CN114824407A - Solid oxide fuel cell stack - Google Patents

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CN114824407A
CN114824407A CN202210407304.4A CN202210407304A CN114824407A CN 114824407 A CN114824407 A CN 114824407A CN 202210407304 A CN202210407304 A CN 202210407304A CN 114824407 A CN114824407 A CN 114824407A
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孙凯华
武浩浩
穆建平
郭亚明
于溟
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Abstract

The invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell stack, which comprises a stack core, support plates arranged at the top and the bottom of the stack core, and airflow cavities fixed on four side surfaces of the stack core through sealing materials; according to the invention, the fastening cover is arranged on the outer side of the airflow cavity for fastening, so that the airflow cavity of the galvanic pile is tightly combined with the reactor core of the galvanic pile in the working process, and the lateral sealing failure of the galvanic pile, gas leakage and influence on the battery performance caused by the separation of the airflow cavity and the reactor core of the galvanic pile are avoided.

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Solid oxide fuel cell stack
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of solid oxide fuel cells, in particular to a solid oxide fuel cell stack.
Background
From the development trend at home and abroad, solving the energy crisis has become an important issue. At present, widely used fossil energy belongs to non-renewable energy, and the increasing material demand of human causes a large amount of energy consumption, which causes the lack of traditional energy. Meanwhile, the combustion of fossil energy causes serious environmental pollution, and thus, the search for advanced, reliable, efficient and clean energy is urgently needed. Based on long-term research on renewable energy, fuel cells are considered as one of the important approaches to address the energy crisis.
The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) belongs to clean energy, can directly convert chemical energy in Fuel (natural gas, hydrocarbon, coal, petroleum and the like) into electric energy, and has wide application prospect. The flat-plate solid oxide fuel cell has the advantages of high efficiency, cleanness, high power density, wide fuel source, low preparation cost and the like, and is an effective power generation device which is acknowledged to solve the energy problem at present.
However, the open-circuit voltage of the single-chip battery is limited by the nernst equation and generally does not exceed 1.2V, and the working voltage is reduced along with the increase of the current. Therefore, in order to obtain higher voltage, single fuel cells are required to be connected in series into a stack, thereby forming a flat plate type solid oxide fuel cell stack.
The conventional flat-plate solid oxide fuel cell stack has two stack structure designs of an inner flow cavity and an outer flow cavity, wherein the outer flow cavity stack generally consists of an upper support plate, a lower support plate, a stack core clamped between the upper support plate and the lower support plate and four airflow cavities hermetically connected around the stack core; the airflow cavity is connected with the reactor core through a sealing material. However, because the use temperature of the flat-plate solid oxide fuel cell stack is high, the sealing material can be subjected to thermal expansion or component volatilization along with the rise of the temperature, so that the sealing interface is damaged, the airflow cavity is displaced to be separated from the reactor core of the stack, the lateral sealing failure of the stack can be caused, gas leakage can be caused, and the cell performance can be reduced.
Therefore, there is a need to provide a new technical solution to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to provide a solid oxide fuel cell stack which can effectively solve the technical problems.
In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the following technical scheme is adopted:
a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprises a stack core, support plates arranged at the top and the bottom of the stack core, and airflow chambers fixed on four sides of the stack core through sealing materials; and a fastening cover is sleeved on the outer side of the airflow cavity and is in sliding connection with the airflow cavity.
Preferably, the fastening cover includes:
side plates: the air flow cavities correspond to the air flow cavities one by one, and every two adjacent side plates are fixedly connected through a connecting block;
pressing a plate: between the side plate and the airflow chamber;
and, an elastic member: the air flow cavity is uniformly arranged between the side plate and the pressing plate and used for providing pressure for the pressing plate to press the air flow cavity.
Preferably, the expansion coefficient of the alloy material adopted by the elastic element is larger than that of the alloy material adopted by the airflow cavity.
Preferably, the elastic member is provided as a cylindrical spring.
Preferably, one surface of the side plate, which faces the pressure plate, is provided with a groove, and the elastic piece is installed in the groove.
Preferably, one surface of the airflow cavity, which is attached to the pressure plate, is provided with a vertical positioning groove, and the pressure plate is connected in the vertical positioning groove in a sliding manner.
Preferably, the vertical positioning groove and the pressing plate are both arranged in a T shape and are in concave-convex fit.
