[특허]Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University; Honda Motor Co., Ltd

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Heat and water management device and method in fuel cells

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	H01M-008/00
미국특허분류(USC)	429/414; 429/434; 429/450; 429/517; 427/115
출원번호	UP-0807228 (2007-05-24)
등록번호	US-7846593 (2011-01-31)
발명자 / 주소	Fabian, Tibor Litster, Shawn Santiago, Juan G. Bule, Cullen Sasahara, Jun Kubota, Tadahiro
출원인 / 주소	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Honda Motor Co., Ltd
대리인 / 주소	Lumen Patent Firm
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A method and device for fuel cell heat and water management is provided. A thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element is provided to the fuel cell spanning from inside to outside the cell. The transport element is deposited between current collector and gas diffusion layers, where heat is transported along the transport element from an interior portion of the element inside the cell to an exterior portion of the element outside the cell. Liquid water is transported along the element into or out of the cell, and heat is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and where the liquid water is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of convection driven evaporation and advection. The water is added to the cell from the exterior to the interior by any combination of advection and capillary wicking.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of in-plane fuel cell heat and water management comprising; a. providing a thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element layer to said fuel cell, wherein said transport element layer spans from inside of said cell to an ambient environment outside of said cell; b. providing a current collector layer in said fuel cell, wherein said transport element layer transports electrical current to said current collector layer; and c. providing a gas diffusion layer in said fuel cell, wherein said transport element layer comprises at least one through slot and at least one transport rib, wherein said transport element layer is disposed between said gas diffusion layer on a cathodic side of said fuel cell and a bipolar plate, wherein said transport layer facilitates oxidant mass transport to said gas diffusion layer, wherein said bipolar plate comprises at least one gas channel and at least one current collecting rib, wherein said at least one transport rib aligns with said at least one current collecting rib, wherein said at least one through slot aligns with said at least one gas channel, wherein said transport element enables use of capillary forces to confine gas flow parallel to said at least one gas channel and receives liquid transport along a direction transverse to the direction of heat and mass transport of said hydrophilic heat and mass transport element, whereby heat is transported along said transport element layer from an interior portion of said transport element layer inside said cell to an exterior portion of said transport element layer disposed in said ambient environment outside said cell, and whereby liquid water is transported along said transport element layer into or out of said cell, whereas heat is removed from said exterior portion of said transport element layer in said ambient environment by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and whereas said liquid water is removed from said exterior portion of said transport element layer in said ambient environment by any combination of convection driven evaporation and advection, wherein said water is added to said cell from said exterior portion of said transport element layer in said ambient environment to said interior portion of said transport element layer by any combination of advection and capillary wicking. 2. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said fuel cell is selected from a group consisting of a fuel cell stack and a planar fuel cell. 3. The heat and water management method of claim 2, wherein at least two said transport element layers of said fuel cell stack are thermally and hydraulically coupled. 4. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said transport element layer is made from a material selected from a group consisting of boron nitride, aluminum nitride, copper, aluminum, nickel, alloys, graphite, expanded graphite, graphite cloth, graphite paper, aluminum foam, stainless steel foam, nickel foam, polyvinyl alcohol foam, glass microfibers, wool cloth, cotton paper, cotton cloth, polyurethane foam, cellulose acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and polyacrylamide. 5. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said transport element layer further comprises a pattern of water permeable and gas impermeable barrier material impregnated to said transport element layer that prevents communication of internal fuel cell gasses with ambient gasses. 6. The heat and water management method of claim 5, wherein said barrier pattern is formed by a patterning process selected from a group consisting of inkjet printing, screen printing, and masking. 7. The heat and water management method of claim 5, wherein said barrier material is a water permeable polymer. 8. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said transport element layer is a separate layer, whereby said separate layer is disposed between layer pairs selected from a group consisting of an anodic gas diffusion layer and an anodic current collector layer pair, and a cathodic gas diffusion layer and a cathodic current collector layer pair. 9. The heat and water management method of claim 8, wherein at least part of said transport element layer is electrically conductive, whereby part of said element is electrically insulating. 10. The heat and water management method of claim 8, wherein said transport element layer comprises at least one cutout in said transport element layer, whereby said cutout enables gas communication through said layer in a direction perpendicular to a plane of said layer. 11. The fuel cell heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said transport element layer is integrated to a current collector, whereby said current collector is selected from a group consisting of an anodic current collector and a cathodic current collector. 12. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said layer comprises a heat transport portion and a water transport portion. 13. The heat and water management method of claim 12, wherein said transport element layer forms a part of a current collector flow field, whereby said current collector flow field is selected from a group consisting of an anodic flow field and a cathodic flow field. 14. The heat and water management method of claim 1, wherein said transport element layer transports water from a cathode of said fuel cell to an anode of said fuel cell. 15. An in-plane fuel cell heat and water management device comprising: a. a thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element layer, wherein said transport element layer spans from inside of said cell to an ambient environment outside of said cell; b. a current collector layer in said fuel cell, wherein said transport element layer transports electrical current to said current collector layer; and c. a gas diffusion layer in said fuel cell, wherein said transport element layer comprises at least one through slot and at least one transport rib, wherein said transport element layer is deposited between said gas diffusion layer on a cathodic side of said fuel cell and a bipolar plate, wherein said bipolar plate comprises at least one gas channel, and at least one current collecting rib, wherein said at least one transport rib aligns with said at least one current collecting rib, wherein said at least one through slot aligns with said at least one gas channel, wherein said transport element layer enables use of capillary forces to confine gas flow parallel to said at least one gas channel and receives liquid transport along a direction transverse to the direction of heat and mass transport of said hydrophilic heat and mass transport element layer, whereby heat is transported along said transport element layer from an interior portion of said element inside said cell to an exterior portion of said element disposed in said ambient environment outside said cell, and whereby liquid water is transported along said transport element layer into or out of said cell, whereas heat is removed from said exterior portion of said transport element layer by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and whereas said liquid water is removed from said exterior portion of said transport element layer by any combination of convection, driven evaporation and advection, wherein said water is added to said cell from said exterior portion to said interior portion of said transport element layer in said ambient environment to said interior portion of said transport element layer by any combination of advection and capillary wicking. 16. The heat and water management device of claim 15, wherein said transport element layer further comprises a pattern of water permeable and gas impermeable barrier material impregnated to said transport element layer that prevents communication of internal fuel cell gasses with ambient gasses, wherein said barrier pattern is formed by a patterning process selected from a group consisting of inkjet printing, screen printing, and masking.

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