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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100159302 | SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL WITH FERRITIC SUPPORT A solid oxide fuel cell having a tubular metal support an open end. A first electrode is deposited on the metal support, an electrolyte is deposited on the first electrode, and a second electrode is deposited on the electrolyte. The open end of the metal support is in c... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100075192 | CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL TUBE WITH INTERNAL FUEL PROCESSING A solid oxide fuel cell includes a tube, a spacer element, a catalytic substrate and an anode current collector. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a spacer element disposed within the tube. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a catalytic substrate dispos... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100075191 | Textured solid oxide fuel cell having reduced polarization losses An improved SOFC including textural features pressed into a structural anode and electrolyte bi-layer laminate to increase the active surface area of the finished fuel cell anode and cathode. This arrangement reduces current losses from ohmic, concentration, and activat... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100068582 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System The present invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell system, which comprises a central support means, a fixture means, a current collection means, a manifold, and at least one fuel cell means, wherein the fuel cell means and the current collection means are moveable i... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100055520 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL TUBE WITH INTERNAL FUEL PROCESSING A solid oxide fuel cell comprises a tube forming an anode, electrolyte and cathode, and a catalytic substrate is positioned within the tube. Such solid oxide fuel cells are highly compact and lightweight, and can be used in portable applications.... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100021789 | Tubular Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Module A tubular fuel cell comprises a cylindrical internal electrode having electrical conductivity, a lamination of a first catalytic layer, an electrolytic layer, and a second catalytic layer laminated in that order on an outer circumferential surface of the internal electr... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100015492 | TUBULAR FUEL CELL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF It is to provide a tubular fuel cell which is formed in a tubular shape by a bending process and has an advantage of realizing a compact size of a cross section and further realizing a compact bulk, and a method of producing such a fuel cell. The tubular fuel cell (1... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090314480 | FLAT PLATE HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER This invention relates in general to air exchange systems and, in particular, to an improved energy recovery ventilator, a cross flow plate core associated therewith and a method of conditioning air for a building. In one aspect, the invention provides a cross flow plat... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090297908 | FUEL CELL WITH POROUS FRIT BASED COMPOSITE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE A fuel cell includes a porous frit based composite proton exchange membrane. The pores of the porous frit are tilled with a proton-conducting material.... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090291347 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR UNITS AND MODULES AND SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF THEM The present invention is an electrochemical reactor unit in which a plurality of electrochemical reactor cells constituted by a tube are housed in a porous material body having a heat releasing function and a current collecting function, these are electrically connected... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090286126 | TUBE-SHAPED SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUBE-SHAPED SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL A tube-shaped solid polymer fuel cell is provided with communicating fuel gas channels 2 on the periphery of a bar-shaped current collector 1 and along the axis of the bar-shaped current collector 1 and the membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) 6... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090220838 | SECONDARY ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL The invention provides an electrochemical cell having a first electrode having an electrode active material containing at least one electrode active material charge-carrier, a second electrode, and an electrolyte containing at least one electrolyte charge-carrier. In th... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090214919 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR BUNDLES, STACKS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR SYSTEMS CONSISTING OF THESE COMPONENTS Tube electrochemical reactor bundle or stack, having a structure, in which a plurality of tube fuel cells, formed of a dense ion conductor (electrolyte) and cathode (air electrode) laminated to an anode (fuel electrode) material having a tube structure, are electrically... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090155660 | TUBULAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS Tubular solid oxide fuel cells are provided. In one embodiment, fluid flow channels are defined by a plurality of bridges between a core and an outer wall of an electrode support. In another embodiment, a fluid supply channel and fluid discharge channels of an electrode... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155659 | Tubular Fuel Cell A tubular fuel cell includes an inner current collector, a membrane-electrode assembly, and seal portions provided at the axial end portions of the membrane-electrode assembly, respectively. The membrane-electrode assembly includes an inner catalyst layer provided on th... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090148741 | Fuel Cell a fuel cell capable of improving heat exchange efficiency with respect to tubular fuel cells is provided. A fuel cell includes a hollow electrolyte membrane, hollow electrodes arranged on an inside and an outside of the electrolyte membrane, respectively, and an interna... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090136806 | Tube Shaped Fuel Cell Module and Manufacturing Method thereof A tube shaped fuel cell module which includes a plurality of tube shaped fuel cell cells each of which has, in order from the inside, an internal collector, an inside catalyst electrode layer, a solid electrolyte membrane and an outside catalyst electrode layer; and an ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090130523 | Tubular Solid Polymer Fuel Cell Comprising a Rod-Shaped Current Collector With Peripheral Glas Flow Channels and Production Method Thereof There is provided a tubular fuel cell in which a catalyst ink does not penetrate into a gas flow channel at the time of preparing a catalyst layer, and hence does not block the flow channel and thereby improves the electric power generation performance as well as the ga... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090117435 | Tubular electrochemical cell The present teachings relate to an electrochemical cell having a closed Fermat spiral shape. The electrochemical cell comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, a fuel channel, an oxidant channel, and optionally a reforming layer. The electrochemical cell can be mad... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090087714 | Tubular Fuel Cell Module A fuel cell module that includes: a plurality of tubular fuel cells, each of which contains a cylindrically shaped inner electrode that exhibits conductivity, a first catalyst layer, an electrolyte layer, and a second catalyst layer laminated sequentially to the outer p... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090081516 | FUEL CELL BODY, FUEL CELL UNIT, FUEL CELL STACK, AND FUEL CELL DEVICE INCLUDING EACH OF THEM A fuel cell unit (1) according to the present invention comprises a fuel cell (6) having an inner electrode layer (16), an outer electrode layer (20) and a through passage (15); and inner and outer electrode terminals (24, 26) f... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090075145 | SOLID OXIDE TYPE FUEL CELL The solid oxide type fuel cell includes a cylindrical-shaped member S which includes an anode A on the inner surface of a cylindrical-shaped electrolyte E made of a solid oxide and a cathode on the outer surface thereof. The anode A contains an oxidation catalyst at lea... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090050680 | Method for connecting tubular solid oxide fuel cells and interconnects for same An interconnect for electrically connecting a first and second cell of a tubular fuel cell bundle having a body with an anode contact and a cathode contact extending therefrom. The anode contact is formed to follow a contour of an anode portion of the first cell. The ca... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080280181 | Tubular Fuel Cell and Manufacturing Method Thereof A tubular fuel cell including: a center support member made from a wire rod; an electrolyte layer formed upon the outside of the center support member; an outer circumferential support member disposed between the center support member and the electrolyte layer, and whic... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080254335 | Porous bi-tubular solid state electrochemical device A low cost, robust bi-tubular solid state electrochemical device including a first porous, sintered support tube of a non-noble transition metal, a non-noble transition metal alloy and a cermet incorporating one or more of a non-noble transition metal and a non-noble tr... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080254334 | Electrically Conductive Member for Solid Oxide Fuel-Stack Disclosed is an electrically conductive member for electrically connecting a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells in series and/or parallel to assemble a fuel-cell stack. The electrically conductive member according to the present invention comprises a metal sheet having... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080160364 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL MODULE A heat pipe is installed in a generating chamber of a module being comprised of a solid oxide fuel cell or a bundle of a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells connected in parallel or series. Preferably, the heat pipe is installed across the generating chamber and a combu... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080152984 | Fuel Cell Module and Fuel Cell Comprising Fuel Cell Module A tubular fuel cell module comprising a tubular fuel cell capable of improving current collection efficiency, and a fuel cell comprising the fuel cell module are provided. A fuel cell module (100) includes a plurality of tubular fuel cells (10A, 10A... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080124597 | Hollow-Shaped Membrane Electrode Assembly for Fuel Cell and Hollow-Type Fuel Cell There is provided a hollow-shaped membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of improving power density per unit volume, wherein the hollow-shaped membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell comprises a hollow solid electrolyte membrane, an outer electrode laye... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080118813 | FUEL CELL STRUCTURE AND FUEL CELL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME The present invention relates to a fuel cell structure incorporated in a fuel cell device and a fuel cell device including such a fuel cell structure. The fuel cell structure (4) according to the present invention incorporated in a fuel cell device comprises a tu... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080118812 | FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME The present invention relates to a fuel cell stack incorporated in a fuel cell device and a fuel cell device including such a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack (4) according to the present invention has a plurality of tubular fuel cell bodies (6-10 | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080107946 | FUEL CELLS POWER GENERATION SYSTEM In a fuel cells power generation system provided with a power generation module having a plurality of fuel cells, the structure is made such that a cross sectional area of at least one of a fuel flow path and an air flow path is larger in an inner portion of the power g... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080063916 | ELECTROLYTIC/FUEL CELL BUNDLES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING A CURRENT COLLECTOR IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN ELECTRODE THEREOF, METHODS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND/OR PERFORMING ELECTROLYSIS USING THE SAME Electrolytic/fuel cell bundles and systems including such bundles include an electrically conductive current collector in communication with an anode or a cathode of each of a plurality of cells. A cross-sectional area of the current collector may vary in a direction ge... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080003478 | High Temperature Solid Electrolyte Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Installation Built with Said Fuel Cell Solid ceramic fuel cells operating at high temperatures are already known. This type of fuel cell is particularly the so-called solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). In principle, the SOFC can be built in accordance with a planar concept or a tubular concept. The tubular concep... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070298301 | Fuel Cell An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell which is easy in renewal of parts and repair. A fuel cell of the present invention is comprised of an outer case storing cell cartridges each of which gathers two or more cell modules, the cell module comprisi... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070243444 | Heating Solid Oxide for Fuel Cell Stack This invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising at least one longitudinally extending tubular solid oxide fuel cell and a longitudinally extending heater mounted in thermal proximity to the fuel cell to provide heat to the fuel cell during start up a... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070243445 | High power density seal-less tubular solid oxide fuel cell by means of a wide interconnection The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell that includes at least one flat support tube having a first side, a second side, and an outer surface and at least one interconnection (3) deposited to the full surface of the outer surface of at least one side of ... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070237998 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Having Internal Active Layers A solid oxide electrochemical device includes: a porous support structure having a porous outer surface and a tubular porous inner surface; a first electrode layer disposed radially inside the tubular porous inner surface and supported by the porous support structure; a... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070231660 | Sealing element for anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell and sealing method using the same Disclosed are a sealing element and a sealing method for sealing both ends of an anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cell. The sealing element includes a coupling tube having a first end portion opened to an exterior and a second end portion having a perforation ho... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070224481 | MANIFOLD AND STACK OF ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR CELLS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR SYSTEM COMPOSED OF THESE COMPONENTS The present invention provides a smaller and more efficient tube-type electrochemical reactor cell stack, along with an electrochemical reactor system using this stack, and the invention provides an electrochemical reactor cell stack which is a structure comprising elec... | 09/27/2007 |
