Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an upstream reformate combustor
    1.
    发明申请
    Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an upstream reformate combustor 有权
    具有上游重整燃烧器的固体氧化物燃料电池系统

    公开(公告)号:US20060024541A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-02

    申请号:US10909577

    申请日:2004-08-02

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/06 H01M8/12

    摘要: A solid-oxide fuel cell system wherein a reformate combustor is disposed in the reformate flow path between a hydrocarbon reformer and a fuel cell stack. At system start-up, reformate is partially burned within the combustor by admitting combustion air, and the partially-burned reformate is passed through the anode chambers of the stack to warm the anodes. In addition, reformate is passed through a cathode-air heat exchanger to warm combustion air entering the cathode chambers of the stack. The combustor may continue to be supplied with a low level of air during steady-state operation of the SOFC, thereby providing a moist environment within the anode chambers to prevent coking of the anodes and providing additional heat to the reformate. The combustor decouples the reformer from the stack thermodynamically, permitting the reformer and the stack each to run in its own optimal temperature range.

    摘要翻译: 一种固体氧化物燃料电池系统,其中重整燃烧器设置在烃重整器和燃料电池堆之间的重整产品流路中。 在系统启动时,通过加入燃烧空气在燃烧室内部分燃烧重整产物,部分燃烧的重整产物通过堆叠的阳极室,以加热阳极。 此外,重整产物通过阴极 - 空气热交换器以加热进入堆叠的阴极室的燃烧空气。 在SOFC的稳态操作期间,燃烧器可以继续供应低水平的空气,从而在阳极室内提供潮湿环境,以防止阳极焦化并向重整产品提供额外的热量。 燃烧器使热重分离器与热堆动力学解耦,允许重整器和堆叠各自运行在其最佳温度范围内。

    Ceramic coatings for insulating modular fuel cell cassettes in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
    2.
    发明申请
    Ceramic coatings for insulating modular fuel cell cassettes in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack 有权
    用于在固体氧化物燃料电池堆中绝缘模块化燃料电池盒的陶瓷涂层

    公开(公告)号:US20070134537A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-14

    申请号:US11158369

    申请日:2005-06-22

    IPC分类号: H01M2/08 H01M8/12 F16J15/12

    摘要: In assembling an SOFC fuel cell stack from a plurality of cassettes, the mounting plate of one cassette is attached to, and insulated from, the separator plate of the next-adjacent cassette by a peripheral dielectric seal consisting of a ceramic coating and a metal braze. Materials suitable for the ceramic coating include yttrium stabilized zirconia (YSZ), zirconia toughened alumina, magnesium silicates such as the mineral forsterite, magnesium aluminates, magnesium aluminosilicates and lanthanum zirconate. The ceramic coating may be applied to the cassette's outer surface in known fashion as by physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, sputtering, and various methods of plasma spray. An underlayer of alumina may also be used to provide a redundant layer of electrical insulation.

    摘要翻译: 在从多个盒组装SOFC燃料电池堆时,一个盒的安装板通过由陶瓷涂层和金属钎焊组成的外围电介质密封件附接到下一相邻盒的隔板并与之隔绝 。 适用于陶瓷涂层的材料包括钇稳定氧化锆(YSZ),氧化锆增韧氧化铝,硅酸镁如矿物镁橄榄石,铝酸镁,硅铝酸镁和锆酸镧。 陶瓷涂层可以通过物理气相沉积,化学气相沉积,溅射和各种等离子体喷涂方法以已知的方式施加到盒的外表面。 也可以使用氧化铝的底层来提供冗余的电绝缘层。

    Method and apparatus for forming electrode interconnect contacts for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
    3.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for forming electrode interconnect contacts for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack 有权
    用于形成固体氧化物燃料电池堆的电极互连触点的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060275649A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-07

    申请号:US11145647

    申请日:2005-06-06

    IPC分类号: H01M4/86 C04B35/64

    摘要: An electrical interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack assembly, including a novel sintering paste and an improved manufacturing process for an anode and cathode electrical contacts is disclosed. On the anode side, the paste contains a metallic oxide such as NiO, and an amount of sacrificial pore-forming particles, such as carbon particles or polymer spheres, which are vaporized during sintering of the paste, resulting in a very porous connection having good electrical conductivity and good adhesion. A preferred level of pore-former in the paste is about 40 volume percent. On the cathode side, the paste contains a noble metal such as for example, gold, platinum, palladium or rhodium, and an amount of the sacrificial pore-forming particles. The paste may be applied to the surfaces in a grid pattern or, because the resulting contact is porous after sintering, it may be applied as a continuous layer.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于固体氧化物燃料电池堆组件的电互连,其包括新颖的烧结膏和用于阳极和阴极电触点的改进的制造工艺。 在阳极侧,糊状物含有NiO等金属氧化物,以及在糊料烧结过程中蒸发的诸如碳颗粒或聚合物球的牺牲性成孔颗粒的量,导致非常多孔的连接具有良好的 导电性好,附着力好。 浆料中成孔剂的优选含量为约40体积%。 在阴极侧,糊状物含有贵金属,例如金,铂,钯或铑,以及一定量的牺牲性成孔颗粒。 糊状物可以以网格图案施加到表面,或者由于所得接触在烧结之后是多孔的,所以可以作为连续层施加。

