Fuel cell stack having a featured interconnect element
    7.
    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
    8.
    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。

    Solid-oxide fuel cell module for a fuel cell stack
    10.
    发明授权
    Solid-oxide fuel cell module for a fuel cell stack 失效
    用于燃料电池堆的固体氧化物燃料电池模块

    公开(公告)号:US07270906B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-18

    申请号:US10178809

    申请日:2002-06-24

    IPC分类号: H01M2/00 H01M2/02 H01M2/14

    摘要: A fuel cell module having four sheet metal parts stamped from flat stock. The parts do not require any forming operations such as folding or dishing. Each part may have a different thickness to suit its function. The first part is a cell mounting frame for receiving and supporting a PEN fuel cell element. The second part is a cathode spacer, the thickness of the spacer determining the height of the cathode air flow field. The third part is an anode spacer, the thickness of spacer determining the height of the anode fuel flow field. The fourth part is a separator plate for separating the anode gas flow in one cell from the cathode air flow in an adjacent cell in a fuel cell stack. The four plates are joined by welding or brazing and may be assembled in any order or combination which suits the assembly process. Any desired number of modules may be stacked together to form a fuel cell stack.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料电池组件,具有由扁平材料冲压的四个金属片。 这些部件不需要任何成形操作,例如折叠或凹陷。 每个部件可能具有不同的厚度以适应其功能。 第一部分是用于接收和支撑PEN燃料电池元件的电池安装框架。 第二部分是阴极间隔件,间隔物的厚度确定阴极气流场的高度。 第三部分是阳极间隔物,间隔物的厚度决定阳极燃料流场的高度。 第四部分是用于将一个电池中的阳极气体流与燃料电池堆中相邻电池中的阴极空气流分离的隔板。 四个板通过焊接或钎焊连接,并且可以以适合组装过程的任何顺序或组合进行组装。 可以将任何所需数量的模块堆叠在一起以形成燃料电池堆。