Internal reforming fuel cell assembly with simplified fuel feed

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:873601

Farooque, Mohammad ^[1]; Novacco, Lawrence J ^[2]; Allen, Jeffrey P ^[3]

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1. Huntington, CT
2. Brookfield, CT
3. Naugatuck, CT

A fuel cell assembly in which fuel cells adapted to internally reform fuel and fuel reformers for reforming fuel are arranged in a fuel cell stack. The fuel inlet ports of the fuel cells and the fuel inlet ports and reformed fuel outlet ports of the fuel reformers are arranged on one face of the fuel cell stack. A manifold sealing encloses this face of the stack and a reformer fuel delivery system is arranged entirely within the region between the manifold and the one face of the stack. The fuel reformer has a foil wrapping and a cover member forming with the foil wrapping an enclosed structure.

• Research Organization: FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-95MC31184
• Assignee: Energy Research Corporation ()
• Patent Number(s): US 6200696
• OSTI ID: 873601
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

internal
reforming
fuel
cell
assembly
simplified
feed
cells
adapted
internally
reform
reformers
arranged
stack
inlet
ports
reformed
outlet
manifold
sealing
encloses
reformer
delivery
entirely
region
foil
wrapping
cover
forming
enclosed
structure
manifold seal
outlet ports
inlet ports
fuel cell
fuel delivery
fuel inlet
cell stack
fuel cells
cell assembly
manifold sealing
reformed fuel
fuel reformer
reforming fuel
fuel feed
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