    Etched interconnect for fuel cell elements
    5.
    发明申请
    Etched interconnect for fuel cell elements 失效
    用于燃料电池元件的蚀刻互连

    公开(公告)号:US20070248867A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-25

    申请号:US11237333

    申请日:2005-09-28

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 H01B13/00

    摘要: An etched interconnect for fuel cell elements comprising solid oxide electrolyte, an anode, and a cathode, includes a conductive base sheet having first and second faces having anode and cathode gas flow passages, respectively. The anode gas flow passages and cathode gas flow passages each have a unique geometry selected to optimize fuel and oxidant gas flow. In a preferred embodiment, the gas flow passages are prepared using a photochemical etching process.

    摘要翻译: 包括固体氧化物电解质,阳极和阴极的燃料电池元件的蚀刻互连包括分别具有阳极和阴极气体流动通道的第一和第二表面的导电基片。 阳极气体流动通道和阴极气体流动通道各自具有选择用于优化燃料和氧化剂气体流量的独特几何形状。 在一个优选的实施方案中,气流通道是使用光化学蚀刻工艺制备的。

    Low melting temperature silver braze alloy
    6.
    发明申请
    Low melting temperature silver braze alloy 审中-公开
    低熔点银钎焊合金

    公开(公告)号:US20060045791A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-02

    申请号:US10929819

    申请日:2004-08-30

    IPC分类号: C22C5/06

    摘要: A brazing alloy comprising elemental silver alloyed with elemental silicon in a silver/silicon ratio between about 95/5 and 99/1, preferably about 97/3. Small amounts of silicon alloyed with silver depress the alloy liquidus curve significantly, the liquidus temperature of a silver and silicon eutectic alloy being about 837° C. Brazing alloys in accordance with the invention are useful in bonding ceramics to ceramics, ceramics to metals, and metals to metals. Copper, vanadium, or other oxygen-reactive surface bonding elements may also be included. Silver/silicon alloys are useful in applications such as assembly of components of solid oxide fuel cells. A variety of silver/silicon alloy brazes can be used within the same fuel cell so that subsequent brazing can be performed without reliquifying a previous braze. A brazing alloy comprising elemental silver and ruthenium in a silver/ruthenium ratio between 97/3 and 99/1 is also included.

    摘要翻译: 一种钎焊合金,其包含与银/硅比例在约95/5和99/1之间,优选约97/3的元素硅合金化的元素银。 与银合金化的少量硅显着降低合金液相线,银和硅共晶合金的液相线温度约为837℃。根据本发明的钎焊合金可用于将陶瓷与陶瓷,金属结合,以及 金属到金属。 也可以包括铜,钒或其它氧反应性表面结合元件。 银/硅合金可用于固体氧化物燃料电池组件的组装。 在相同的燃料电池中可以使用各种银/硅合金钎焊,从而可以进行后续的钎焊,而不需要先前的钎焊。 包含银/钌比率在97/3和99/1之间的元素银和钌的钎焊合金也包括在内。

    Clad current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell stack
    7.
    发明申请
    Clad current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell stack 有权
    用于固体氧化物燃料电池堆的包层电流载体

    公开(公告)号:US20070248871A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-25

    申请号:US11406873

    申请日:2006-04-19

    IPC分类号: H01M4/86 H01M8/02 B32B15/01

    摘要: A current carrier for a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising a current-carrying core formed of a high-conductivity metallic material such as copper, brass, bronze, silver, silver-copper alloys, molybdenum, tungsten, or the like, and a protective jacket surrounding the core material. Preferably, the jacket is metallurgically bonded to the core. The jacket is formed of a high temperature alloy such as stainless steel, nickel, or a nickel alloy. The jacket is structurally competent to maintain the form of the electrical carrier at elevated temperatures at which the core material may be structurally incompetent. The current carrier may be sized comparable to conventional copper cables. The carrier is attached to a fuel cell current collector by a clamp assembly having a large surface contact area. Preferably, a contact paste consisting of fine silver particles forms a diffusion bond between the clamp and the carrier jacket, resulting in a low-loss connection.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于固体氧化物燃料电池系统的电流载体,包括由诸如铜,黄铜,青铜,银,银 - 铜合金,钼,钨等的高导电性金属材料形成的载流芯,以及保护性 夹克围绕核心材料。 优选地,护套与金属冶金结合。 护套由不锈钢,镍或镍合金等高温合金形成。 护套在结构上能够在升高的温度下保持电载体的形式,其中芯材料可能在结构上不称职。 当前载体的尺寸可以与常规的铜电缆相当。 载体通过具有大的表面接触面积的夹具组件附接到燃料电池集电器。 优选地,由细银粒子组成的接触膏在夹具和载体护套之间形成扩散接合,导致低损耗连接。

