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Fuel cell with electrodes separated by intermediate elements
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Inventors: Grehier, Alain;
Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole (FR)
Primary Examiner: Mack; John H.
Assistant Examiner: Feeley; H. A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Craig & Antonelli
In the compartments of the fuel cell are located intermediate elements leaving two free spaces of minimum volume in the vicinity of the two electrodes respectively, which delimit each compartment. These two free spaces extend substantially over the whole area of the electrodes and the intermediate elements are provided with perforations for ionic conduction between the two free spaces. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What I claim is: 1.
A fuel cell comprising a block made of a stack of electrodes delimiting between each other compartments of substantial thickness for containing products necessary to the operation of the fuel cell, and an intermediate element located in at least one of said compartments, wherein the volume of said element is such as to leave only a minimum free volume for said product in said compartment, said intermediate element being spaced from the electrodes so that a limited separation space is provided over substantially the whole area of said respective electrodes, and wherein said intermediate element is provided with perforations connecting said limited separation spaces on both sides of said intermediate element.
2.
A fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate element is made of a material which is chemically non-reactive with respect to the product filling said limited separation space.
3.
A fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate element is formed of two sheets of small thickness integral with each other and locally delimiting between each other tight confined spaces, said intermediate element being perforated from side to side at places separated from the locations of said tight confined spaces.
4.
A fuel cell according to claim 3, wherein said tight confined spaces are filled with a gas.
5.
A fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein said gas is air.
6.
A fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein said gas is chemically non-reactive with respect to the product contained in the compartment housing said intermediate element.
7.
A fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein the product filling said compartment is a fluid and wherein the gas filling said confined spaces of the intermediate element is at a pressure substantially equal to that of said fluid.
8.
A fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate element shaped as a parallelepiped, has a thickness smaller than the spacing of the electrodes which delimit the compartment of the fuel cell block housing said intermediate element
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