DE69507045D1 - Verteilerelement für den kathodischen reaktanden eines brennstoffzellenstapels - Google Patents

Verteilerelement für den kathodischen reaktanden eines brennstoffzellenstapels

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DE69507045D1
DE69507045D1 DE69507045T DE69507045T DE69507045D1 DE 69507045 D1 DE69507045 D1 DE 69507045D1 DE 69507045 T DE69507045 T DE 69507045T DE 69507045 T DE69507045 T DE 69507045T DE 69507045 D1 DE69507045 D1 DE 69507045D1
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cathodical
reactance
fuel cell
cell stack
distribution element
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Richard Breault
Ronald Martin
Robert Roche
Gregory Kline
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UTC Power Corp
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International Fuel Cells Corp
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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
    • H01M8/0258—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
    • H01M8/0204—Non-porous and characterised by the material
    • H01M8/0213—Gas-impermeable carbon-containing materials
    • 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
    • H01M8/0297—Arrangements for joining electrodes, reservoir layers, heat exchange units or bipolar separators to each other
    • 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
    • H01M8/0289—Means for holding the electrolyte
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49108—Electric battery cell making
    • Y10T29/49112—Electric battery cell making including laminating of indefinite length material

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fuel Cell (AREA)
  • Inert Electrodes (AREA)
DE69507045T 1994-10-07 1995-09-21 Verteilerelement für den kathodischen reaktanden eines brennstoffzellenstapels Expired - Fee Related DE69507045T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/319,897 US5558955A (en) 1994-10-07 1994-10-07 Cathode reactant flow field component for a fuel cell stack
PCT/US1995/012006 WO1996012309A2 (en) 1994-10-07 1995-09-21 Cathode reactant flow field component for a fuel cell stack

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DE69507045D1 true DE69507045D1 (de) 1999-02-11
DE69507045T2 DE69507045T2 (de) 1999-08-05

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US (1) US5558955A (de)
EP (1) EP0786155B1 (de)
CA (1) CA2203015A1 (de)
DE (1) DE69507045T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0786155T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2126324T3 (de)
WO (1) WO1996012309A2 (de)

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US5558955A (en) 1996-09-24
ES2126324T3 (es) 1999-03-16
EP0786155A2 (de) 1997-07-30
WO1996012309A2 (en) 1996-04-25
DK0786155T3 (da) 1999-08-30
WO1996012309A3 (en) 1996-10-24
DE69507045T2 (de) 1999-08-05
CA2203015A1 (en) 1996-04-25
EP0786155B1 (de) 1998-12-30

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