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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Christopher John Carnevale, Vernon, CT (US);
Timothy W. Patterson, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Robert M. Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);
Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Christopher John Carnevale, Vernon, CT (US);
Timothy W. Patterson, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Robert M. Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);
Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A fuel cell power plant () has vertical fuel cells () each sharing a half of a hybrid separator plate () which includes a solid fuel flow plate () having horizontal fuel flow channels () on one surface and coolant channels () on an upper portion of the opposite surface, bonded to a plain rear side of a porous, hydrophilic oxidant flow field plate () having vertical oxidant flow channels (). Coolant permeates through the upper portion of the porous, hydrophilic oxidant flow field plates and enters the oxidant flow channels, where it evaporates as the water trickles downward through the oxidant flow field channels, thereby cooling the fuel cell.