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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elena Babas-Dornea, Pierrefonds, CA;
Bernard Noirhomme, Notre-Dame-de-L'Ile Perrot, CA;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/7404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/7404 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell for generating a current in response to the presence of acetylene in a fluid. The fuel cell comprises first and second gas porous electrode means, and acidic electrolyte means interconnecting the first and second electrode means for facilitating the electrochemical oxidation of the acetylene at the first electrode means and the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in an oxygen-containing gas at the second electrode means so as to generate the current, the first electrode means being a gas porous gold electrode means.