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US 8,076,038 B2Granted
Fuel cell with vertical displacement
AssigneeAmerican Air Liquide, Inc.
InventorPascal Tessier
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Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a housing partially above and below the ground containing a fuel cell beneath ground level and a fuel tank disposed above the fuel cell. The fuel cell may be accessed by raising it to above ground level with a fuel cell vertical displacement device.
Claims12
A fuel cell system comprising:
- a housing having an access opening or door;
- a fuel tank disposed within said housing at an upper portion thereof, said fuel tank containing a fuel;
- a fuel cell adapted to electrochemically produce water and electricity from the fuel and an oxidant, said fuel cell being adapted to rest on a support disposed at a bottom of a hole within which a lower portion of said housing rests;
- an oxidant line fluidly communicating between a source of oxidant and the fuel cell;
- a fuel line fluidly communicating between said fuel tank and said fuel cell;
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- a fuel cell vertical displacement device adapted to lower and raise the fuel cell between a lowered position where the fuel cell rests upon the support at the bottom of the hole within which the lower portion of said housing rests and a raised position where the fuel cell is accessible from outside said housing via said access opening or door.
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