Preferably, notches are formed in two sides of one side, facing the pressure plate, of the side plate, and the airflow cavity is partially wrapped in the notches.
Preferably, a locking notch is formed in the inner side of the bottom of the notch, and a locking strip is fixedly arranged at a position of the pressing plate corresponding to the locking notch.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, the fastening cover airflow cavity is arranged on the outer side of the airflow cavity for fastening, so that the airflow cavity and the reactor core of the electric pile can be tightly combined in the working process of the electric pile, and the phenomenon that the lateral sealing of the electric pile is invalid and gas is leaked to influence the battery performance due to the separation of the airflow cavity and the reactor core of the electric pile is avoided.
2. According to the structure of the fastening cover, the airflow cavity is tightly locked between the side plate and the pressing plate through the matching of the side plate, the pressing plate, the elastic piece and the airflow cavity, so that the airflow cavity can be effectively prevented from displacing in the working process of a galvanic pile, and the sealing property between the airflow cavity and the reactor core of the galvanic pile is further improved; meanwhile, by adopting the elastic part with the expansion coefficient larger than that of the airflow cavity, the pressure of the elastic part on the pressing plate is continuously increased along with the rise of the temperature in the high-temperature working process of the galvanic pile, so that the fastening force between the pressing plate and the airflow cavity is continuously increased, the sealing interface between the airflow cavity and the reactor core of the galvanic pile is reinforced, and a good sealing effect is further achieved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a solid oxide fuel cell stack according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a solid oxide fuel cell stack according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a partially exploded structural schematic view of a solid oxide fuel cell stack according to the present invention.
Numerical description in the figures:
1. a reactor core; 2. a support plate;
3. an airflow chamber; 31. a vertical positioning groove;
4. a fastening cover; 41. a side plate; 411. a recess; 412. locking the opening; 413. a groove;
42. pressing a plate; 43. an elastic member; 44. connecting blocks; 45. and (4) locking the strip.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "lateral," "longitudinal," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "upper," "lower," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the scope of the invention. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or intervening components may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.
The following will make clear and complete description of a solid oxide fuel cell stack according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell stack, which includes a stack core 1, a support plate 2, an airflow chamber 3, and a fastening cover 4. The reactor core 1 is formed by stacking metal pieces, sealing pieces and flat solid oxide cells and is cuboid; the support plates 2 are installed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the reactor core 1 to provide support for the reactor core 1; meanwhile, a positioning boss is arranged on a supporting plate 2 at the bottom of the reactor core 1 to support the airflow cavity 3 and the bottom of the fastening cover 4, so that the positioning and installation of the airflow cavity and the fastening cover are facilitated. The airflow cavities 3 are fixed on the front, rear, left and right side surfaces of the reactor core 1 through sealing materials; the four airflow cavities 3 are respectively two fuel gas airflow cavities 3 and two oxidizing gas airflow cavities 3; the four airflow chambers 3 are connected with the reactor core 1 into a whole through sealing materials, and are used for buffering the inlet and outlet of fuel gas and oxidizing gas.
The fastening cover 4 is slidably sleeved on the outer side of the airflow cavity 3 and used for fastening the airflow cavity 3, so that the airflow cavity 3 and the reactor core 1 are tightly combined in the working process of the reactor, and the phenomenon that the lateral sealing of the reactor fails due to the separation of the airflow cavity 3 and the reactor core 1, gas leakage and battery performance influence are avoided.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the fastening cover 4 includes a side plate 41, a pressing plate 42, and an elastic member 43.
The side plate 41 is provided with 4 blocks which correspond to the airflow chambers 3 one by one; and every two adjacent curb plates 41 are connected fixedly through connecting block 44, and all have three connecting block 44 along the equidistant three-phase cloth of vertical direction between two adjacent curb plates 41. The pressing plate 42 is located between the side plate 41 and the airflow chamber 3, and the elastic members 43 are uniformly arranged between the side plate 41 and the pressing plate 42, and are used for providing pressure for the pressing plate 42 to press and press the airflow chamber 3.
