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Title: Fuel cell system including a unit for electrical isolation of a fuel cell stack from a manifold assembly and method therefor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:917198

A fuel cell system with improved electrical isolation having a fuel cell stack with a positive potential end and a negative potential, a manifold for use in coupling gases to and from a face of the fuel cell stack, an electrical isolating assembly for electrically isolating the manifold from the stack, and a unit for adjusting an electrical potential of the manifold such as to impede the flow of electrolyte from the stack across the isolating assembly.

Research Organization:
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC21-95MC31184
Assignee:
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT)
Patent Number(s):
7,276,304
Application Number:
11/020,593
OSTI ID:
917198
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English