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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Pierpaolo Cherchi, Turin, IT;
Luca Mercante, Collegno, IT;
Giuseppe Gianolio, Callarengo, IT;
Ilaria Rosso, Pinerolo, IT;
Denis Bona, Trofarello, IT;
Pierpaolo Cherchi, Turin, IT;
Luca Mercante, Collegno, IT;
Giuseppe Gianolio, Callarengo, IT;
Ilaria Rosso, Pinerolo, IT;
Denis Bona, Trofarello, IT;
Electro Power Systems S.p.A., Moncalieri (Torino), IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a stack () comprising a plurality of stacked fuel cells (), fixed and fluidically connected to a first head (), which comprises: a feeding inlet () for a fuel flow and a corresponding outlet (); a feeding inlet () for a comburent flow and a corresponding outlet (); a feeding inlet () and a corresponding outlet () for a flow of a cooling heat-transfer fluid thermally coupled with the fuel cells () in order to remove at least part of the reaction heat at the fuel cells () themselves; the first head () comprising a feeding inlet () and a corresponding outlet () for a flow may pass, said volume being thermally coupled with the cooling heat-transfer fluid flow, so that the cooling heat-transfer fluid delivers at least some of the heat removed from the fuel sells () to the working heat-transfer fluid.