Branched fluid channels for improved fluid flow through fuel cell
    3.
    发明申请
    Branched fluid channels for improved fluid flow through fuel cell 有权
    分支流体通道,用于改善通过燃料电池的流体流动

    公开(公告)号:US20050260472A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-24

    申请号:US10848701

    申请日:2004-05-19

    摘要: A flow field geometry formed in a separator plate of a fuel cell includes a plurality of straight inlet legs including a first lateral inlet leg laterally offset from a first inlet leg and a dividing junction associated with each of the plurality of straight inlet legs. The dividing junction divides a straight inlet leg into a plurality of branched legs. A number of a first set of branched legs associated with the first lateral inlet leg is greater than a number of a set of branched legs associated with the first inlet leg.

    摘要翻译: 形成在燃料电池的隔板中的流场几何形状包括多个直入口腿,其包括从第一入口腿侧向偏移的第一侧向入口腿和与多个直入口腿中的每一个相关联的分隔结。 分隔结将直线入口腿分成多个分支腿。 与第一侧向入口腿相关联的多个第一组分支腿大于与第一入口腿相关联的一组分支腿的数量。

    One piece bipolar plate with spring seals
    4.
    发明申请
    One piece bipolar plate with spring seals 有权
    一体双面板带弹簧密封

    公开(公告)号:US20050100775A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-12

    申请号:US10703237

    申请日:2003-11-07

    申请人: Jeffrey Rock

    发明人: Jeffrey Rock

    摘要: A PEM fuel cell includes a cathode plate for directing a first fluid along a surface thereof. An anode plate directs a second fluid along a surface thereof. An MEA is oriented in a first direction. The MEA includes an anode face opposing the anode plate and a cathode face opposing the cathode plate. A plate margin includes first and second header apertures oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first seal is disposed between the anode plate and the MEA. The first seal defines a first fluid communication path between the first header aperture and the anode plate. A second seal is disposed between the cathode plate and the MEA. The second seal defines a second fluid communication path between the second header aperture and the cathode plate. The first and second seals allow the first and second fluid to flow through respective passages thereon in a direction parallel the first direction.

    摘要翻译: PEM燃料电池包括用于沿其表面引导第一流体的阴极板。 阳极板沿其表面引导第二流体。 MEA是朝着第一个方向发展的。 MEA包括与阳极板相对的阳极面和与阴极板相对的阴极面。 平板边缘包括沿垂直于第一方向的第二方向定向的第一和第二头部孔。 第一密封件设置在阳极板和MEA之间。 第一密封件限定第一集管孔和阳极板之间的第一流体连通路径。 第二密封件设置在阴极板和MEA之间。 第二密封件限定第二集管孔和阴极板之间的第二流体连通路径。 第一和第二密封件允许第一和第二流体在平行于第一方向的方向上流过其中的相应通道。

    Brick Laying System
    5.
    发明申请
    Brick Laying System 有权
    砖铺系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120053726A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US13207328

    申请日:2011-08-10

    IPC分类号: G05B15/00

    摘要: A brick laying system where an operator such as a mason works proximate a moveable platform having a robotic arm assembly, a mortar applicator with a mortar transfer device, and a brick transfer device to build structures. The robotically assisted brick laying system may also contain a stabilizer having a disturbance sensing and a disturbance correcting component that provides compensation for disturbances caused by load shifting, movement of the platform, wind, operator movement, and the like. In addition, the robotically assisted brick laying system has a sensing and positioning component for controlling placement of the moveable platform and robotic arm assembly. The interoperability of the system with a mason or skilled operator removes much of the manual labor component of brick laying, allowing the mason more time to focus on craftsmanship and quality, thus improving the end product and the overall working conditions of the mason.

    摘要翻译: 一种铺砖系统,其中诸如梅森的操作者靠近具有机器臂组件的可移动平台工作,具有砂浆转移装置的砂浆施加器和用于构建结构的砖转移装置。 机器人辅助的铺砖系统还可以包含具有干扰感测和扰动校正部件的稳定器,其提供由负载移动,平台的运动,风力,操作者运动等引起的干扰的补偿。 另外,机器人辅助的铺砖系统具有用于控制可移动平台和机器臂组件的放置的感测和定位部件。 该系统与矿工或熟练操作员的互操作性可以消除大部分砖瓦铺设的人工部件,从而使梅森更多的时间专注于工艺和质量,从而改善了泥浆的最终产品和整体工作条件。

    Reactant feed for nested stamped plates for a compact fuel cell
    6.
    发明申请
    Reactant feed for nested stamped plates for a compact fuel cell 有权
    用于紧凑燃料电池的嵌套冲压板的反应物进料

    公开(公告)号:US20060127706A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-15

    申请号:US11009378

    申请日:2004-12-10

    摘要: A fuel cell in a fuel cell stack that provides a transition from nested bipolar plates in the active region of the stack to non-nested bipolar plates in the inactive regions of the stack without giving up the reduced stack thickness provided by the nested plates or changing the size of the flow channels. Particularly, the diffusion media layers in the fuel cells are removed in the inactive regions where the bipolar plates are non-nested so that the volume necessary to maintain the size of the flow channels is provided without the need to increase the distance between adjacent MEAs. A thin shim can be provided between the membranes and the plates in the inactive regions to support the membrane where the diffusion media layer has been removed to prevent the membrane from intruding into the flow channels and blocking the reactive flow.

    摘要翻译: 燃料电池堆中的燃料电池,其提供从堆叠的有源区域中的嵌套双极板到堆叠的非活性区域中的非嵌套双极板的过渡,而不放弃由嵌套板提供的减小的堆叠厚度或改变 流量通道的大小。 特别地,燃料电池中的扩散介质层在双极板非嵌套的非活性区域被去除,从而提供维持流动通道尺寸所需的体积,而不需要增加相邻MEA之间的距离。 可以在膜和非活性区域中的板之间提供薄垫片以支撑已经去除扩散介质层的膜,以防止膜侵入流动通道并阻塞反应流。

    Fuel cell stack design and method of operation
    8.
    发明申请
    Fuel cell stack design and method of operation 有权
    燃料电池堆的设计和操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050019648A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-27

    申请号:US10917038

    申请日:2004-08-12

    摘要: A hydrogen fuel cell stack has at least two segments of fuel cells each having reactant gas passages. The reactant gas passages of each fuel cell in each segment are arranged in parallel with each other. Flow of fuel cell fluids is in a gravity assisted downward direction. Gravity assisted flow directs water formed in each cell to lower removal points of the stack segments. Adjacent segments are separated by either a separator segment formed as an integral unit with the stack or the segments are joined and an external piping system directs flow to differing stack areas. A cathode flow enters at a first stack end and a hydrogen anode flow enters the stack at an opposite end, such that cathode and anode flows are counter-current to each other. A coolant flow is normally injected adjacent to and flows parallel with the cathode flow, but can also be directed by the piping system to any or all segments in series or parallel.

    摘要翻译: 氢燃料电池堆具有至少两个燃料电池段,每个段具有反应气体通道。 每个段中每个燃料电池的反应气体通道彼此平行地布置。 燃料电池液体的流动处于重力辅助向下的方向。 重力辅助流引导在每个电池中形成的水​​以降低堆垛段的去除点。 相邻段通过与堆叠形成为整体单元的分隔段分开,或者段连接,并且外部管道系统将流动引导到不同的堆叠区域。 阴极流在第一堆叠端进入,氢阳极流在相对端进入堆,使得阴极和阳极流互相逆流。 冷却剂流通常与阴极流相邻并且平行地喷射,但是也可以被管道系统引导到串联或平行的任何或所有段。