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20100330449 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND STACK THEREOF - A fuel cell system includes a fuel supply, an air supply, a plurality of unit cells being stacked, and a stack. The stack includes: a plurality of unit cells, each comprising separators and a membrane assembly (MEA) disposed between the separators; a fuel inlet configured to introduce a fuel to the unit cell; an unreacted fuel outlet configured to emit unreacted fuel from the stack; a fuel bypass path; a fuel distribution path configured to distribute the fuel to each of the unit cells; and an unreacted fuel inducing path configured to channel the unreacted fuel to the unreacted fuel outlet. | 12-30-2010 |
20110039179 | FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A fuel cell stack that includes: stacked cells that generate electricity; an exchange plate disposed at a first side of the stacked cells, having a channel in fluid communication with an injection flow path and a discharge flow path, which extend between the cells; and a pump that is disposed at an opposing second surface of the stacked cells, to force coolant (air) through the injection flow path, the exchange plate, and the discharge flow path. | 02-17-2011 |
20110143247 | Fuel cell stack and fuel cell system including the same - A fuel cell stack and a fuel cell system, the fuel cell stack including a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies, the membrane electrode assemblies being configured to generate electrical energy by an electrochemical reaction of a fuel and an oxidizer; and a plurality of bipolar plates positioned adjacent to the membrane electrode assemblies and between the membrane electrode assemblies, the bipolar plates including a fuel channel at one side thereof and an oxidizer channel at a second, opposite side thereof, wherein the bipolar plates include a plurality of cooling channels penetrating therethrough, the cooling channels having a curvature along a length thereof. | 06-16-2011 |
20110244342 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel supply supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack, and an oxidizing agent supply supplying an oxidizing agent to the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack includes a first end plate, a moisture exchanger, an electrical generator, and a second end plate. The moisture exchanger includes a first area where a dried supply oxidizing agent flows, a second area where a humid emission fuel flows, and a third area where a humid emission oxidizing agent flows, and the first area exchanges moisture with the second and third areas using a moisture exchange layer. | 10-06-2011 |
20110305967 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack including a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies, a plurality of separators in close contact with the membrane-electrode assemblies between the membrane-electrode assemblies, and gaskets provided on the separators. Each of the separators includes an anode separator having first through holes and a cathode separator in contact with the anode separator and having the second through holes. Each of the gaskets includes a penetrating portion filled in the first through holes and penetrating the anode separator and the cathode separator and a sealing portion coupled to the penetrating portion and protruding from outer surfaces of the anode and cathode separators in a thickness direction of the anode separator and the cathode separator. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305968 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes: a plurality of membrane-electrode assemblies; first and second end plates respectively positioned outside outermost ones of the membrane-electrode assemblies; and a plurality of separators respectively positioned between the membrane-electrode assemblies and between the outermost ones of the membrane-electrode assemblies and the first and second end plates. The first end plate includes an oxidizing agent inlet, an oxidizing agent outlet, and a moisture supplying flow path connecting the oxidizing agent inlet and the oxidizing agent outlet. The moisture supplying flow path includes a first end portion adjacent to the oxidizing agent outlet and a second end portion adjacent to the oxidizing agent inlet, the first end portion being larger than the second end portion and being a different distance away from a surface of the first end plate facing away from the second end plate than the second end portion. | 12-15-2011 |
20120028138 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, a cathode at one side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode at an opposite side of the electrolyte membrane, and separators at respective sides of the membrane-electrode assembly, a fuel supply for supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack, an oxidizing agent supply for supplying an oxidizing agent to the fuel cell stack, and a controller for controlling operation of the fuel supply and the oxidizing agent supply, for measuring a voltage of each of the unit cells, and for turning off a load coupled to the fuel cell stack after determining that the voltages of the unit cells reached a reference voltage. | 02-02-2012 |
20130004873 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system and a method for driving a fuel cell system are disclosed. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack with a plurality of unit cells, a temperature measurer configured for determining a temperature of the fuel cell stack, a cell voltage measurer configured for determining voltages of one or more of the plurality of unit cells, and a control unit configured for monitoring the unit cell voltages of the plurality of unit cells to detect a minimum unit cell voltage when a measured temperature of the fuel cell stack is below zero, and configured for controlling the load current so that the detected minimum unit cell voltage may be maintained at a predetermined threshold voltage. | 01-03-2013 |
