Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell system which supply anode-side channels with a gas-liquid mixture
US5958613A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell system with a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is made up of a cell main body, a mixture generator for generating a gas-liquid mixture by mixing fuel gas which has been supplied from a fuel gas supply with water, and a means for supplying the gas-liquid mixture to the anode-side channels. The gas-liquid mixture allows the solid-polymer film to be moistened without humidifying fuel gas and oxidant gas with a humidifier, and the cell main body to be cooled down without providing a cooling channel therein.
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