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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Grant L. Hawkes, Sugar City, ID (US);
James S. Herring, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Carl M. Stoots, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
James E. O'brien, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Grant L. Hawkes, Sugar City, ID (US);
James S. Herring, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Carl M. Stoots, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
James E. O'Brien, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
Electrolytic/fuel cell bundles and systems including such bundles include an electrically conductive current collector in communication with an anode or a cathode of each of a plurality of cells. A cross-sectional area of the current collector may vary in a direction generally parallel to a general direction of current flow through the current collector. The current collector may include a porous monolithic structure. At least one cell of the plurality of cells may include a current collector that surrounds an outer electrode of the cell and has at least six substantially planar exterior surfaces. The planar surfaces may extend along a length of the cell, and may abut against a substantially planar surface of a current collector of an adjacent cell. Methods for generating electricity and for performing electrolysis include flowing current through a conductive current collector having a varying cross-sectional area.