Versa Power Systems Ltd

Khun Bong Luc

Casy Cloudless Brown

Cameron James Rankin

A base plate assembly for an electrochemical cell stack includes a bottom end plate defining a fuel inlet port, a fuel outlet port, and an oxidant port. The base plate assembly further includes a high strength sealing plate including openings that align with the fuel inlet port, the fuel outlet port, and the oxidant port, and a plurality of tubes located between the bottom end plate and the high strength sealing plate. The tubes are configured to yield to reduce transfer of mechanical stress from the high strength sealing plate to the bottom end plate.

Compact high temperature electrochemical cell stack architecture

A top compression plate assembly for an electrochemical cell stack includes a top end plate configured to interface with a top end of a stack of electrochemical cells, a top compression plate positioned on the top end plate, and a plurality of springs coupled to a periphery of the top compression plate. The springs are configured to cause the top compression plate to exert a compressive force on the top end plate.

An electrochemical cell unit comprises a first electrochemical cell comprising a first oxidant electrode and a first fuel electrode, and a second electrochemical cell comprising a second oxidant electrode and a second fuel electrode. An interconnect interposed between the first electrochemical cell and the second electrochemical cell. The interconnect comprises an interconnect main body defining a longitudinal channel along a longitudinal axis thereof. The interconnect main body includes a plurality of corrugations defining a plurality of fuel channels on a first surface of the interconnect main body facing the first electrochemical cell, and a plurality of oxidant channels on a second surface of the interconnect main body facing the second electrochemical cell. Each of the plurality of fuel channels and the plurality of oxidant channel positioned around the longitudinal channel.

An electrochemical cell stack comprises a plurality of electrochemical cell units, each comprising a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, and also comprises a plurality of interconnects. An interconnect is disposed between adjacent electrochemical cell units and defines a longitudinal channel having circumferential corrugations defined therearound. A fuel channel is defined between each anode and a respective adjacent interconnect, the fuel channel having fuel inlet and outlet. An oxidant channel is defined between each cathode and a respective adjacent interconnect, the oxidant channel having an oxidant inlet and outlet. The plurality of electrochemical cell units and interconnects include a first electrochemical cell unit, a first interconnect adjacent the first electrochemical cell unit, a second electrochemical cell unit adjacent the first interconnect, and a second interconnect adjacent the second electrochemical cell unit. The second interconnect is rotationally offset from the first interconnect about a longitudinal axis of the fuel cell stack.

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