    SOFC assembly joint spacing
    8.
    发明申请
    SOFC assembly joint spacing 有权
    SOFC组合接头间距

    公开(公告)号:US20060147782A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-06

    申请号:US11250678

    申请日:2005-10-14

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 H01M8/12

    摘要: A textured surface is formed on at least one of a fuel cell mounting plate or fuel cell subassembly to define a joint spacing between these two components. In a preferred embodiment, the textured surface comprises a plurality of dimples coined or otherwise formed in the metal mounting plate. The joint spacing improves the manufacturing and assembly process of the fuel cell cassettes through precise application and control of the brazing process which improves the braze joint strength while reducing material cost.

    摘要翻译: 在燃料电池安装板或燃料电池子组件中的至少一个上形成纹理表面以限定这两个部件之间的接合间隔。 在优选实施例中,纹理表面包括在金属安装板中形成或以其他方式形成的多个凹坑。 接头间距通过钎焊工艺的精确应用和控制改善了燃料电池盒的制造和组装过程,从而提高了钎焊接头强度,同时降低了材料成本。

    Solid oxide fuel cell stack having an integral gas distribution manifold
    9.
    发明申请
    Solid oxide fuel cell stack having an integral gas distribution manifold 有权
    具有整体气体分配歧管的固体氧化物燃料电池堆

    公开(公告)号:US20070248868A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-25

    申请号:US11406958

    申请日:2006-04-19

    摘要: An SOFC stack module including an integral individual stack manifold containing all of the gas pathways necessary for supply and exhaust of fuel gas and cathode air to and from the stack chimneys. The stack is mounted and hermetically joined directly to the manifold without an intermediate base plate. Flanges at the inlet and outlet ports couple to system distributary manifolds via high temperature sealing joints. The manifold preferably is fabricated of a ferritic stainless steel, and may be formed in a one-piece casting, a combination of multiple castings and stamped plates metallurgically joined (brazed or welded together), or stamped from sheet metal stock. Preferably, the manifold includes fin structures extending into adjacent fuel gas and cathode air chambers to enhance balancing of temperatures by heat exchange therebetween. Heat exchange may be further improved by configuring the manifold to have a plurality of interleaved anode and cathode gas supply chambers.

    摘要翻译: 一个SOFC堆叠模块,包括一个集成的单独的堆叠歧管,其包含供给和排出燃料气体和向烟囱排出阴极空气所需的所有气体通路。 堆叠被安装和气密地直接连接到歧管,而没有中间基板。 入口和出口处的法兰通过高温密封接头连接到系统分配歧管。 歧管优选地由铁素体不锈钢制成,并且可以以单件铸件形成,多个铸件和冶金接合(钎焊或焊接在一起)上的冲压板的组合,或者由金属板材冲压成型。 优选地,歧管包括延伸到相邻燃料气体和阴极空气室中的翅片结构,以通过其间的热交换来增强温度的平衡。 可以通过将歧管配置成具有多个交错的阳极和阴极气体供应室来进一步改善热交换。

    Oxygen getters for anode protection in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
    10.
    发明申请
    Oxygen getters for anode protection in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack 有权
    在固体氧化物燃料电池堆中用于阳极保护的氧气吸气剂

    公开(公告)号:US20070054036A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-08

    申请号:US11593672

    申请日:2006-11-07

    IPC分类号: B05D5/12 H01M8/02 H01M8/16

    摘要: In a fuel cell assembly, nickel-based anodes are readily oxidized when exposed to oxygen as may happen through atmospheric invasion of the assembly during cool-down following shutdown of the assembly. Repeated anode oxidation and reduction can be destructive of the anodes, leading to cracking and failure. To prevent such oxygen migration, oxygen getter devices containing oxygen-gettering material such as metallic nickel are provided in the fuel passageways leading to and from the anodes. Oxidation of the oxygen-gettering material is readily reversed through reduction by fuel when the assembly is restarted.

    摘要翻译: 在燃料电池组件中,当暴露于氧气时,镍基阳极容易氧化,这可能是由于在组件关闭后的冷却期间通过组件的大气侵入而发生的。 重复的阳极氧化和还原可能是阳极的破坏,导致开裂和破坏。 为了防止这种氧迁移,在通向和从阳极的燃料通道中提供含有吸氧材料如金属镍的吸氧剂装置。 当组装重新启动时,吸氧材料的氧化很容易通过燃料的还原反转。