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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin J. Guthrie, East Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas J. Corrigan, Coventry, CT (US);
Stanley P. Bonk, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ;
Abstract
An integrated manifold system for a fuel cell power plant includes a first fuel cell stack and a second fuel cell stack, wherein a common manifold is adapted to be in fluid communication with the first fuel cell stack and the second fuel cell stack. The common manifold includes a first plenum for diverting a first reactant to each of the first and second fuel cell stacks, and a second plenum for accepting the first reactant as the first reactant is exhausted from each of the first and second fuel cell stacks.