Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan

Atomic Energy Council

Wei-Ja Shong

Szu-Han Wu

Chien-Hsiung Lee

Peng Yang

Chien-Kuo Liu

The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell stack modular structure, in that, being an integration of a plurality of fuel cell modules, it can determine the amount of fuel cell modules to be stacked in the modular structure according to an actual power output demand while ensuring airtightness in the modular structure, and moreover, with the modularization design, each fuel cell module in the modular structure that is malfunctioning can be detached and removed easily from the stack individually so as to be replaced by another operative fuel cell module.

Solid oxide fuel cell stack modular structure

A simple method and apparatus for measuring the low area specific resistance of a metal plate, particularly in high temperature (&#x3c;962&#xb0; C.) environment, are provided. The metal plate, which may include a coating, is used in high temperature environment for electric conduction. Silver paste is applied on the metal surface. Paste sintering processes to minimize contact resistance are described. These sintering processes cause negligible change to the original metal condition, thus accurate and precise area specific resistivity of the metal plate can be obtained.

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Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Wei-Ja Shong