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US 2014/0154605 A1Published application
Fuel cell device and method of managing moisture within a fuel cell device
AssigneeUTC Power Corporation
InventorsGuillaume Michael Kurczko BROUSSEAU, Maura M. VIGLIANO, David A. NIEZELSKI, Sushant S. BHADANGE
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Abstract
An exemplary fuel cell device includes a cell stack assembly having a plurality of fuel cells. A vapor barrier tape is wrapped around at least a portion of an exterior of the cell stack assembly. An exemplary method of managing moisture within a fuel cell stack assembly includes covering at least a portion of an exterior of the cell stack assembly with a vapor barrier tape to thereby maintain moisture within the cell stack assembly.
Claims20
A fuel cell device, comprising:
- a cell stack assembly including a plurality of fuel cells;
- and
- a vapor barrier tape wrapped around at least a portion of an exterior of the cell stack assembly.
A method of managing moisture within a fuel cell stack assembly, comprising
- covering at least a portion of an exterior of the cell stack assembly with a vapor barrier tape to thereby maintain moisture within the cell stack assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.