method for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack, fuel cells having high durability can be efficiently manufactured by removing such MEAs or unit cells using such MEAs or such cell stacks having short-circuit conductivity values and/or hydrogen leak current values exceeding predetermined values, respectively.
摘要翻译:通过使用约2至4kgf / cm 2的电极面积的紧固压力,聚合物电解质燃料电池的耐久性得到非常显着的改善; 或电极和隔板之间的接触面积约4至8kgf / cm 2的紧固压力; 或者通过为每个单位电池中的直流电阻分量的短路导电率选择不超过约1.5mS / cm 2的值; 或者通过选择每个MEA的电极面积的氢泄漏电流不超过约3mA / cm 2的值。 此外,在聚合物电解质燃料电池堆的制造方法或检查方法中,通过使用这样的MEA或这种具有短路导电性值的电池组除去这样的MEA或单元电池,能够有效地制造具有高耐久性的燃料电池,和/ 或氢泄漏电流值分别超过预定值。
摘要:
A preservation assembly of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is provided. The assembly includes an uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and sealing units. The uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is provided with an oxidizing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through a cathode and a reducing agent passage having an inlet and an outlet and extending through an anode. The sealing units include sealing plugs or containers and are configured to seal the inlet and the outlet of the oxidizing agent passage within which an oxygen concentration has been decreased and to seal the inlet and the outlet of the reducing agent passage within which the oxygen concentration has been decreased. The uninstalled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is in a state before an assembled polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack is incorporated into a fuel cell system.
摘要:
The invention relates to fuel cell end plates comprising a resin-dominant material, preferably made by injection molding to reduce their cost and weight and increase their corrosion resistance.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell may have a cell stack of a plurality of unit cells. Each of the unit cells includes a hydrogen-ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode and a cathode sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode-side separator having a gas flow channel for supplying a fuel gas to the anode, and a cathode-side separator having a gas flow channel for supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode. A pair of current collector plates sandwiches the cell stack, and a pair of end plates clamps the cell stack and the current collector plates under pressure. The current collector plates have a conductive carbon material as a main component, and have a terminal section for connecting a power output cable in the vicinity of an inlet-side manifold for the fuel gas or the oxidant gas.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell power generation system is disclosed which comprises: a fuel cell having a plurality of cells each having a polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and cathode that are formed so as to sandwich the polymer electrolyte membrane therebetween, a fuel gas path formed so as to guide fuel gas from an inlet of the fuel gas to the anode of each cell and discharge the fuel gas to the outside therefrom, an oxidizing gas path formed so as to guide oxidizing gas from an inlet of the oxidizing gas to the cathode of each cell and discharge the oxidizing gas to the outside therefrom, and a cooling fluid path formed so as to guide a cooling fluid from an inlet of the cooling fluid to a cooling fluid supply manifold and then to a region opposite to power generation regions constituted by the anodes and cathodes of the plurality of cells and discharge the cooling fluid to the outside therefrom through an outlet of the cooling fluid, the fuel cell being configured to generate electric power accompanied with heat generation by a reaction between the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas within the power generation regions; a fuel gas supply apparatus for feeding the fuel gas to the inlet of the fuel gas of the fuel cell; an oxidizing gas supply apparatus for feeding the oxidizing gas to the inlet of the oxidizing gas of the fuel cell; a cooling fluid supply system for causing the cooling fluid to flow through the cooling fluid path of the fuel cell, thereby cooling the fuel cell; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls, during the power generation, the temperature of the cooling fluid at the inlet of the cooling fluid 401 though the cooling fluid supply system so as to satisfy T1≧T2+1° C. where T1 is a corresponding dew-point temperature of at least either the fuel gas or oxidizing gas at the inlet thereof and T2 is the temperature of the cooling fluid at the inlet of the cooling fluid 401.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell is provided with a conductive separator having one or more gas flow channels for supplying and exhausting a gas to and from an electrode of the fuel cell. The gas flow channels are connected to and in fluid communication with an inlet manifold on the separator. The cell also includes a gas supply connection in fluid communication with the inlet manifold of the separator. Water accumulation in the cell can be advantageously reduced by configuring the connections to the inlet manifold so that the lowermost part of any gas flow channel connections with the inlet manifold is above the uppermost part of the gas supply connection to the inlet manifold.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell power generation system is disclosed which comprises: a fuel cell having a plurality of cells each having a polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and cathode that are formed so as to sandwich the polymer electrolyte membrane therebetween, a fuel gas path formed so as to guide fuel gas from an inlet of the fuel gas to the anode of each cell and discharge the fuel gas to the outside therefrom, an oxidizing gas path formed so as to guide oxidizing gas from an inlet of the oxidizing gas to the cathode of each cell and discharge the oxidizing gas to the outside therefrom, and a cooling fluid path formed so as to guide a cooling fluid from an inlet of the cooling fluid to a cooling fluid supply manifold and then to a region opposite to power generation regions constituted by the anodes and cathodes of the plurality of cells and discharge the cooling fluid to the outside therefrom through an outlet of the cooling fluid, the fuel cell being configured to generate electric power accompanied with heat generation by a reaction between the fuel gas and the oxidizing gas within the power generation regions; a fuel gas supply apparatus for feeding the fuel gas to the inlet of the fuel gas of the fuel cell; an oxidizing gas supply apparatus for feeding the oxidizing gas to the inlet of the oxidizing gas of the fuel cell; a cooling fluid supply system for causing the cooling fluid to flow through the cooling fluid path of the fuel cell, thereby cooling the fuel cell; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls, during the power generation, the temperature of the cooling fluid at the inlet of the cooling fluid 401 though the cooling fluid supply system so as to satisfy T1≧T2+1° C. where T1 is a corresponding dew-point temperature of at least either the fuel gas or oxidizing gas at the inlet thereof and T2 is the temperature of the cooling fluid at the inlet of the cooling fluid 401.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell may include a stack of unit cells that each have a hydrogen-ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and a cathode sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane. Separators are provided between each two adjacent unit cells and include channels for supplying fuel and oxidant gas to the anode and the cathode. Anode side and cathode side current collector plates sandwich the stack of unit cells. The anode side current collector plate has a terminal section for a power output coupling and is located closer to an inlet-side manifold than to an outlet-side manifold for the fuel gas. The cathode side current collector plate has a terminal section for a power output coupling and is located closer to an inlet-side manifold than to an outlet-side manifold for the oxidant gas.
摘要:
A method for easily, quickly and accurately detecting a cross leak or a micro short-circuit in a unit cell or group of cells of a fuel cell stack is provided by determining an electric output of the unit cell or group of cells after stoppage of fuel and/or oxidant and preferably during the introduction of a non-fuel and non-oxidant gas to the cell.