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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Sung Ho Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A fuel cell stack includes: a cell stacked body in which fuel cells are stacked in multiple layers; an end plate by which the fuel cells are fastened; and a dummy cell interposed between the cell stacked body and the end plate, wherein the end plate includes a gas inlet for introducing a reactant gas from an outside, and a gas outlet for discharging the reactant gas to the outside, and the dummy cell includes a gas supply manifold delivering the reactant gas having passed through the gas inlet to the cell stacked body, a gas exhaust manifold delivering the reactant gas having passed through the cell stacked body to the gas outlet, and a bypass channel connecting the gas supply manifold to the gas exhaust manifold and being partially curved to allow the condensed water to be collected.