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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Edmonston, Soquel, CA (US);
Martin Perry, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramesha Guntanur, Bangalore, IN;
Paturi Balaji Narasimha Prasad, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/248 (2016.01); H01M 8/2485 (2016.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 8/04298 (2016.01); H01M 8/243 (2016.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.01); H01M 8/249 (2016.01); H01M 8/0208 (2016.01); H01M 8/124 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2485 (2013.01); H01M 8/04298 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H01M 8/243 (2013.01); H01M 8/248 (2013.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.02); H01M 8/0208 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 8/249 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0074 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell stack assembly and method of operating the same are provided. The assembly includes a fuel cell stack column and side baffles disposed on opposing sides of the column. The side baffles and the fuel cell stack may have substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion at room temperature. The side baffles may have a laminate structure in which one or more channels are formed.