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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Sai P. Katikaneni, Dhahran, SA;
Inyong Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jinwoo Park, Daejeon, KR;
Hyundal Song, Daejeon, KR;
Hyunbae Park, Daejeon, KR;
Byungwook Park, Daejeon, KR;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Solid oxide fuel cell stacks and methods of sealing a planar solid oxide fuel cell. Unit cells within the stack each include a metal frame with a periphery that can both provide a support surface for a membrane electrode assembly, as well as form a fluid-tight seal with a bonded separator plate. The separator plate includes a peripheral lip that bounds a cell-receiving cavity such that a volumetric region is formed within the separator plate to receive at least a portion of the membrane electrode assembly to create a fluid-tight pathway for at least one of the reactants that is being introduced to a corresponding anode layer or cathode layer of the membrane electrode assembly.