Process for solid oxide fuel cell manufacture
    1.
    发明授权
    Process for solid oxide fuel cell manufacture 有权
    固体氧化物燃料电池制造工艺

    公开(公告)号:US07485385B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-03

    申请号:US10939116

    申请日:2004-09-10

    IPC分类号: H01M8/10

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for conveniently manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) at a cost that is less than five-hundred dollars per kilowatt of electricity. The method comprises forming an electrode layer and depositing an electrolyte material on the surface of the electrode. The formed structure is an electrode-electrolyte bi-layer. A second electrode is deposited onto this bi-layer to form a multilayer fuel cell structure comprising an electrolyte positioned between two electrodes. This multilayer structure is then heated and fired in a single thermal cycle to remove any binder materials and sinter, respectively, the fuel cell. This thermal cycle can be performed in a furnace having one or more chambers. The chamber(s) preferably contains a variable or multiple frequency microwave source for heating the cell and removing binder materials in the electrolyte and electrode structures. The chamber(s) also preferably include a convection and/or radiation source for sintering the fuel cell. In addition, the method of the invention harmonizes and minimizes the deviation among the thermophysical properties of the electrolyte and electrode structures. This harmonization reduces and minimizes the temperature gradient within the cell such that the structure can be uniformly heated and fired during the thermal cycle. The multilayer structure is also unlikely to distort and fracture by minimizing the temperature gradient in the cell. An SOFC can also be manufactured by the present method in an order of magnitude less time than standard processes.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种方便地制造固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)的方法,其成本低于每千瓦电力500美元。 该方法包括形成电极层并在电极的表面上沉积电解质材料。 所形成的结构是电极 - 电解质双层。 第二电极沉积到该双层上以形成包含位于两个电极之间的电解质的多层燃料电池结构。 然后将该多层结构在单个热循环中加热和烧制以除去任何粘合剂材料并分别烧结燃料电池。 该热循环可以在具有一个或多个室的炉中进行。 腔室优选地包含用于加热电池并去除电解质和电极结构中的粘合剂材料的可变或多频微波源。 该室还优选地包括用于烧结燃料电池的对流和/或辐射源。 此外,本发明的方法协调和最小化电解质和电极结构的热物理性质之间的偏差。 这种协调减小并最小化了电池内的温度梯度,使得结构可以在热循环期间被均匀地加热和烧制。 多层结构也不太可能通过使电池中的温度梯度最小化来扭曲和断裂。 SOFC也可以通过本方法制造的时间比标准工艺要低一个数量级。

    Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing
    3.
    发明授权
    Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing 失效
    热均匀材料加工的工艺和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07196297B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-27

    申请号:US10775542

    申请日:2004-02-10

    IPC分类号: H05B6/68 H05B6/78 F27B3/22

    摘要: The present invention provides a system and method for binder removal and sintering of materials such as ceramic materials and products, LTCC intervals, solid oxide fuel cells and powder metals. A combination of microwave and convection/radiation heating is employed for binder removal and sintering. Preferably, the microwave heating is accomplished using a variable or multi-frequency microwave source. A gas atmosphere is provided in the furnace chamber by one or more eductors which produces a high volume gas circulation in the furnace chamber to achieve a highly uniform gas environment and temperature. The process in accordance with the invention controls the heating cycle, the heat sources and thermal profile depending upon the composition of the particular material being processed. The thermal processing can be accomplished in a batch furnace in which a product is loaded for processing and unloaded after processing. The invention can also be practiced in a continuous process wherein the product is conveyed between furnace sections or chambers of a furnace.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于粘合剂去除和烧结诸如陶瓷材料和产品,LTCC间隔,固体氧化物燃料电池和粉末金属的材料的系统和方法。 微波和对流/辐射加热的组合用于粘合剂去除和烧结。 优选地,使用可变或多频微波源实现微波加热。 在炉室中由一个或多个喷射器提供气体气氛,其在炉室中产生高体积的气体循环,以实现高度均匀的气体环境和温度。 根据本发明的方法根据被处理的特定材料的组成来控制加热循环,热源和热分布。 热处理可以在批量炉中完成,其中产品被加载用于处理后的卸载。 本发明也可以在连续方法中实施,其中产物在炉的炉段或室之间输送。

    Integrated manufacturing system
    8.
    发明授权
    Integrated manufacturing system 失效
    集成制造系统

    公开(公告)号:US5089970A

    公开(公告)日:1992-02-18

    申请号:US417626

    申请日:1989-10-05

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06

    CPC分类号: G06Q10/06

    摘要: An integrated manufacturing system operative for managing the distribution to a factory floor as well as throughout a factory of the information that is necessary to effectuate the production of products on the factory floor. The information required for this purpose encompasses, but is not necessarily limited to, both the design information which is generated within the engineering enterprise and the scheduling information which is generated within the manufacturing resource planning system. This information consisting of design and manufacturing data pertaining to the product to be produced is in turn stored in a central repository for all shared information from whence as needed it is capable of being distributed in a logical and efficient fashion through operation of the integrated manufacturing system to the factory floor as well as throughout the factory so as to thereby enable the product to be produced on the factory floor in a most timely and most cost-effective manner.

    摘要翻译: 一个综合制造系统,用于管理在工厂车间和整个工厂的分配,以便在工厂车间生产产品所需的信息。 为此目的所需的信息包括但不限于在工程企业内生成的设计信息和在制造资源规划系统内产生的调度信息。 由产品的设计和制造数据组成的信息又被存储在所有共享信息的中央存储库中,从而根据需要可以通过集成制造系统的操作以逻辑和有效的方式分配 到工厂和整个工厂,从而使产品能够以最及时和最具成本效益的方式在工厂车间生产。