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Title: Automated brush plating process for solid oxide fuel cells

Abstract

A method of depositing a metal coating (28) on the interconnect (26) of a tubular, hollow fuel cell (10) contains the steps of providing the fuel cell (10) having an exposed interconnect surface (26); contacting the inside of the fuel cell (10) with a cathode (45) without use of any liquid materials; passing electrical current through a contacting applicator (46) which contains a metal electrolyte solution; passing the current from the applicator (46) to the cathode (45) and contacting the interconnect (26) with the applicator (46) and coating all of the exposed interconnect surface.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Pittsburgh, PA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874995
Patent Number(s):
6508925
Assignee:
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25D - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-97FT34139
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
automated; brush; plating; process; solid; oxide; fuel; cells; method; depositing; metal; coating; 28; interconnect; 26; tubular; hollow; cell; 10; contains; steps; providing; exposed; surface; contacting; inside; cathode; 45; liquid; materials; passing; electrical; current; applicator; 46; electrolyte; solution; fuel cell; solid oxide; oxide fuel; electrical current; liquid material; plating process; /205/

Citation Formats

Long, Jeffrey William. Automated brush plating process for solid oxide fuel cells. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Long, Jeffrey William. Automated brush plating process for solid oxide fuel cells. United States.
Long, Jeffrey William. Wed . "Automated brush plating process for solid oxide fuel cells". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874995.
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