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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
John H. Whiton, South Windsor, CT (US);
Yu Wang, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Carl A. Reiser, Stonington, CT (US);
George S. Hirko, Jr., Manchester, CT (US);
John H. Whiton, South Windsor, CT (US);
Yu Wang, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Carl A. Reiser, Stonington, CT (US);
George S. Hirko, Jr., Manchester, CT (US);
UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
In a fuel cell stack, an inlet fuel distributor () comprises a plurality of fuel distributing passageways (--) of substantially equal length and equal flow cross section to uniformly distribute fuel cell inlet fuel from a fuel supply conduit () to a fuel inlet manifold (). The conduits may be either channels (-) formed within a plate () or tubes (-). The channels may have single exits () or double exits () into the fuel inlet manifold.