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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Gasda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vijay Srivatsan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert M. Hintz, San Jose, CA (US);
Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Padiadpu Shankara Anantha, Bangalore, IN;
Emad El Batawi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cheng-Yu Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sagar Mainkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gilbert Richards, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Scholl, Mountain View, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A cross-flow interconnect and a fuel cell stack including the same, the interconnect including fuel inlets and outlets that extend through the interconnect adjacent to opposing first and second peripheral edges of the interconnect; an air side; and an opposing fuel side. The air side includes an air flow field including air channels that extend in a first direction, from a third peripheral edge of the interconnect to an opposing fourth peripheral edge of the interconnect; and riser seal surfaces disposed on two opposing sides of the air flow field and in which the fuel inlets and outlets are formed. The fuel side includes a fuel flow field including fuel channels that extend in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, between the fuel inlets and outlets; and a perimeter seal surface surrounding the fuel flow field and the fuel inlets and outlets.