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7544429 Membraneless and mediatorless microbial fuel cell  
Disclosed is a mediator-less microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode compartment, an anode compartment, with or without glass wool and glass bead for separating the two compartments, an element...
7435505 Fuel cell combination  
The invention refers to a fuel cell device comprising an electrolyte device, which comprises an alkaline electrolyte means and an acid electrolyte means, wherein the fuel cell device is formed such...
7381487 In-situ removal of electrolyte from gas oxidizer  
A method and apparatus for use with an oxidizer assembly of a fuel cell system in which the oxidizer assembly has an oxidizing unit for oxidizing anode exhaust gas containing electrolyte...
7358001 Process for operating a regenerative fuel cell  
In the regenerative fuel cell, a positive chamber is separated from a negative chamber by a cation exchange membrane. The positive chamber comprises a positive electrode and a bromine-containing...
7235316 Integrated heat management of electronics and fuel cell power system  
A method and apparatus for managing heat generated by a device that is powered at least in part by a direct oxidation fuel cell. Additional heat tends to improve the reaction in the direct...
7201982 Methods for fuel cell coolant systems  
The invention relates to a method for cooling an electrical system comprising circulating in a cooling system of the electrical system a mixture comprising a heat transfer fluid and one or more...
7128990 Additives to the gas supply of fuel cells with circulating electrolytes and means to regenerate used stacks  
In a gas diffusion electrode the electrolyte must penetrate the pares of the electrode structure to a certain extent to establish the optimum interface between gas and liquid electrolyte, but it...
7112380 Method and apparatus for the storage and redistribution of electrical energy  
A method of storage and redistribution of electrical energy comprising the steps of: producing hydrogen and oxygen through water electrolysis in an electrolyzer ( 1 ) operating under pressure;...
6977002 Fuel reforming apparatus and the method of starting it  
A reforming catalyst is composed of a plurality of catalyst layers arranged in series, and when started from a low temperature, preheated air is supplied in parallel to a point upstream of each...
6924049 Electrolysis fuel cell energy plant  
A fuel cell device for providing electrical energy, the fuel cell device comprising a first storage tank for storing a hydrogen-based fuel, a second storage tank for storing an oxidant, a fuel cell...
6890490 Hydrogen absorbing tank apparatus  
A gas compressor and a bypass that bypasses the gas compressor are provided between a hydrogen absorbing tank and a hydrogen gas consumer device such as, for example, a fuel cell. When the hydrogen...
6887600 Regenerative fuel cell with pH control  
The present invention relates to a process for operating a regenerative fuel cell (RFC). The process involves circulating a first electrolyte (electrolyte 1 ) through the negative chamber of the...
6878479 Tilted fuel cell apparatus  
Bipolar, tilted embodiments of high temperature, molten electrolyte electrochemical cells capable of directly converting carbon fuel to electrical energy are disclosed herein. The bipolar, tilted...
6869705 Method and device for recovering water from a fuel cell  
A rectilinear collector into which open the outlets of the cells and which is provided with a pressure regulator, a removal tube extending rectilinearly within the collector and connected from the...
6855660 Rhodium electrocatalyst and method of preparation  
A rhodium sulfide electrocatalyst formed by heating an aqueous solution of rhodium salt until a steady state distribution of isomers is obtained and then sparging hydrogen sulfide into the solution...
6759155 Plate construction of high temperature air-to-air heat exchanger  
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack, a reformer system, and a waste energy recovery (or heat exchanger) assembly is presented. The waste energy recovery assembly receives an anode supply...
6727015 Fuel cell  
In a fuel cell which comprises at least the following elements: a) two electrodes which are each provided with at least one gas duct for a reaction gas, b) a liquid electrolyte, the respective gas...
6709777 Performance recovery process for PEM fuel cells  
Recovery of PEM fuel cell performance is achieved by evacuating ( 61, 62 ) or by flowing water absorbing gas ( 46 ) through, or both, the fuel flow field ( 12, 13, 19, 20 ), the air flow field (...
6699608 Method and apparatus for humidifying a gas flow and to a method for using such a device  
A method and apparatus for humidifying a gas flow includes means for atomizing a liquid into a gas feed line and means for heating the liquid. The atomizing means is provided in a spray chamber,...
6627339 Fuel cell stack integrated with a waste energy recovery system  
A fuel cell comprising a fuel cell stack portion integrally connected to a waste energy recovery portion by a distribution manifold is presented. The fuel cell stack portion has supply and exhaust...
6569309 Fuel cell type reactor and method for producing a chemical compound by using the same  
Disclosed is a fuel cell type reactor for performing an oxidation reaction of a system comprising a substrate, a reductant and an oxidant, comprising: a casing; an anode which comprises an anode...
6555267 Membrane-separated, bipolar multicell electrochemical reactor  
A multicell assembly is constituted by alternately stacking two types of pre-assembled elements: a bipolar electrode holding subassembly and a membrane holding subassembly. The alternate stack of...
6517963 Carbon monoxide filter  
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having an electrode, and an electrochemical cell having a device. The electrochemical cell includes a cathode, an anode in fluid communication with the...
6461495 Process for the removal of sulfate ions from an electrolyte  
A method for the removal of sulfate ions from an electrolyte of an electrochemical reduction-oxidation system wherein said electrolyte comprises a halogen and in which the sulfate ions an a...
6428915 Apparatus for regulating humidity of process air in fuel cell system  
A fuel cell system having a fuel cell, a gas compressor arranged to compress process air and connected to the fuel cell via an air-supply line to supply the compressed process air, a recovery unit...
