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公开(公告)号:US20230387443A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-30
申请号:US18313119
申请日:2023-05-05
申请人: Loop Energy Inc.
发明人: Matthew Guenther , David Erwin Kadylak , Sean Michael MacKinnon , Andrea Pulskamp , Matthew Paul Paone
IPC分类号: H01M8/248 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/1004
CPC分类号: H01M8/248 , H01M2008/1095 , H01M8/1004 , H01M8/0265
摘要: The present technology relates to apparatus and methods for providing contact pressure distribution between fuel cell components in a fuel cell stack. In some embodiments, the technology relates to fuel cell flow field plate designs and to compression systems for fuel cell stacks that can be used, separately or in combination, to provide more uniform contact pressure distribution across the active area of fuel cells in a fuel cell stack.
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公开(公告)号:US20210310135A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-07
申请号:US17336559
申请日:2021-06-02
申请人: LOOP ENERGY INC.
IPC分类号: C25B1/04 , H01M8/0656 , H01M8/2457 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/026 , H01M8/18 , C25B11/00 , C25B9/19 , C25B9/70 , C25B9/73 , H01M8/0265
摘要: An electrolyzer or unitized regenerative fuel cell has a flow field with at least one channel, wherein the cross-sectional area of the channel varies along at least a portion of the channel length. In some embodiments the channel width decreases along at least a portion of the length of the channel according to a natural exponential function. The use of this type of improved flow field channel can improve performance and efficiency of operation of the electrolyzer device.
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公开(公告)号:US10930942B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US16138149
申请日:2018-09-21
申请人: Loop Energy Inc.
发明人: Matthew Paul Paone , Sean Michael MacKinnon , Raoul Jacob Kingma , Sheilah Melissa Galati , Greg John Montie
IPC分类号: H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/04007 , H01M8/04701 , H01M8/04746 , H01M8/0258 , H01M8/2465 , H01M8/1018
摘要: Fuel cell assemblies comprising at least one thermally compensated coolant channel are provided. The thermally compensated coolant channel has a cross-sectional area that decreases in the coolant flow direction along at least a portion of the channel length. In some embodiments, such thermally compensated coolant channels can be used to provide substantially uniform heat flux, and substantially isothermal conditions, in fuel cells operating with substantially uniform current density.
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公开(公告)号:US20200328432A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16914470
申请日:2020-06-29
申请人: LOOP ENERGY INC.
IPC分类号: H01M8/04014 , H01M8/0271 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/2484 , H01M8/2475 , H01M8/248 , H01M8/04029 , H01M8/04007 , H01M8/04082 , H01M8/00 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04291
摘要: A fuel cell power module includes a cylindrical housing encasing a fuel cell stack and an air supply. The housing has a major interior surface. The fuel cell stack can be cylindrical or hexagonal, and comprises fuel cells having an anode and an anode flow field plate, a cathode and a cathode flow field plate, and a membrane electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode. The air supply is directed to the plurality of fuel cell cathode flow field plates via a plenum defined by a space between the fuel cell stack and the housing major interior surface. The hexagonal fuel cell stack can be formed by a plurality of fuel cell groups shaped such that when aligned the fuel cell groups together constitute the hexagonal fuel cell stack.
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公开(公告)号:US10734661B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-04
申请号:US16011867
申请日:2018-06-19
申请人: Loop Energy Inc.
IPC分类号: H01M8/04014 , H01M8/0271 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/2484 , H01M8/2475 , H01M8/248 , H01M8/04029 , H01M8/04007 , H01M8/04082 , H01M8/00 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04291 , H01M8/1018
摘要: A fuel cell power module includes a cylindrical housing encasing a fuel cell stack and an air supply. The housing has a major interior surface. The fuel cell stack can be cylindrical or hexagonal, and comprises fuel cells having an anode and an anode flow field plate, a cathode and a cathode flow field plate, and a membrane electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode. The air supply is directed to the plurality of fuel cell cathode flow field plates via a plenum defined by a space between the fuel cell stack and the housing major interior surface. The hexagonal fuel cell stack can be formed by a plurality of fuel cell groups shaped such that when aligned the fuel cell groups together constitute the hexagonal fuel cell stack.
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公开(公告)号:US20190140289A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-09
申请号:US16011867
申请日:2018-06-19
申请人: Loop Energy Inc.
IPC分类号: H01M8/04014 , H01M8/2484 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04291 , H01M8/2475 , H01M8/248 , H01M8/04029 , H01M8/04007 , H01M8/04082 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/0271 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/00 , H01M8/1018
CPC分类号: H01M8/04014 , H01M8/004 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/0265 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0271 , H01M8/04029 , H01M8/04067 , H01M8/04104 , H01M8/04201 , H01M8/04291 , H01M8/241 , H01M8/2475 , H01M8/248 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/2484 , H01M2008/1095
摘要: A fuel cell power module includes a cylindrical housing encasing a fuel cell stack and an air supply. The housing has a major interior surface. The fuel cell stack can be cylindrical or hexagonal, and comprises fuel cells having an anode and an anode flow field plate, a cathode and a cathode flow field plate, and a membrane electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode. The air supply is directed to the plurality of fuel cell cathode flow field plates via a plenum defined by a space between the fuel cell stack and the housing major interior surface. The hexagonal fuel cell stack can be formed by a plurality of fuel cell groups shaped such that when aligned the fuel cell groups together constitute the hexagonal fuel cell stack.
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