Process and apparatus for distributing fluid inerts with respect to the electrodes of a fuel battery
Abstract
Abstract A FUEL BATTERY IS PROVIDED HAVING AN ELECTROLYTE ELEMENT, SUCH AS A MATRIX IMMOBILIZED ELECTROLYTE OR ION EXCHANGE STRUCTURE, CARRYING FIRST AND SECOND SEGMENTED ELECTRODES ON OPPOSITE FACES. THE ELECTRODE SEGMENTS ARE ELECTRICALLY SERIALLY RELATED. FLUID REACTANT IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST ELECTRODE SEGMENTS THROUGH ONE OR MORE CHANNELS WHICH DIRECT THE FLUID REACTANT TO FLOW SERIALLY ACROSS THE ELECTRODE SEGMENTS ALONG LATERALLY SPACED INTERCONNECTED COURSES WHICH ARE FREE OF INTERCONNECTION MEDIATE THEIR ENDS. THIS CAUSES FLUID INERTS PRESENT IN THE FLUID REACTANT TO BE COLLECTED IN THE TERMINAL COURSES SO THAT THE FLUID INERTS ARE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE ELECTRODE SEGMENTS. D R A W I N G
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- 👤 Donald W Craft
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