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US 2014/0004448 A1Published application
Methods of Refurbishing Components of a Fuel Cell Stack
AssigneeBloom Energy Corporation
InventorsMichael Gasda, Matthias Gottmann, Neil Ide, Ryan Hallum, Dien Nguyen
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Abstract
Methods for refurbishing components, such as interconnects of a fuel cell stack, include singulating the stack and removing the electrolyte, seals and oxide layer using non-mechanical methods. The various methods of may be used either singly or in combination.
Claims17
A method of singulating a fuel cell stack, comprising:
- providing the fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of layers;
- and
- singulating the fuel cell stack using a non-mechanical method to remove at least one layer of the plurality of layers from the fuel cell stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.