| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7615298 |
Thermally integrated fuel cell stack |
November 10, 2009 |
| A thermally integrated fuel cell system includes a stack zone, a burner zone and a low temperature zone. The fuel is combined with steam and passed sequentially through a primary reformer and a secondary reformer or a radiative fuel heat exchanger. Air may be passed sequentially thro |
| 7557300 |
Flexible high temperature cables |
July 7, 2009 |
| A high-temperature, flexible conductive cable is formed from a solid copper core, sheathed and hermetically sealed in a flexible stainless steel sheath, which may be corrugated. |
| 7553579 |
Solid oxide fuel cell stack with floating cells |
June 30, 2009 |
| A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a fuel cell unit consisting of a fuel cell framed by a cell holder plate and upper and lower cushioning elements. The fuel cell unit is stacked with flow field seals and solid flow separator plates. The fuel cell thus floats without direct contact |
| 7291415 |
Solid oxide fuel cell with external manifolds |
November 6, 2007 |
| A solid oxide fuel cell stack may include repeating fuel cell units each having a planar fuel cell, an interconnect, a cathode contact layer disposed between sealing strips, and an anode contact layer disposed between sealing strips. The sealing strips have end extensions which overl |
| 7255953 |
Electrode pattern for solid state ionic devices |
August 14, 2007 |
| A solid oxide fuel cell electrode is stable during thermal cycling and includes a plurality of discrete geometric elements lightly packed on the electrolyte surface. Preferably, the geometric elements are regular hexagons, creating a "Thoneycomb" pattern electrode. |
| 7190568 |
Electrically conductive fuel cell contact materials |
March 13, 2007 |
| A multilayer contact approach for use in a planar solid oxide fuel cell stack includes at least 3 layers of an electrically conductive perovskite which has a coefficient of thermal expansion closely matching the fuel cell material. The perovskite material may comprise La.sub.1-xE.sub.x |
| 7169495 |
Thermally integrated SOFC system |
January 30, 2007 |
| A thermally integrated fuel cell system includes a stack zone, a burner zone and a low temperature zone. The fuel is combined with steam and passed sequentially through a primary reformer and a secondary reformer. Air is split into two parallel streams and preheated in a low temperature |
