EP1595304A4 - Compliant, strain tolerant interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell stack - Google Patents

Compliant, strain tolerant interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell stack

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EP1595304A4
EP1595304A4 EP04707406A EP04707406A EP1595304A4 EP 1595304 A4 EP1595304 A4 EP 1595304A4 EP 04707406 A EP04707406 A EP 04707406A EP 04707406 A EP04707406 A EP 04707406A EP 1595304 A4 EP1595304 A4 EP 1595304A4
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compliant
fuel cell
cell stack
solid oxide
oxide fuel
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1595304A2 (en
Inventor
Sunil G Warrier
Jean Yamanis
Wayde R Schmidt
Raymond C Benn
John G Smeggil
Venkata R Vendula
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UTC Power Corp
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UTC Fuel Cells LLC
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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
    • 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
    • H01M8/023—Porous and characterised by the material
    • H01M8/0232—Metals or alloys
    • 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
    • H01M8/0247—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form
    • H01M8/0254—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form corrugated or undulated
    • 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
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/12—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte
    • 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
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/241—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with solid or matrix-supported electrolytes
    • H01M8/2425—High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/2432—Grouping of unit cells of planar configuration
    • 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
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/12—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes operating at high temperature, e.g. with stabilised ZrO2 electrolyte
    • H01M2008/1293—Fuel cells with solid oxide electrolytes
    • 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
EP04707406A 2003-01-31 2004-02-02 Compliant, strain tolerant interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell stack Withdrawn EP1595304A4 (en)

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US44402503P 2003-01-31 2003-01-31
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US45489903P 2003-03-14 2003-03-14
US454899P 2003-03-14
US758843 2004-01-16
US10/758,843 US20040200187A1 (en) 2002-11-27 2004-01-16 Compliant, strain tolerant interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell stack
PCT/US2004/002865 WO2004070858A2 (en) 2003-01-31 2004-02-02 Compliant, strain tolerant interconnects for solid oxide fuel cell stack

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EP1595304A2 EP1595304A2 (en) 2005-11-16
EP1595304A4 true EP1595304A4 (en) 2012-02-15

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US (1) US20040200187A1 (en)
EP (1) EP1595304A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2007524956A (en)
KR (1) KR20050096960A (en)
CA (1) CA2514488A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2004070858A2 (en)

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CA2514488A1 (en) 2004-08-19
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