Hybrid interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack
    3.
    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。

    Solid-oxide fuel cell module for a fuel cell stack
    6.
    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。

    Solid-oxide fuel cell system having an upstream reformate combustor
    7.
    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。

    Fuel cell stack having foil interconnects and laminated spacers
    8.
    发明申请
    Fuel cell stack having foil interconnects and laminated spacers 审中-公开
    具有箔互连和层压间隔物的燃料电池堆

    公开(公告)号:US20050153190A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-14

    申请号:US10993856

    申请日:2004-11-19

    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。

    Method for improving robustness of solid oxide fuel cell stacks
    9.
    发明授权
    Method for improving robustness of solid oxide fuel cell stacks 有权
    改善固体氧化物燃料电池堆稳定性的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07833674B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-16

    申请号:US12564324

    申请日:2009-09-22

    IPC分类号: H01M8/10 H01M4/82

    摘要: A method for forming a solid oxide fuel cell stack from a plurality of individual solid oxide fuel cells, wherein the anodes of the solid oxide fuel cells are infiltrated by one or more materials for making the anodes less sensitive to sulfur poisoning and/or less subject to carbon degradation and/or for improving the electrochemical performance of the stack, the method comprising the steps of oxidizing the anodes of the individual solid oxide fuel cells before forming a stack, building a solid oxide fuel cell stack with all of the anodes in an oxidized state, reducing all of the anodes, and then infiltrating all of the anodes with at least one of the materials.

    摘要翻译: 一种从多个单独的固体氧化物燃料电池形成固体氧化物燃料电池堆的方法,其中固体氧化物燃料电池的阳极被一种或多种材料渗透,以使得阳极对硫中毒不太敏感和/或较少的主体 碳降解和/或改善堆的电化学性能,该方法包括以下步骤:在形成堆叠之前氧化各固体氧化物燃料电池的阳极,与所有阳极建立固体氧化物燃料电池堆 氧化态,还原所有阳极,然后用至少一种材料渗透所有的阳极。

    Method for Improving Robustness of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks
    10.
    发明申请
    Method for Improving Robustness of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks 有权
    提高固体氧化物燃料电池堆稳定性的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100143762A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-10

    申请号:US12564324

    申请日:2009-09-22

    IPC分类号: H01M8/10 H01M4/82

    摘要: A method for forming a solid oxide fuel cell stack from a plurality of individual solid oxide fuel cells, wherein the anodes of the solid oxide fuel cells are infiltrated by one or more materials for making the anodes less sensitive to sulfur poisoning and/or less subject to carbon degradation and/or for improving the electrochemical performance of the stack, the method comprising the steps of oxidizing the anodes of the individual solid oxide fuel cells before forming a stack, building a solid oxide fuel cell stack with all of the anodes in an oxidized state, reducing all of the anodes, and then infiltrating all of the anodes with at least one of the materials.

    摘要翻译: 一种从多个单独的固体氧化物燃料电池形成固体氧化物燃料电池堆的方法,其中固体氧化物燃料电池的阳极被一种或多种材料渗透,以使得阳极对硫中毒不太敏感和/或较少的主体 碳降解和/或改善堆的电化学性能,该方法包括以下步骤:在形成堆叠之前氧化各固体氧化物燃料电池的阳极,与所有阳极建立固体氧化物燃料电池堆 氧化态,还原所有阳极,然后用至少一种材料渗透所有的阳极。