WO2004025769A3 - Membrane electrochemical generator - Google Patents

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WO2004025769A3
WO2004025769A3 PCT/EP2003/010170 EP0310170W WO2004025769A3 WO 2004025769 A3 WO2004025769 A3 WO 2004025769A3 EP 0310170 W EP0310170 W EP 0310170W WO 2004025769 A3 WO2004025769 A3 WO 2004025769A3
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electrochemical generator
membrane electrochemical
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Katia Ciapponi
Paolo Marzupio
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Nuvera Fuel Cells Europ Srl
Katia Ciapponi
Paolo Marzupio
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Abstract

The membrane electrochemical generator (100) is fed with gaseous reactants and comprises a plurality of modules (101) connected in series or in parallel to each other. Each module (101) represents a mechanically autonomous generating unit and is delimited by a couple of conductive terminal plates (102) which enclose a plurality of reaction cells (103). The reaction cells (103) are connected to each other in series and assembled according to a filter-press configuration.
PCT/EP2003/010170 2002-09-12 2003-09-12 Membrane electrochemical generator WO2004025769A2 (en)

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IT001939A ITMI20021939A1 (en) 2002-09-12 2002-09-12 MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR WITH IMPROVED ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE
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WO1996020509A1 (en) * 1994-12-27 1996-07-04 Ballard Power Systems Inc. Integrated external manifold assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell stack array
EP0981175A2 (en) * 1998-08-20 2000-02-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack
US6110612A (en) * 1999-04-19 2000-08-29 Plug Power Inc. Structure for common access and support of fuel cell stacks
DE19917330A1 (en) * 1999-04-16 2000-10-19 Inst Mikrotechnik Mainz Gmbh Micro-reactor module building block, clips to its neighbors in six directions, building up demountable laboratory microsystem quickly, providing great range of physical and chemical functionalities
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US4176213A (en) * 1977-06-29 1979-11-27 Electrochemische Energieconversie, N.V. Battery unit, containing one or more fuel-cell blocks
DE4308780C1 (en) * 1993-03-19 1994-11-17 Daimler Benz Ag Arrangement for connecting stacks of high-temperature fuel cells
US5532072A (en) * 1993-07-24 1996-07-02 Dornier Gmbh Serially arranged fuel cells for large scale power generation
WO1996020509A1 (en) * 1994-12-27 1996-07-04 Ballard Power Systems Inc. Integrated external manifold assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell stack array
EP0981175A2 (en) * 1998-08-20 2000-02-23 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack
DE19917330A1 (en) * 1999-04-16 2000-10-19 Inst Mikrotechnik Mainz Gmbh Micro-reactor module building block, clips to its neighbors in six directions, building up demountable laboratory microsystem quickly, providing great range of physical and chemical functionalities
US6110612A (en) * 1999-04-19 2000-08-29 Plug Power Inc. Structure for common access and support of fuel cell stacks
DE10049801A1 (en) * 1999-10-08 2001-04-26 Toyota Motor Co Ltd Fuel cell system for supplying electromotive power to vehicles, has at least one stack of individual cells in which each stack is formed by fixing of end plates

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