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US09343756B2 Fuel cell separator and fuel cell stack and reactant gas control method thereof
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燃料电池分离器和燃料电池堆及其反应气体控制方法
- Patent Title: Fuel cell separator and fuel cell stack and reactant gas control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池分离器和燃料电池堆及其反应气体控制方法
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Application No.: US12067086Application Date: 2007-05-23
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Publication No.: US09343756B2Publication Date: 2016-05-17
- Inventor: Sung-Jin Oh , Kyoung-Hwang Lee , Seung-Ho Baek , Sung-Hoon Lee , Il-Tae Park , Byung-Sun Hong , Mee-Nam Shinn
- Applicant: Sung-Jin Oh , Kyoung-Hwang Lee , Seung-Ho Baek , Sung-Hoon Lee , Il-Tae Park , Byung-Sun Hong , Mee-Nam Shinn
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: DOOSAN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DOOSAN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Lex IP Meister, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2006-0080442 20060824
- International Application: PCT/KR2007/002520 WO 20070523
- International Announcement: WO2008/023879 WO 20080228
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/02 ; H01M8/24 ; H01M8/10

Abstract:
A fuel cell separator, a fuel cell stack having the fuel cell separator, and a reactant gas control method of the fuel cell stack are provided. That is, even when the fuel cell stack operates under the low load operation condition, a reactant gas is supplied to the reactant gas passages of the fuel cell separator, and thus, the length of the passage can be shortened by 50% as compared with the prior art having only one reactant gas passage. Therefore, the reactant gas can be effectively supplied without experiencing pressure loss. Further, in the high load operation of the fuel cell stack, the reactant gas is introduced into the first reactant gas passage of the fuel cell separator and utilized in half of the whole electrode area. Subsequently, the reactant gas is introduced into the second reactant gas passage and utilized in the remaining half of the electrode area. The flow rate of the reactant gas flowing along the passage channels is increased by two times, even when the reactant gas utilizing rate is identical as compared with the reactant gas flow in the low load operation. As a result, the moisture existing in the passage channels can be more effectively discharged and the flooding phenomenon occurring in the high load operation can be prevented. By controlling the reactant gas supply in accordance with an operation condition of the fuel cell stack without experiencing pressure loss and deterioration of the utilizing rate, the flooding phenomenon and concentration polarization phenomenon that occur in the fuel cell stack can be prevented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090169930A1 FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL STACK AND REACTANT GAS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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