Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell having perforated flow field
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Application No.: US14920503Application Date: 2015-10-22
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Publication No.: US09608282B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Alireza Pezhman Shirvanian , Shinichi Hirano
- Applicant: Ford Motor Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Damian Porcari
- Main IPC: H01M8/02
- IPC: H01M8/02 ; H01M8/026 ; H01M8/0258 ; H01M8/0297 ; H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/1018

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes a bipolar plate having a flow field formed therein. The flow field is partially defined by at least two adjacent channel portions separated by a wall portion. The wall portion includes a surface at least partially defining a passageway between the channel portions. The passageway may be sized so as to create a pressure difference between the channel portions. The pressure difference may draw at least a portion of a liquid droplet obstructing one of the channel portions toward and into the passageway.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160043411A1 FUEL CELL HAVING PERFORATED FLOW FIELD Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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