20140295324 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A separator for a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same comprise two sheets of metal plates integrally formed to minimize contact resistance between an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate. The method for manufacturing the separator includes steps of preparing an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate, each plate having opposing main sides, and applying a coating liquid containing a polymer composite material on both sides of the upper and lower metal plates, to form first and second composite material layers on both sides of the upper plates and third and fourth composite material layers on both sides of the lower plates. The method further includes stacking the upper metal plate on the lower metal plate, before drying the respective composite material layers, and integrally bonding the second composite material layer and the third composite material layer to form a single intermediate composite material layer. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080268316 | Fuel cell stack and manufacturing method thereof - A fuel cell stack and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fuel cell stack includes: i) a membrane electrode assembly configured of an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a polymer electrolyte membrane positioned therebetween, ii) a first plate including a fuel flow channel facing the anode electrode and contacting the anode electrode and iii) a second plate including an oxidant flow channel facing the cathode electrode and contacting the cathode electrode, wherein the membrane electrode assembly, the first bipolar plate, and the second bipolar plate each includes a stack direction display parts, which are arranged in a line. At least one embodiment of the invention is capable of preventing an anode surface and a cathode surface of a part from being reversely stacked in manufacturing a stack type fuel cell. | 10-30-2008 |
20090123808 | FUEL CELL STACK - The present disclosure relates to a fuel cell stack capable of making fuel flow within the stack uniform. One embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to provide a fuel cell stack comprising: a stack comprising a plurality of fuel cells disposed in a stack body, a fuel manifold in the stack body fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel cells, an oxidant manifold in the stack body fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel cells, and a baffle disposed in the fuel manifold comprising a longitudinal recess wherein a cross-section of the recess reduces in one direction. | 05-14-2009 |
20100136377 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of driving a fuel cell system according to embodiments of the present invention includes supplying a first amount of oxidizer (which is less than a normal amount of oxidizer) to a fuel cell stack while continuously supplying fuel to the fuel cell stack, supplying a second amount of oxidizer (which is more than the normal amount) to the fuel cell stack, and supplying a third amount of oxidizer (which is the normal amount of oxidizer supplied in a normal driving state) to the fuel cell stack. | 06-03-2010 |
20100159296 | Fuel cell system and driving method thereof - Disclosed are a fuel cell system, and a method of driving the system. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack having a plurality of unit cells producing electricity, a switching unit connecting the plurality of unit cells to a discharge resistor, a switching controller synchronously operated when the voltage of the fuel cell stack reaches an open circuit voltage after power generation of the fuel cell stack is stopped. The switching controller generates select control signals to control the switching unit. The fuel cell system further includes a sensing unit measuring respective cell voltages of the plurality of unit cells and generating cell voltage sensing signals to control activation periods of the select control signals. | 06-24-2010 |
20100239922 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A fuel cell system and a method for driving the fuel cell system are disclosed. In one aspect, the fuel cell system may include a fuel stack, a fuel supply unit, an oxidizer supply unit, a humidifying unit, and a controller configured to measure the temperature of unit cells within the fuel cell stack and configured to detect the lowest measured temperature. The fuel cell stack may include a membrane electrode assembly and a plurality of unit cells. The membrane electrode assembly may include a membrane, a cathode disposed at a first side of the membrane and an anode disposed at a second side of the membrane. In another aspect, a method of driving a fuel cell system may include sequentially supplying a humidified fuel and an oxidizer to a fuel cell stack, measuring the temperature of each of a plurality of unit cells in the fuel cell stack, detecting to detect a unit cell having the lowest temperature among the measured temperature of each of the plurality of unit cells and decreasing humidification temperature of the fuel to be lower than the lowest temperature. | 09-23-2010 |
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20110305965 | Stack for fuel cell system - A stack for a fuel cell system, including: a membrane electrode assembly, a separator that includes a fuel passage that supplies a fuel to an anode electrode of the membrane electrode assembly and an oxidant passage that supplies an oxidant to a cathode electrode of an adjacent membrane electrode assembly, a first manifold that is formed by connecting first penetration holes that penetrate the separator in a stacking direction and that is connected to the fuel passage, a second manifold that is formed by connecting second penetration holes that penetrate the separator in the stacking direction and that is connected to the oxidant passage and a baffle that is disposed in at least one of the first manifold and the second manifold. The baffle has a membrane structure to control the fluid flow inside of the at least one of the first manifold and the second manifold. | 12-15-2011 |
20130011760 | FUEL CELL STACK STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a fuel cell stack structure, including: metallic bipolar plates having cooling surfaces facing each other, wherein film-removed portions are provided at portions of the cooling surfaces. The fuel cell stack structure is advantageous in that electrical conductivity can be achieved by the contact portion of two metallic bipolar plates without having to apply a conductive material onto the contact site of the cooling surfaces of the metallic bipolar plates, so that the manufacturing cost of the metallic bipolar plate can be reduced, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost a fuel cell stack. | 01-10-2013 |
20140170386 | SLIP SHEET FOR FUEL CELL STACK - A slip sheet for a fuel cell stack that includes a plurality of spaced fluid channel support protrusions protruding from a main body, at portions which face fluid channel protrusions of a separator plate in such a manner that the spaced fluid channel support protrusions come into contact with the fluid channel protrusions of the separator plate. | 06-19-2014 |
20140302416 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A metal separator for a fuel cell and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, in which a graphite carbon layer with a minute thickness is formed on the surface of a substrate, to improve conductivity. The manufacturing method includes preparing a metal substrate; loading the metal substrate into a chamber with a vacuum atmosphere; coating a graphite carbon layer by depositing carbon ions ionized from a coating source on a surface of the metal substrate; and unloading the metal substrate having the graphite carbon layer coated thereon to an exterior of the chamber. | 10-09-2014 |