Stamped bridges and plates for reactant delivery for a fuel cell
    4.
    发明申请
    Stamped bridges and plates for reactant delivery for a fuel cell 有权
    用于燃料电池的反应物输送的冲压桥和板

    公开(公告)号:US20060035133A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-16

    申请号:US10917066

    申请日:2004-08-12

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 H01M2/08

    摘要: The present invention discloses a stamped bridge member that defines a flow path between a header and a flow field on a fuel cell plate. The bridge member provides a support surface on which a seal can be positioned to seal the plate against adjacent plates or MEAs. The fuel cell plates can be stamped plates with two surfaces each having flow fields thereon. The flow fields maintain a fluid flowing between a supply header and a return header on a single surface of the plate. The ends of the flow fields can taper relative to the supply and return apertures to provide for a desired flow distribution through the flow field.

    摘要翻译: 本发明公开了一种冲压桥接件,其限定了燃料电池板上的集管和流场之间的流动路径。 桥构件提供支撑表面,在该支撑表面上可以定位密封件,以将板密封在邻近的板或MEA上。 燃料电池板可以是具有两个表面的冲压板,每个表面上都有流场。 流动区域保持在板的单个表面上的供应头部和返回头部之间流动的流体。 流场的端部可以相对于供应和返回孔逐渐变细,以提供通过流场的期望的流量分布。

    Reactant feed for nested stamped plates for a compact fuel cell
    5.
    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
    7.
    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。

    Seal configuration for fuel cell stack

    公开(公告)号:US20060046128A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-02

    申请号:US10925849

    申请日:2004-08-25

    IPC分类号: H01M2/08 H01M8/10 H01M8/02

    摘要: A seal configuration is provided for a fuel cell stack, including a first bipolar plate and a second bipolar plate, each disposed on opposite sides of a membrane electrode assembly. The seal configuration includes a first sub-gasket adhered to a recess region of the first bipolar plate and a second sub-gasket adhered to a recess region of the second bipolar plate wherein the first and second sub-gaskets are disposed on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. A seal member is disposed in the recessed regions of the first and second bipolar plates and between the first and second sub-gaskets. The seal configuration minimizes the size of the bypass regions around the seal perimeter and provide better control of the positions of all components during assembly of the fuel cell stack. The approach also reduces sensitivity to ambient relative humidity variations and reduces manufacturing costs by eliminating the need for humidity control in the production area.

    Isolated and insulated stack end unit inlet/outlet manifold headers
    9.
    发明申请
    Isolated and insulated stack end unit inlet/outlet manifold headers 有权
    隔离和绝缘的堆叠端单元入口/出口歧管接头

    公开(公告)号:US20060024559A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-02

    申请号:US10901646

    申请日:2004-07-29

    IPC分类号: H01M8/24 H01M2/08

    CPC分类号: H01M8/2485 H01M8/2483

    摘要: The present invention isolates the fluid streams flowing into and out of a fuel cell stack from the terminal plates so that the fluid streams and terminal plates do not come into contact with one another. The prevention of the fluid streams from contacting the terminal plate eliminates corrosion concerns associated with the terminal plate. The present invention accomplishes this isolation through the use of headers having fluid passageways therein that route the fluid streams in and/or out of the fuel cell stack while preventing contact between the fluid streams and the terminal plate.

    摘要翻译: 本发明将流入和流出燃料电池堆的流体流与端子板隔离,使得流体流和端子板彼此不接触。 防止流体流接触端子板消除了与端子板相关的腐蚀问题。 本发明通过使用具有其中具有流体通道的集管实现这种隔离,其中将流体流在燃料电池堆内和/或从燃料电池堆排出,同时防止流体流与端子板之间的接触。