Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell stack having bipolar plates, and fuel cell system
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Application No.: US15775803Application Date: 2016-11-14
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Publication No.: US10665871B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Hannes Scholz , Jan-Philipp Brinkmeier , Daniel Grundei , Christian Lucas , Christian Schlitzberger
- Applicant: AUDI AG , Volkswagen AG
- Applicant Address: DE Wolfsburg DE Ingolstadt
- Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG,AUDI AG
- Current Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG,AUDI AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Wolfsburg DE Ingolstadt
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@295e7995
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/077616 WO 20161114
- International Announcement: WO2017/085030 WO 20170526
- Main IPC: H01M8/0265
- IPC: H01M8/0265 ; H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/04291 ; H01M8/0258 ; H01M8/1018

Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel cell stack having bipolar plates (10), each of which has two separator plates (12, 14) with an active region (16) and two distribution regions (18, 20) with main gas ports (22, 24) as well as a coolant main port (26), wherein the separator plates (12, 14) are formed and arranged one over the other in such a way that the respective bipolar plate (10) has separate channels (28, 30, 32) for the reaction gases and the coolant that connect the main gas port (22, 24) for the reaction gases and the coolant main port (26) of the two distribution region (18, 20) to each other.It is provided that the channels (28) for a reaction gas have an impermeable first dividing plate (38) in an inlet area (40) of the active area (16) that separates the channels (28) into two volume areas (58, 60), and in that a second main gas port (23) is provided adjacent to the first main gas port (22) in a distribution region (18) in order to supply the reaction gas.The subject matter of the invention is also a fuel cell system that has a fuel cell stack according to the invention.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180331374A1 FUEL CELL STACK HAVING BIPOLAR PLATES, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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