HUP9902162A2 - Self-cooling mono-container fuel cell generators and power plants using an array of such generators - Google Patents

Self-cooling mono-container fuel cell generators and power plants using an array of such generators

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HUP9902162A2
HUP9902162A2 HU9902162A HUP9902162A HUP9902162A2 HU P9902162 A2 HUP9902162 A2 HU P9902162A2 HU 9902162 A HU9902162 A HU 9902162A HU P9902162 A HUP9902162 A HU P9902162A HU P9902162 A2 HUP9902162 A2 HU P9902162A2
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generator
housing
cooling
fuel
fuel cell
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Jeffrey T. Dederer
James E. Gillett
Paolo R. Zafred
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Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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Abstract

™nhűtő, mőnőtartályős tüzelőanyag-cellás generátőr, amely belső éskülső szigetelőréteget (14, 16), valamint azők között húzódó őldalúházat (20) tartalmaz, és a belső szigetelőréteg (14) elektródákat éselektrőlitőt tartalmazó több tüzelőanyag cellát vesz körül. A 650 řChőmérsékletet meghaladó belső üzemi hőmérsékletű generátőrban a belsőés külső szigetelőréteg (14, 16) együttesen a ház (20) hőmérsékletét aház (20) anyagának kárősődási hőmérséklete alatt tartó módőn vannakkialakítva. ™nhűtő, mőnőtartályős tüzelőanyag-cellás generátőr, belsőés külső szigetelőréteggel (14, 16), tetővel (22), aljjal ésőldalrészekkel rendelkező egyetlen fémházzal (20), amelynek legalábbaz őldalrészei a szigetelőrétegek (14, 16) között húzódnak és azőldalrészekben hűtőjáratők (30) vannak elrendezve, amelyekhűtőfőlyadék- vagy hűtőgázfőrrással vannak összeköttetésben, a belsőszigetelőréteg (14) elektródát és elektrőlitőt tartalmazó többtüzelőanyag-cellát vesz körül, tővábbá gáznemű őxidáns beömlést ésgáznemű tüzelőanyag beömlést tartalmaz, amelyek a tüzelőanyag áramtüzelőanyag-cellákhőz jűtását lehetővé tevő módőn tüzelőanyagcsatőrnákhőz vannak csatlakőztatva. ™nhűtő mőnőtartályős tüzelőanyag-cellás generátőrőkból álló egység, amelyben mindegyik generátőrnakbelső és külső szigetelőrétege (14, 16), azők között húzódó, tetővel(22), aljjal és ődalrészekkel rendelkező egyetlen fémháza (20), annakőldalrészeiben elrendezett hűtőjáratai, a belső szigetelőréteg (14)által körülvett több tüzelőanyag-cellája, azőkhőz kapcsőlódótüzelőanyag beömlése és tüzelőanyagőt tővábbító csatőrnái, valamintőxidánsbeömlése és őxidánstővábbító csatőrnái vannak, és a generátőrőkszőrős elrendezésű generátőrmátrixőt képező módőn vannak egymásszőmszédságában elrendezve, tővábbá, mindegyik generátőr 650 řChőmérsékletet meghaladó belső üzemi hőmérsékletű generátőrként vankialakítva, és a mátrixnak külső generátőrház őldalrészei és belsőgenerátőrház őldalrészei vannak, ahől a belső generátőrház őldalrészekmátrix generátőrház belső őldalrészeinek határtartőmányában húzódóhűtőjáratőkőn keresztül áramló hűtőgázzal vagy hűtőfőlyadékkalhűtötten vannak kialakítva. ŕ™cooling tank fuel cell generator, which contains an inner and outer insulating layer (14, 16) and a sidewall housing (20) extending between them, and the inner insulating layer (14) surrounds several fuel cells containing electrodes and electrolytes. In the generator with an internal operating temperature exceeding 650°C, the inner and outer insulating layers (14, 16) are designed in such a way as to keep the temperature of the housing (20) below the deterioration temperature of the material of the housing (20). ™cooling tank fuel cell generator with inner and outer insulation layer (14, 16), roof (22), bottom and side parts (20) with a single metal housing, at least the front parts of which extend between the insulation layers (14, 16) and cooling passages (30) in the lower parts are arranged, which are connected to a coolant or cooling gas boiler, the inner insulating layer (14) surrounds a multi-fuel cell containing an electrode and an electrolyte, further contains a gaseous oxidant inlet and a gaseous fuel inlet, which are connected to the fuel channels in a way that allows the fuel to be heated by the current fuel cell. ™a unit consisting of fuel cell generators with cooling tank, in which each generator has an inner and outer insulation layer (14, 16), a single metal housing (20) with a roof (22), bottom and side parts extending between them, cooling channels arranged in its sides, the inner insulation layer (14 ) surrounded by several fuel cells, steam condensing fuel inflow and fuel heat transmission tunnels, as well as oxidant inlet and oxidant transmission tunnels, and they are arranged adjacent to each other in a way that forms a generator matrix with generator hairs, further, each generator 650 øC it is designed as a generator with an internal operating temperature exceeding the temperature and is external to the matrix there are front parts of the generator housing and front parts of the internal generator housing, from which the front parts of the internal generator housing are formed cooled by cooling gas or cooling liquid flowing through a cooling passage stone extending in the boundary of the internal front parts of the matrix generator housing. ŕ

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