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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
George W. Hawkins, Portland, OR (US);
Zakiul Kabir, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Qimin Ming, Richland, WA (US);
Yang Song, Portland, OR (US);
George W. Hawkins, Portland, OR (US);
Zakiul Kabir, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Qimin Ming, Richland, WA (US);
Yang Song, Portland, OR (US);
ClearEdge Power, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
The air-cooled thermal management of a fuel cell stack is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a cooling plate apparatus for an air-cooled fuel cell stack, where the cooling plate comprises a body configured to receive heat from one or more fuel cells in thermal communication with the body, and airflow channels formed in the body and configured to allow a flow of a cooling air to pass across the body. An insulating structure is disposed in the airflow channels, wherein the insulating structure has decreasing thickness from a cooling air inlet toward a cooling air outlet.