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US 7,001,684 B2Granted
Systems for planar fuel cell interconnect units
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRajiv Doshi, Jie Guan
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Abstract
The fuel cell interconnect units may include a fuel compartment, an air compartment adjacent to the fuel compartment, a plurality of fuel flow fields that are in communication with the fuel compartment and have a fuel outlet, and a plurality of air flow fields that are in communication with the air compartment and have an air outlet.
Claims9
A fuel cell interconnect unit, comprising:
- a fuel compartment;
- an air compartment, said air compartment being adjacent to said fuel compartment;
- a plurality of fuel flow fields, each of said plurality of fuel flow fields in communication with said fuel compartment;
- and
- a plurality of air flow fields, each of said plurality of air flow fields in communication with said air compartment;
- wherein said air compartment and said fuel compartment comprise a common side;
- and
- wherein said plurality of fuel flow fields comprises an array on said fuel compartment and said plurality of air flow fields comprises said array on said air compartment such that each of said plurality of air flow fields aligns with one of said plurality of fuel flow fields.
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