Initiating a fuel cell

Water transport

Patents

International

A

transport

water

oprimised

Lanthanum Applicant:

gallate

University

electrolyte

of Texas, USA

characteristics

strength.

porating

a doped

Patent

number:

lanthanum

fuel

cell incor-

permeability,

through-plane

is described

optimal

bubble

pressure,

median

pore

Patent

99166577

SOFC air electrode

Matsushita

Applicant:

This PEM

fuel cell features

This

thin-film

SOFC

air electrode

of an Ag-perovskite electrode

cermet.

has good

This

catalytic

activity,

Integrated

Isaak

integrated

motor,

including

DC

a novel,

in which

a fuel cell is

type

monopole

motor.

Applicant: The

Vanderbilt

invention

posites

precursors

useful

particularly Patent

University,

number:

and improved methanol

WO

Japan

number:

for a PEM

Patent

Battery,

for producing composite the catalyst

Tanaka

Watanabe

(Japan)

A platinum-ruthenium polymer electrolyte has excellent

93166575

production particles

Kogyo;

to CO allows

to be carried

with

internal

of the

total heat

39166580

for a

in this invention.

Germany

platinum-supported

catalyst,

to CO

poisoning,

fuel cell anode.

and Ru on a finely The

two metals

with

high

is described

The

catalyst

divided,

for a

contains

conductive

are not alloyed,

dispersed

Patent number:

SOFCs University

Pt

support.

and are present

form.

US 6007934

patent

a

USA

M.

poisoning.

Pt and

Applicant:

describes the use of vapour techniques to synthesise thin-film

components.

The

deposition

the electrodes sputter-coated electrode

Fuel desulfurisation of California,

electrolyte

are formed with

interface

is formed

of ion conducting from

metal;

ceramic

oxide; powders

and the electrolyte-

is formed

by CVD

compounds onto the porous Patent number: US 6007683

Ru

The metal

This

of zirconia

International

the sulfur gasoline,

diesel,

fuels, natural fuel cell. The

Stored

oxidiser

power

to generate

compressed

the

gas is fed to the cell to give initial air

a load,

part of which

compressor,

which

air to the cathode.

valve then transfers

The

the stack from

is used supplies

air system

the stored

to the air compressor. Patent number: US 6007930

no agglomeration

gas

Fuel Cells,

to

desulfurised

remnanrs

nickel

liquid

number:

hydrocarbon a

where

is

sulfide,

The

the

sulfur

while the through the fuel

system

operates

transfer

International

Fuel Cells,

mass/heat

cell at about

ambient

water

picked

transfer pressure

USA

device

in a fuel

operates

so that

up by the cathode

exhaust

stream

passes

directly

through

a

medium

into

the oxidant

stream

entering

Patent

at

and can be used to

99l67018

Direct mass/heat

vapour

or stationary

or gaseous fuels. WO

a direct

all

fuel -

fuel passes through

continue

system.

Applicant: Here

light

low temperatures

Patent

oxidant USA

bed

converted

cell, thereby International

undiluted

almost

hydrocarbon

naphtha,

desulfuriser

desulfurise

USA

removes

gas etc. - for a mobile

processing

USA is described.

system

in an undiluted

relatively

a fuel cell

Fuel Cells,

fuel processing

nickel

electrodes.

Applicunt:

w

A

Degussa,

in highly

Mass and heat recovery

99166576

conductivity

is promoted

anode catalyst

PEM

and in the same vicinity. WO

and

reuse of cooling

Patent

number:

the

USA

electrical

CO-tolerant Applicant:

into the inside

gives efficient

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, The initiation of a fuel cell system

catalyst for solid fuel cells is described which

method

heat

a

agent

WO

and/or

US 6007933

oxidising

a compact

elan-

onto

US 6007932

Patent number:

resistance

and provides

fuel cells wound

Plug Power,

service

gas to the fuel gas and

to start

resistance

Japan

fuel cell features

transferring

gas, built

made from

and multiple

Fuel cell assembly unit

ft-om the exhaust

Initiating

Kikinzoku

number:

moisture

This

substrate

fuel cell Industrial,

or direct

Catalyst for PEM fuel cell Applicants:

Electric for

exchanger

PEM

fuel cell assembly

electrolyte

heat

by reactive

Japan

modification

WO

93166578

electrolyte

SOFC

fuel cell, where

in methanol fuel cells.

number:

WO

tubular

USA assembly

on the catalyst

reaction.

Matsushita

Applicant:

material is supported in the electrode in as high an active state as possible. These electrodes may be used methanol

Patent

This high polymer

This

The patent describes a merhod solid polymer electrolyte-catalyst electrode

with

layers

Fluid

Thin-film

fuel cells.

electrode

Storage

layer on the electrode,

electrode

deposition

Applicant;

the

nanocomcompositions,

99166574

PEM composite

substrate.

efftcient

Patent number:

for preparing

in fuel cell catalyst in direct

layer

exchanger.

USA

leaving

1

material,

flexible

Applicant:

water,

relates to methods

polymetallic

gated

surfaces or catalyst carrier particles. It excellent performance owing to an

endplates.

nanocomposites

a porous

particle exhibits

Applicant:

compact

US 600793

a fluid-permeable

Japan

a layer of conductive

the catalyst

ion diffusion

Patent

US 6005322

Polymetallic

Industrial,

D. Molleker

a cylindrical

electric

number:

to

number:

reaction

between

High polymer

with

(homopole)

(Canada),

relates

of electric

Patent

conductivity.

a direct recovering

Applicant; Gore Enterprise Holdings, Th e patent describes a fuel cell

Electric

and the gas diffusion hydrogen

fuel cell electric motor M.E

(USA) This invention design

air

low inter-

facial resistance and high electrical Patent number: US 6004696

Applicants:

fine particles

is composed inexpensive

and

yield

Catalyst on electrode USA

processing,

Tubular fuel cell WO

Applicant; University,

fuel

plant.

US 6004688

Northwestern

recovery system for a fuel includes a fuel cell,

for mass/heat transfer device mass and heat such as water vapour

size, porosity,

and compressive

mass and heat power plant

hydrocarbon

with

to greatly

It exhibits for

resistivity

Patent number:

gallate electrolyte.

USA

characteristics

fuel cell operation.

magnesium,

oxide

plate

physical

improve water

and a solid

Fuel Cells,

physical

The patent describes a perovskite lanthanum gallate electrolyte doped with strontium and

This cell

plate

Applicant:

humidifying

and adding

transfer the

heat to the

stream. number:

WO

99167829

Fuel Cells

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