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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited, Horsham, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Selby, Crawley, GB;
Stephen Hill, Coventry, GB;
Stephen Phillip, Horsham, GB;
Lee Rees, Horsham, GB;
Assignee:
CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED, Horsham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/248 (2016.01); H01M 8/2457 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0276 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/2425 (2016.01); H01M 8/242 (2016.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/248 (2013.01); H01M 8/0276 (2013.01); H01M 8/04197 (2016.02); H01M 8/12 (2013.01); H01M 8/2425 (2013.01); H01M 8/2457 (2016.02); H01M 8/242 (2013.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.02); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stack () of intermediate temperature, metal-supported, solid oxide fuel cell units (), each unit comprising a metal support substrate (), a spacer () and an interconnect () that each have compression bolt holes (), fuel inlet port (), fuel outlet port () and air outlet () therein, wherein bolt voids () are formed by aligning the bolt holes and a further void () by aligning the air outlets, and the voids are vented, for example, to the environment or further void to prevent the build-up of fuel, moisture or ions.