Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – Fuel cell – subcombination thereof – or method of making or... – Grouping of fuel cells into stack or module
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Yuan, Dah-Wei (Department: 1795)
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
Fuel cell, subcombination thereof, or method of making or...
Grouping of fuel cells into stack or module
C429S457000, C429S452000, C429S514000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07867665
ABSTRACT:
Corrosion of a metal portion such as a pipe connected to a fuel cell stack is suppressed. The fuel cell stack has a plurality of single cells which generate electrical power using an aqueous methanol solution and air and are stacked in a vertical direction. An inlet of a fuel supply manifold for distributing the aqueous methanol solution to each cell and an outlet of a fuel discharge manifold for collecting the fuel discharged from the single cells are provided in a common conductive end plate. Hence, when the discharge fuel discharged from the fuel cell stack is circulated and resupplied to the stack, the potential of the discharged fuel becomes equal to that of the liquid fuel to be supplied to the stack, whereby the corrosion of the metal portion such as a pipe, a tank, a pump, or a heat exchanger is suppressed.
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Fujita Goro
Kibune Kenji
Minamiura Takeshi
Yasuo Takashi
Martin Angela J.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
Yuan Dah-Wei
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