Fuel cell cooler assembly and edge seal means therefor
Abstract
A cooler assembly for a stack of fuel cells comprises a fibrous, porous coolant tube holder sandwiched between and bonded to at least one of a pair of gas impervious graphite plates. The tubes are disposed in channels which pass through the holder. The channels are as deep as the holder thickness, which is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the tubes. Gas seals along the edges of the holder parallel to the direction of the channels are gas impervious graphite strips.
- Inventors:
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- Coventry, CT
- Stafford Springs, CT
- Glastonbury, CT
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863714
- Patent Number(s):
- 4233369
- Assignee:
- United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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:
- EX-77-C-03-1471
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fuel; cell; cooler; assembly; edge; seal; means; stack; cells; comprises; fibrous; porous; coolant; tube; holder; sandwiched; bonded; pair; gas; impervious; graphite; plates; tubes; disposed; channels; pass; deep; thickness; substantially; outer; diameter; seals; edges; parallel; direction; strips; fuel cell; gas impervious; edge seal; fuel cells; coolant tube; gas seal; outer diameter; tube holder; seal means; graphite plates; cells comprise; cell cooler; porous coolant; cooler assembly; /429/
Citation Formats
Breault, Richard D, Roethlein, Richard J, and Congdon, Joseph V. Fuel cell cooler assembly and edge seal means therefor. United States: N. p., 1980.
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Breault, Richard D, Roethlein, Richard J, & Congdon, Joseph V. Fuel cell cooler assembly and edge seal means therefor. United States.
Breault, Richard D, Roethlein, Richard J, and Congdon, Joseph V. Tue .
"Fuel cell cooler assembly and edge seal means therefor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863714.
@article{osti_863714,
title = {Fuel cell cooler assembly and edge seal means therefor},
author = {Breault, Richard D and Roethlein, Richard J and Congdon, Joseph V},
abstractNote = {A cooler assembly for a stack of fuel cells comprises a fibrous, porous coolant tube holder sandwiched between and bonded to at least one of a pair of gas impervious graphite plates. The tubes are disposed in channels which pass through the holder. The channels are as deep as the holder thickness, which is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the tubes. Gas seals along the edges of the holder parallel to the direction of the channels are gas impervious graphite strips.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1980},
month = {1}
}
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