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Flow field plate geometries

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Publication number
GB2403061B
GB2403061B GB0316946A GB0316946A GB2403061B GB 2403061 B GB2403061 B GB 2403061B GB 0316946 A GB0316946 A GB 0316946A GB 0316946 A GB0316946 A GB 0316946A GB 2403061 B GB2403061 B GB 2403061B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
flow field
field plate
plate geometries
geometries
flow
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0316946A
Other versions
GB0316946D0 (en
GB2403061A (en
Inventor
Alan Chapman
Ian Mellor
Mark Turpin
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Morgan Advanced Materials PLC
Original Assignee
Morgan Crucible Co PLC
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Publication of GB0316946D0 publication Critical patent/GB0316946D0/en
Priority to CA002529799A priority Critical patent/CA2529799A1/en
Priority to KR1020057023940A priority patent/KR20060021376A/en
Priority to JP2006516451A priority patent/JP2006527906A/en
Priority to AT04742995T priority patent/ATE374437T1/en
Priority to US10/560,658 priority patent/US20070105000A1/en
Priority to DE602004009180T priority patent/DE602004009180T2/en
Priority to EP04742995A priority patent/EP1639664B1/en
Publication of GB2403061A publication Critical patent/GB2403061A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2403061B publication Critical patent/GB2403061B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/023—Porous and characterised by the material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2465—Details of groupings of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2483—Details of groupings of fuel cells characterised by internal manifolds
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0258—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0258—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
    • H01M8/026—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant characterised by grooves, e.g. their pitch or depth
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0258—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
    • H01M8/0265—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant the reactant or coolant channels having varying cross sections
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fuel Cell (AREA)
GB0316946A 2003-06-18 2003-07-18 Flow field plate geometries Expired - Fee Related GB2403061B (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020057023940A KR20060021376A (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 Structure of the flow field plate
CA002529799A CA2529799A1 (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 Flow field plate geometries
JP2006516451A JP2006527906A (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 Flow field plate geometry
AT04742995T ATE374437T1 (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 FLOW FIELD PLATE GEOMETRIES
US10/560,658 US20070105000A1 (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 Flow field plate geometries
DE602004009180T DE602004009180T2 (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 FLOW FIELD PLATE GEOMETRIES
EP04742995A EP1639664B1 (en) 2003-06-18 2004-06-17 Flow field plate geometries

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP03002621 2003-06-18

Publications (3)

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GB0316946D0 GB0316946D0 (en) 2003-08-27
GB2403061A GB2403061A (en) 2004-12-22
GB2403061B true GB2403061B (en) 2005-05-11

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Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002065566A1 (en) 2001-02-12 2002-08-22 The Morgan Crucible Company Plc Flow field plate geometries
GB2387476B (en) 2002-06-24 2004-03-17 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plate geometries
CN109888325B (en) * 2019-01-21 2022-06-07 西安交通大学 Multi-stage uniform flow field fuel cell and working method thereof

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0328115A1 (en) * 1988-02-12 1989-08-16 International Fuel Cells Corporation Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell system with porous plate evaporative cooling
WO2000026981A2 (en) * 1998-10-29 2000-05-11 3M Innovative Properties Company Microstructured flow fields
GB2372143A (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-14 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plate geometries for a fuel cell,including for a polymer electrolyt e fuel cell
GB2372144A (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-14 Morgan Crucible Co Fuel cell stack incorporating integral flow field plates and gas diffusion layer
WO2002065566A1 (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-22 The Morgan Crucible Company Plc Flow field plate geometries
WO2002069426A2 (en) * 2001-02-27 2002-09-06 E.I. Dupont De Nemours And Company Fluid flow field plates for electrochemical devices
GB2375222A (en) * 2001-05-03 2002-11-06 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plates
GB2387476A (en) * 2002-06-24 2003-10-15 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plate geometries

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0328115A1 (en) * 1988-02-12 1989-08-16 International Fuel Cells Corporation Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell system with porous plate evaporative cooling
WO2000026981A2 (en) * 1998-10-29 2000-05-11 3M Innovative Properties Company Microstructured flow fields
GB2372143A (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-14 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plate geometries for a fuel cell,including for a polymer electrolyt e fuel cell
GB2372144A (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-14 Morgan Crucible Co Fuel cell stack incorporating integral flow field plates and gas diffusion layer
WO2002065566A1 (en) * 2001-02-12 2002-08-22 The Morgan Crucible Company Plc Flow field plate geometries
WO2002069426A2 (en) * 2001-02-27 2002-09-06 E.I. Dupont De Nemours And Company Fluid flow field plates for electrochemical devices
GB2375222A (en) * 2001-05-03 2002-11-06 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plates
GB2387476A (en) * 2002-06-24 2003-10-15 Morgan Crucible Co Flow field plate geometries

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GB2403061A (en) 2004-12-22

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Effective date: 20090718