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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2022
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Siddharth Patel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karanpal Bhangu, Manteca, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A manifold plate for a fuel cell stack includes a lower manifold portion, an upper manifold portion, a dielectric layer sandwiched between the lower manifold portion and the upper manifold portion, a bottom inlet hole and a bottom outlet hole formed in a bottom surface of the lower manifold portion, where the bottom inlet hole and the bottom outlet hole extend through the dielectric layer, top outlet holes and top inlet holes formed in opposing sides of a top surface of the upper manifold portion, outlet channels fluidly connecting the top outlet holes to the bottom inlet hole, and inlet channels fluidly connecting the top inlet holes to the bottom outlet hole.