Flow element and bipolar plate
AssigneeElringKlinger AG
InventorsJuergen Kraft, Michael Goetz, Manuel Morcos
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Abstract
In order to provide a flow element by means of which a fluid can be guided and/or distributed over a surface as uniformly as possible, it is proposed that the flow element comprises a plate-like main body, which has a channel structure, wherein the channel structure comprises two or more paths, which connect an inlet side of the channel structure to an outlet side of the channel structure, wherein the two or more channel paths each have one or more meandering segments, wherein meandering segments of channel paths different from each other are nested in each other.
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A flow element, comprising a plate-like main body, which has a channel structure,
- wherein the channel structure comprises two or more channel paths, which connect an inlet side of the channel structure to an outlet side of the channel structure,
- wherein the two or more channel paths each have one or more meandering segments,
- wherein meandering segments of channel paths different from each other are nested in each other,
- wherein the meandering segments of the channel paths are arranged such that a meandering segment of a channel path is inserted between two meandering segments of an adjacently arranged channel path,
- wherein a meandering segment comprises three or more channel path segments of a channel path, which are oriented parallel to one another, are arranged side by side, and are configured to be passed through in succession by a fluid flow, and
- wherein a meandering segment comprises two or more flow deflection segments of a channel path.
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