Hybrid interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
    1.
    发明授权
    Hybrid interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack 失效
    用于固体氧化物燃料电池堆的混合互连

    公开(公告)号:US07601450B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-13

    申请号:US11087904

    申请日:2005-03-23

    IPC分类号: H01M2/02

    摘要: An electrical interconnect for a fuel cell assembly comprising a peripheral frame formed of one or more materials having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of adjacent elements to which the interconnect must be bonded and a central portion formed of a corrosion-resistant material for conducting electric current between adjacent fuel cells. Preferably, the central portion is attached to the peripheral frame via a brazed corrugated lap joint for relieving thermal expansion differences between the frame and the central portion. Preferably, the joint includes an interlayer of a ductile material, for example, a nickel, copper, silver or gold layer, which helps to relieve thermal stress between the frame and the central portion.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于燃料电池组件的电互连件,包括由一种或多种材料形成的外围框架,所述外围框架的热膨胀系数类似于要连接互连件的相邻元件的热膨胀系数;以及由用于导电的耐腐蚀材料形成的中心部分 相邻燃料电池之间的电流。 优选地,中心部分通过钎焊的波纹搭接接头附接到周边框架,用于减轻框架和中心部分之间的热膨胀差异。 优选地,接头包括延​​性材料的中间层,例如镍,铜,银或金层,其有助于缓解框架和中心部分之间的热应力。

    Fuel cell stack having a featured interconnect element
    5.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell stack having a featured interconnect element 有权
    具有特征互连元件的燃料电池堆

    公开(公告)号:US08197981B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-12

    申请号:US11095063

    申请日:2005-03-31

    IPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M8/24

    摘要: An interconnect element for electrically connecting an anode and a cathode in adjacent fuel cells in a fuel cell stack, wherein said interconnect element has at least one featured surface including dimples, bosses, and/or pins arranged in a two-dimensional pattern. Preferably, both surfaces are featured, as by mechanical dimpling, embossing, or chemical etching, so that protrusions of the interconnect surface extend into either or both of the adjacent gas flow spaces to make electrical contact with the surfaces of the anode and cathode. This permits conduction of heat from the anode. The protrusions create turbulence in gas flowing through the flow spaces, which increases hydrogen consumption at the anode and hence electric output of the cell.

    摘要翻译: 一种互连元件,用于将燃料电池堆中的相邻燃料电池中的阳极和阴极电连接,其中所述互连元件具有包括以二维图案布置的凹坑,凸起和/或销的至少一个特征表面。 优选地,两个表面的特征在于机械凹坑,压花或化学蚀刻,使得互连表面的突起延伸到相邻的气体流动空间中的一个或两个中,以与阳极和阴极的表面电接触。 这允许来自阳极的热传导。 突起在流过空间的气体中产生湍流,这增加了阳极处的氢消耗,从而增加了电池的电输出。

    Fuel cell stack having foil interconnects and laminated spacers
    6.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell stack having foil interconnects and laminated spacers 失效
    具有箔互连和层压间隔物的燃料电池堆

    公开(公告)号:US06821667B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-11-23

    申请号:US09968270

    申请日:2001-10-01

    IPC分类号: H01M802

    摘要: Interconnects and perimeter spacers for a fuel cell stack are provided as flexible elements which can conform to non-planarities in a stack's electrolyte elements and thereby avoid inducing torsional stresses in the electrolyte elements. The interconnects are foil elements about 0.005 inches thick, formed of a superalloy such as Hastelloy, Haynes 230, or a stainless steel. The perimeter spacers comprise a plurality of laminate thin spacer elements, each thin spacer element being a laminate of superalloy and a “soft” material such as copper, nickel, or mica. The spacer elements can slide past one another; thus the perimeter spacers can be physically thick, to form the gas flow spaces within the stack, while also being torsionally flexible.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于燃料电池堆的互连和周边间隔物作为柔性元件,其可以符合堆叠电解质元件中的非平面性,从而避免在电解质元件中引起扭转应力。 这些互连件是约0.005英寸厚的箔元件,由诸如Hastelloy,Haynes 230或不锈钢的超级合金形成。 周边间隔件包括多个层压薄的间隔元件,每个薄间隔元件是超合金和诸如铜,镍或云母的“软”材料的层压体。 间隔元件可以彼此滑过; 因此周边间隔物可以物理上较厚,以在堆叠内形成气流空间,同时也具有挠性。