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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2002
Ziya Ramizovich Karichev, Moscow, RU;
Ziya Ramizovich Karichev, Moscow, RU;
Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo Independent Power Technologies “IPT”, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Abstract
A fuel cell module (FC) comprises at least two substantially rectangular FCs, each of which includes an anode with a current collector and an insulating frame positioned along the periphery of the anode and forming an anode chamber, a cathode with a current collector and an insulating frame positioned along the periphery of the cathode and forming a cathode chamber, and an electrolyte chamber formed by an insulating frame and positioned between the anode and the cathode, the insulating frames along the periphery are provided with ports for the inlet and outlet of hydrogen, oxygen/air and electrolyte and with channels connecting the ports to corresponding chambers. The ports and channels are positioned on the upper and/or the lower sides of the insulating frames, and the current collectors are brought out of the FCs through the lateral sides of the insulating frames.