Fuel cell integral bundle assembly including ceramic open end seal and vertical and horizontal thermal expansion control

Zafred, Paolo R; Gillett, James E

Title: Fuel cell integral bundle assembly including ceramic open end seal and vertical and horizontal thermal expansion control

Abstract

A plurality of integral bundle assemblies contain a top portion with an inlet fuel plenum and a bottom portion containing a base support, the base supports a dense, ceramic air exhaust manifold having four supporting legs, the manifold is below and connects to air feed tubes located in a recuperator zone, the air feed tubes passing into the center of inverted, tubular, elongated, hollow electrically connected solid oxide fuel cells having an open end above a combustion zone into which the air feed tubes pass and a closed end near the inlet fuel plenum, where the open end of the fuel cells rest upon and within a separate combination ceramic seal and bundle support contained in a ceramic support casting, where at least one flexible cushion ceramic band seal located between the recuperator and fuel cells protects and controls horizontal thermal expansion, and where the fuel cells operate in the fuel cell mode and where the base support and bottom ceramic air exhaust manifolds carry from 85% to all of the weight of the generator.

Inventors:

Zafred, Paolo R ^[1]; Gillett, James E ^[2]

Murrysville, PA
Greensburg, PA

Publication Date:: Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Research Org.:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1040009

Patent Number(s):: 8,163,433

Application Number:: 12/543,718

Assignee:: Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)

DOE Contract Number:: FC26-05NT42613

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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Ceramic Fuel Cells
journal, March 1993

Minh, Nguyen Q.
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 76, Issue 3
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03645.x

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