Integrated fuel cell power module
US7314680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fuel cell power system has at least one fuel cell stack assembly having a clamp mechanism for holding plates of the fuel cell stack together, a fuel supply and exhausting stream, an oxidant supply and exhausting stream, and at least one of a fuel cell stack cooling loop and a cogeneration heat exchanger. The cooling loop or the cogeneration heat exchanger has a stack of heat exchange plates held together with the plates of said fuel cell stack by the clamp mechanism.
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