Porous electrolyte retainer for molten carbonate fuel cell. [lithium aluminate]
Abstract
A porous tile for retaining molten electrolyte within a fuel cell is prepared by sintering particles of lithium aluminate into a stable structure. The tile is assembled between two porous metal plates which serve as electrodes with fuels gases such as H/sub 2/ and CO opposite to oxidant gases such as O/sub 2/ and CO/sub 2/. The tile is prepared with a porosity of 55 to 65% and a pore size distribution selected to permit release of sufficient molten electrolyte to wet but not to flood the adjacent electrodes.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5166018
- Assignee:
- TIC; ERA-05-035062; EDB-80-106663
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINATES; SINTERING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS; MATRIX MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CERAMICS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; POROSITY; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYOGENIC FLUIDS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELEMENTS; FABRICATION; FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; 300503* - Fuel Cells- Materials, Components, & Auxiliaries; 360201 - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Preparation & Fabrication
Citation Formats
Singh, R N, and Dusek, J T. Porous electrolyte retainer for molten carbonate fuel cell. [lithium aluminate]. United States: N. p., 1979.
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Singh, R N, & Dusek, J T. Porous electrolyte retainer for molten carbonate fuel cell. [lithium aluminate]. United States.
Singh, R N, and Dusek, J T. Thu .
"Porous electrolyte retainer for molten carbonate fuel cell. [lithium aluminate]". United States.
@article{osti_5166018,
title = {Porous electrolyte retainer for molten carbonate fuel cell. [lithium aluminate]},
author = {Singh, R N and Dusek, J T},
abstractNote = {A porous tile for retaining molten electrolyte within a fuel cell is prepared by sintering particles of lithium aluminate into a stable structure. The tile is assembled between two porous metal plates which serve as electrodes with fuels gases such as H/sub 2/ and CO opposite to oxidant gases such as O/sub 2/ and CO/sub 2/. The tile is prepared with a porosity of 55 to 65% and a pore size distribution selected to permit release of sufficient molten electrolyte to wet but not to flood the adjacent electrodes.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1979},
month = {12}
}
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