Passive water management fuel cell
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0036181
(2001-12-28)
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발명자
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- Yi, Jung S.
- Yang, Deliang
- Breault, Richard D.
- Grasso, Albert P.
- Scheffler, Glenn W.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell includes fuel and oxidant flow field plates ( 26, 40 ) having fuel and oxidant channels ( 27, 28; 41, 44 ), and water channels, the ends ( 29, 48 ) of which that are adjacent to the corresponding reactant gas inlet manifold ( 34, 42 ) are dead ended, the ot
A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell includes fuel and oxidant flow field plates ( 26, 40 ) having fuel and oxidant channels ( 27, 28; 41, 44 ), and water channels, the ends ( 29, 48 ) of which that are adjacent to the corresponding reactant gas inlet manifold ( 34, 42 ) are dead ended, the other ends ( 31, 50 ) draining excess water into the corresponding reactant gas exhaust manifold ( 36, 45 ). Flow restrictors ( 39, 47 ) maintain reactant gas pressure above exit manifold pressure, and may comprise interdigitated channels ( 65, 66; 76, 78 ). Solid reactant gas flow field plates have small holes ( 85, 88 ) between reactant gas channels ( 27, 28; 41 ) and water drain channels ( 29, 30; 49, 50 ). In one embodiment, the fuel cells of a stack may be separated by either coolant plates ( 51 ) or solid plates ( 55 ) or both. In a second embodiment, coolant plates ( 51 a ) have weep holes ( 57 ) that inject water into the ends ( 29 ) of the reactant gas water channels which are in the region of the inlet manifold ( 34 ), thereby assuring humidification of the reactants.
대표청구항
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1. A fuel cell comprising:an anode substrate and a cathode substrate and a proton exchange membrane disposed between said substrates;an anode flow field plate providing a fuel reactant gas flow field adjacent said anode substrate;a cathode flow field plate providing an oxidant reactant gas flow fiel
1. A fuel cell comprising:an anode substrate and a cathode substrate and a proton exchange membrane disposed between said substrates;an anode flow field plate providing a fuel reactant gas flow field adjacent said anode substrate;a cathode flow field plate providing an oxidant reactant gas flow field adjacent said cathode substrate;said fuel reactant gas flow field receiving fuel from a fuel reactant gas inlet manifold and exhausting into a fuel reactant gas exhaust manifold;said oxidant reactant gas flow field receiving oxidant from an oxidant reactant gas inlet manifold and exhausting into an oxidant reactant gas exit manifold; andat least one of said flow field plates being porous and having a water flow field on a side of said at least one of said flow field plates opposite the corresponding one of said reactant gas flow fields, said water flow field being dead ended in the region of the corresponding one of said reactant gas inlet manifolds and opening into the corresponding one of said reactant gas exit manifolds, and having a flow restrictor at the exhaust end thereof to maintain the pressure of reactant gas in said one flow reactant gas field above the pressure of reactant gas in said corresponding one of said reactant gas exit manifolds. 2. A fuel cell stack comprising:a plurality of fuel cells according to claim 1;and a gas impervious separator plate separating each of said fuel cells from adjacent ones of said fuel cells, said separator plate selected from (a) a cooling plate having a coolant flow field therein and (b) a solid plate. 3. Fuel cell according to claim 1 wherein:said flow restrictor maintains the pressure of reactant gas between 0.2 and 2.0 psi above the pressure in the corresponding exit manifold. 4. A fuel cell stack comprising:a plurality of fuel cells according to claim 1;a plurality of cooling plates, each having a coolant flow field therein, each of said fuel cells being separated from a fuel cell adjacent thereto by one of said cooling plates, a portion of each of said coolant flow fields coaligned with a portion of at least one of said reactant flow fields in the vicinity of said reactant gas inlet manifold, there being at least one weep hole between said portion of each said coolant flow field and the one of said reactant gas flow fields coalianed therewith. 5. A fuel cell according to claim 1 wherein: said flow restrictor comprises interdigitated reactant gas flow field channels. 6. A fuel cell according to claim 1 wherein:at least one of said substrates is porous and is selected from (a) a hydrophilic substrate, (b) a wetproofed substrate, and c) a substrate which is partially hydrophilic and partially wetproofed. 7. A fuel cell according to claim 1 wherein:at least one of said flow field plates is solid with reactant gas flow channels and small holes extending from said channels into said water flow field. 8. A fuel cell according to claim 7 wherein:said small holes are filled with a particulate material thereby forming a porous plug.
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Marvin Russel H. ; Carlstrom ; Jr. Charles M., Fuel cell assembly unit for promoting fluid service and design flexibility.
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이 특허를 인용한 특허 (7)
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Shirvanian, Alireza Pezhman; Adams, James Anthony, Fuel cell.
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Yang,Deliang; Yi,Jung S., Fuel cell with passive water balance.
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Druenert, Volker; Woody, George R.; Brenner, Annette M., Internal proton exchange membrane humidification and cooling with automotive coolant.
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Kwak, Chan; Alexandrovichserov, Alexey; Suh, Jun-Won; Jang, Won-Hyouk; Lee, Si-Hyun, Membrane-electrode assembly for mixed reactant fuel cell and mixed reactant fuel cell system including the same.
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Breault,Richard D., Passive water management system for a fuel cell power plant.
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Fargo, Richard N., Swirl chamber for a fuel cell cooling manifold.
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Meyers, Jeremy P., Water management for a fuel cell.
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