AU2003259347A1 - Bipolar plates with cooling channels - Google Patents

Bipolar plates with cooling channels

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Publication number
AU2003259347A1
AU2003259347A1 AU2003259347A AU2003259347A AU2003259347A1 AU 2003259347 A1 AU2003259347 A1 AU 2003259347A1 AU 2003259347 A AU2003259347 A AU 2003259347A AU 2003259347 A AU2003259347 A AU 2003259347A AU 2003259347 A1 AU2003259347 A1 AU 2003259347A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
cooling channels
bipolar plates
bipolar
plates
channels
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Abandoned
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AU2003259347A
Inventor
Robert Kellson Davies
Christopher John Spacie
Mark Christopher Turpin
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Morgan Crucible Co PLC
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Morgan Crucible Co PLC
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Application filed by Morgan Crucible Co PLC filed Critical Morgan Crucible Co PLC
Publication of AU2003259347A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003259347A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0204—Non-porous and characterised by the material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0258—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0267—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors having heating or cooling means, e.g. heaters or coolant flow channels
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04007—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids related to heat exchange
    • H01M8/04067—Heat exchange or temperature measuring elements, thermal insulation, e.g. heat pipes, heat pumps, fins
    • H01M8/04074—Heat exchange unit structures specially adapted for fuel cell
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells
AU2003259347A 2002-08-27 2003-08-22 Bipolar plates with cooling channels Abandoned AU2003259347A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0219889A GB2386467B (en) 2002-08-27 2002-08-27 Bipolar plates
GB0219889.3 2002-08-27
PCT/GB2003/003682 WO2004021491A1 (en) 2002-08-27 2003-08-22 Bipolar plates with cooling channels

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2003259347A1 true AU2003259347A1 (en) 2004-03-19

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AU2003259347A Abandoned AU2003259347A1 (en) 2002-08-27 2003-08-22 Bipolar plates with cooling channels

Country Status (3)

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AU (1) AU2003259347A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2386467B (en)
WO (1) WO2004021491A1 (en)

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DE102022000333A1 (en) 2022-01-28 2023-08-03 Lsi Ludwig Schleicher Ingenium Gmbh & Co. Kg Bipolar plate for a fuel cell

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GB0219889D0 (en) 2002-10-02
GB2386467A8 (en) 2003-10-24
WO2004021491A1 (en) 2004-03-11
GB2386467B (en) 2004-02-18
GB2386467A (en) 2003-09-17

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase