Stack module for fuel battery and high temperature electrolysis including individually changeable cell battery module during operation
AssigneeKorea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
InventorTae-Ho Shin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a stack module for a fuel cell and high temperature electrolysis including an individually changeable cell battery module during operation, the stack module being designed to be able to individually separate, couple, or replace a plurality of cell battery modules by a one-touch manner during operation so that maintenance costs are low, and, even when one or more cell battery modules are separated from a fuel transfer panel, other cell battery modules can operate normally such that superior power generation efficiency can be achieved.
Claims17
A stack module for a fuel cell and high temperature electrolysis, comprising:
- a plurality of cell battery modules;
- and
- a fuel transfer panel to which the plurality of cell battery modules are coupled,
- wherein each of the plurality of cell battery modules includes a fuel supply port, an air supply port, a fuel discharge port, and an air discharge port,
- the fuel transfer panel includes a fuel supply port, a fuel discharge port, an air supply port, and an air discharge port which are installed at an outer wall of the fuel transfer panel, and at an interior thereof, a fuel circulation pipe connected to the fuel supply port and the fuel discharge port of the fuel transfer panel, and an air circulation pipe connected to the air supply port and the air discharge port of the fuel transfer panel,
- when each of the plurality of cell battery modules is coupled to the fuel transfer panel, the fuel supply port and the fuel discharge port of each of the plurality of the cell battery modules are coupled to the fuel circulation pipe to break a connection of the fuel circulation pipe and, simultaneously, to bridge the fuel circulation pipe that is disconnected, thereby allowing fuel to circulate through an interior of each of the plurality of cell battery modules, and at the same time, the air supply port and the air discharge port of each of the plurality of cell battery modules are connected to the air circulation pipe to break a connection of the air circulation pipe and, simultaneously, to bridge the air circulation pipe that is disconnected, thereby allowing air to circulate through the interior of each of the plurality of cell battery modules, and
- when each of the plurality of cell battery modules is separated from the fuel transfer panel, the fuel circulation pipe and the air circulation pipe are restored.
A stack module for a fuel cell and high temperature electrolysis, comprising:
- a plurality of cell battery modules;
- and
- a fuel transfer panel provided with a plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses to which the plurality of cell battery modules are fixed,
- wherein each of the plurality of cell battery modules includes, at one end portion thereof, a tubular type fixer configured to be insertable into and separable from each of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses of the fuel transfer panel, and having an outer wall at which a fuel supply port, an air supply port, a fuel discharge port, and an air discharge port are formed,
- the fuel transfer panel includes a fuel supply port, a fuel discharge port, an air supply port, and an air discharge port which are provided at an outer wall of the fuel transfer panel,
- each of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses formed inside the fuel transfer panel includes a fuel supply port, a fuel discharge port, an air supply port, and an air discharge port,
- the fuel supply port and the air supply port of each of the cell battery module insertion recesses are communicated with the fuel discharge port and the air discharge port of one adjacent cell battery module insertion recess of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses by a fuel circulation pipe and an air circulation pipe, and the fuel discharge port and the air discharge port thereof are communicated with the fuel supply port and the air supply port of another adjacent cell battery module insertion recess of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses by the fuel circulation pipe and the air circulation pipe,
- the fuel supply port and the air supply port of one of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses of the fuel transfer panel are communicated with the fuel supply port and the air supply port of the outer wall of the fuel transfer panel by the fuel circulation pipe and the air circulation pipe, and the fuel discharge port and the air discharge port of another of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses are communicated with the fuel discharge port and the air discharge port of the outer wall of the fuel transfer panel by the fuel circulation pipe and the air circulation pipe,
- the fuel transfer panel comprises a pipe plate at each of the plurality of cell battery module insertion recesses, which includes two pipes configured to connect and communicate the fuel supply port to and with the fuel discharge port, and the air supply port to and with the air discharge port of the corresponding cell battery module insertion recess in a state in which the corresponding cell battery module is not inserted into the corresponding cell battery module insertion recess, and
- each of the pipe plates includes an elastic member, and thus, when each of the cell battery modules is inserted into the corresponding cell battery module insertion recess, the corresponding pipe plate is moved downward by a pressure, and, when the corresponding cell battery module is separated from the cell corresponding battery module insertion recess, the corresponding pipe plate is moved upward by an elastic force to connect and communicate the fuel supply port to and with the fuel discharge port, and the air supply port to and with the air discharge port of the corresponding cell battery module insertion recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.