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Article: Canadian Inventor Develops Stacked Alkaline Fuel Cell Electrode Structure
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 7, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 7 -- Jiri Nor of Oakville, Canada, has developed a fuel cell electrode structure.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flat electrode structure for use in alkaline fuel cell stacks has electrolyte and gas inlet and outlet manifolds, with the gas manifolds being at the sides of the electrode. There is at least one gas inlet manifold and one gas outlet manifold in each side frame, and electrolyte and gas flow channels formed in the top and bottom, and side frame members. Side-to-side gas flow of the fuel gas or oxidizer gas across the electrode face is effected, with bottom to top electrolyte flow."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent ...