Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Gregory W Tomlins

Paolo R Zafred

Jeffrey T Dederer

Prabhakar Singh

George R Folser

Michael P Jaszcar

Charles A Hager

Douglas S Schmidt

James M Toms

A solid oxide fuel assembly is made of fuel cells ( ), each having an outer interconnection layer ( ) and an outer electrode ( ), which are disposed next to each other with rolled, porous, hollow, electrically conducting metal mesh conductors ( &prime;) between the fuel cells, connecting the fuel cells at least in series along columns ( &prime;) and where there are no metal felt connections between any fuel cells.

Tubular screen electrical connection support for solid oxide fuel cells

A solid oxide fuel cell (,) having a closed end (,) and an open end (,) operates in a fuel cell generator (,) where the fuel cell open end (,) of each fuel cell contains a sleeve (,) fitted over the open end (,), where the sleeve (,) extends beyond the open end (,) of the fuel cell (,) to prevent degradation of the interior air electrode of the fuel cell by fuel gas during operation of the generator (,).

Open end protection for solid oxide fuel cells

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Gregory W Tomlins