A groove 413 is formed in one surface of the side plate 41 facing the pressing plate 42, the elastic piece 43 is filled in the groove 413, one end of the elastic piece is connected with the side plate 41, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the pressing plate 42; in addition, the expansion coefficient of the alloy material used for manufacturing the elastic member 43 is larger than that of the alloy material used for manufacturing the airflow chamber 3. In the process of high-temperature operation of the electric pile, along with temperature rise, the pressure of the elastic piece 43 on the pressing plate 42 is continuously increased, so that the fastening force between the pressing plate 42 and the airflow cavity 3 is continuously increased, the sealing interface between the airflow cavity 3 and the reactor core 1 of the electric pile is reinforced, and a good sealing effect is achieved.
Meanwhile, in this embodiment, a vertical positioning groove 31 is formed in one surface of the airflow chamber 3, which is attached to the pressing plate 42, the pressing plate 42 is slidably connected in the vertical positioning groove 31, and the vertical positioning groove 31 and the pressing plate 42 are both in a T shape and are in concave-convex fit; in addition, both sides of one surface of the side plate 41 facing the pressing plate 42 are provided with notches 411, and the airflow chamber 3 is partially covered in the notches 411; a locking notch 412 is formed at the inner side of the bottom of the notch 411, and a locking bar 45 is fixedly arranged at a position of the pressing plate 42 corresponding to the locking notch 412. Through the adoption of the matching between the structures, the airflow cavity 3 is locked between the side plate 41 and the pressing plate 42, so that the airflow cavity 3 can be effectively prevented from displacing in the working process of the electric pile, and the sealing performance between the airflow cavity 3 and the electric pile core 1 is further improved.
The assembly process of the invention is as follows: during the equipment, fixed backup pad 2, air current chamber 3 and galvanic pile reactor core 1 now, then cup joint the outside at air current chamber 3 with fastening cover 4 slip. In the initial state, the elastic member 43 is in a natural extension state, a sliding gap is formed between the locking strip 45 on the pressing plate 42 and the locking notch 412 on the side plate 41, when the fastening cover 4 is completely fastened with the airflow chamber 3, the elastic member 43 is in a compression state, and the locking strip 45 is tightly pressed with the locking notch 412.
Here, the high-temperature sealing material is provided between the airflow chamber 3 and the base surfaces of the pressure plate 42 and the side plate 41, and between the contact surfaces of the pressure plate 42 and the side plate 41.
The standard parts used in the invention can be purchased from the market, the special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description of the specification and the accompanying drawings, the specific connection mode of each part adopts conventional means such as bolts, rivets, welding and the like mature in the prior art, the machinery, parts and equipment adopt conventional models in the prior art, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection mode in the prior art, and the details are not described, and the content not described in detail in the specification belongs to the prior art known by persons skilled in the art.
Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

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1. A solid oxide fuel cell stack comprises a stack core, support plates arranged at the top and the bottom of the stack core, and airflow chambers fixed on four sides of the stack core through sealing materials; the method is characterized in that: and a fastening cover is sleeved on the outer side of the airflow cavity and is in sliding connection with the airflow cavity.
2. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 1, wherein: the fastening cover includes:
side plates: the two adjacent side plates are connected and fixed through connecting blocks;
pressing a plate: between the side plate and the airflow chamber;
and, an elastic member: the air flow cavity is uniformly arranged between the side plate and the pressing plate and used for providing pressure for the pressing plate to press the air flow cavity.
3. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 2, wherein: the expansion coefficient of the alloy material adopted by the elastic piece is larger than that of the alloy material adopted by the airflow cavity.
4. A solid oxide fuel cell stack according to claim 3, wherein: the elastic piece is a cylindrical spring.
5. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 4, wherein: one side of the side plate, facing the pressure plate, is provided with a groove, and the elastic piece is arranged in the groove.
6. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 2 or 5, wherein: the air flow cavity and one surface, which is attached to the pressing plate, are provided with vertical positioning grooves, and the pressing plate is connected in the vertical positioning grooves in a sliding mode.
7. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 6, wherein: the vertical positioning groove and the pressing plate are both arranged in a T shape and are in concave-convex fit.
8. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 7, wherein: notches are formed in two sides of one side, facing the pressing plate, of the side plate, and the airflow cavity is partially wrapped in the notches.
9. The solid oxide fuel cell stack of claim 8, wherein: the inner side of the bottom of the notch is provided with a locking notch, and a locking strip is fixedly arranged at the position of the pressing plate corresponding to the locking notch.
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