Electrolyzer assembly method and system

Title: Electrolyzer assembly method and system

The present techniques provide a novel electrolyzer and methods for welding components of such electrolyzers. The techniques may use conductors, such as resistance wires, placed in paths around the internal structural features and edges of the components. The conductors may be incorporated into the components during manufacture by injection molding, or other molding techniques, or may be tacked or otherwise applied to the surface of the components after manufacture. When current, a field or other excitation is applied to the conductors, the plastic surrounding the wire is melted. If this plastic is in direct contact with an adjoining component, a strong, hermetic seal may be formed between the two components, including the internal structural features.

Inventors:: Swala, Dana Ray; Bourgeois, Richard Scott; Paraszczak, Steven; Buckley, Donald Joseph

Issue Date:: 2017-05-23

OSTI Identifier:: 1358261

Assignee:: General Electric Company IDO

Patent Number(s):: 9,657,400

Application Number:: 12/136,383

Contract Number:: FC07-06ID14789

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2008 Jun 10

Research Org:: General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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