6406810 Fuel cell system with cathode-side water separating devices  
A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell which contains an anode space with an inlet-side anode feed and an outlet-side anode discharge; a cathode space with an inlet-side cathode feed...
6379828 Fuel cell  
The present invention is concerned with a fuel cell comprising: a chamber suitable for holding an electrolyte therein; a mechanism which enables rotation of the electrolyte about an axis of...
6338912 Fuel cell system having common scroll type compressor and regenerator  
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a motor, a scroll type compressor connected to the air feeding pipe of the fuel cell and a scroll type regenerator connected to the air exhaust pipe of the...
6309769 Carbon monoxide filter layer  
A carbon monoxide filter layer that can be used, for example, in an electrode unit, a fuel cell, and/or a fuel cell stack is disclosed.
6291089 Radial planar fuel cell stack construction for solid electrolytes  
A radial planar fuel cell stack comprises an internal manifold having a first interior cavity and a second interior cavity. A plurality of single cells having an anode layer, a cathode layer, and...
6242125 Battery circulation system with improved four-way valve  
A circulation system for a flowing-electrolyte battery having at least one electrochemical cell, an anolyte reservoir, and a catholyte reservoir. The circulation system includes an anolyte pump...
6207306 Apparatus for humidifying the air stream of a fuel cell power plant  
A water recovery fuel cell system includes a fuel cell defining a cathode flow field including a cathode input port and a cathode output port, and an anode flow field including an anode input port...
6194094 Polymer electrolyte fuel cell  
A gas diffusion layer including an electroconductive porous material and 16-55% by weight of fluororesin added to the electroconductive porous material is used for at least one of the positive...
6187467 Ionomer impregnation of electrode substrates for improved fuel cell performance  
Liquid feed fuel cell performance can be increased by impregnating electrode substrates with a proton conducting ionomer prior to incorporation of the electrocatalyst, and optionally also after...
6153323 Electrode treatment method for improving performance in liquid feed fuel cells  
Fuel cell performance in liquid feed fuel cells with an electrode comprising a carbonaceous substrate and an electrocatalyst can be increased by oxidizing the carbon substrate, particularly by...
6071634 Electric power generation system including fuel cells  
A electrochemical power generation system comprising a plurality of fuel cells electrically connected to each other, each fuel cell having an anode and a cathode. A plurality of first passage means...
6068941 Start up of cold fuel cell  
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell has methanol or ethanol fed into the coolant passages during shut down so as to prevent water trapped therein from freezing in sub-freezing environments. Upon...
6017646 Process integrating a solid oxide fuel cell and an ion transport reactor  
An integrated system utilizing a solid oxide fuel cell and at least one ion transport reactor to generate electric power and a product gas by delivering an oxygen-containing gas, typically air, to...
5998053 Method for operating an apparatus with fuel cells  
The apparatus comprises a cell block with fuel cells, a heat insulating jacket, an afterburner chamber between the jacket and the cell block, a prereformer for a combustion gas as well as an...
5980716 Water treatment apparatus for a fuel cell system  
Low conductivity cooling water for a fuel cell body is obtained by a water treatment apparatus which removes dissolved carbon dioxide gas in the exhaust gas condensate by a decarbonation column....
5935726 Method and apparatus for distributing water to an ion-exchange membrane in a fuel cell  
A method and apparatus are provided for distributing water produced by the electrochemical reaction to an ion-exchange membrane in a electrochemical fuel cell. Water distribution within a fuel cell...
RE36148 Method and apparatus for disposing of water and/or inert gas from a fuel cell block  
A method for cathode-side water and inert gas disposal and/or anode-side inert gas disposal from a fuel cell block having a number of fuel cells, includes increasingly concentrating a water and an...
5840437 Apparatus with fuel cells  
The apparatus comprises a cell block with fuel cells, a heat insulating sleeve and an afterburner chamber between the sleeve and the cell block. The afterburner chamber is connected at two opposite...
5795669 Electrode  
An electrode comprises a first catalytic component active at gas-phase reaction sites and a second catalytic component active at electrochemical reaction sites wherein each catalytic component is...
5774918 Modular rolling pin with dough storage means  
A modular rolling pin has a plurality of cylindrical linking modules and a plurality of cylindrical dough storage modules. The linking modules and the dough storage modules are releasably and...
5573866 Direct methanol oxidation polymer electrolyte membrane power system  
A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell includes an anode chamber and a cathode chamber which are separated by the electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell directly oxidizes a liquid methanol fuel...
5567540 Electrochemical power generating system  
A method of controlling a power generating system comprising a plurality of metal-air cells and a pump for circulating an electrolyte solution through the cells. The method comprises sensing an...
5563003 Fuel cell and supplementary electrolyte container and method for supplementing fuel cell with electrolyte  
Molten carbonate type or phosphoric acid type fuel cells and a method for supplementing these fuel cells with an electrolyte are disclosed. A fuel cell having an extended life is provided by...
5558947 Rechargeable battery system and method and metal-air electrochemical cell for use therein  
Rechargeable metal-air battery systems comprise a plurality of plate groups (40) disposed within a battery cell (12) and have input and output conduits (13, 14). A fluid electrolyte is circulated...
5525437 Electrochemical cell having a liquid electrolyte and spiral-wound electrodes with improved electrolyte filling  
The present invention provides an electrochemical cell having a liquid electrolyte and spiral-wound electrodes provided with an axial chimney for electrolyte filling purposes and placed inside a...
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