Abstract:
A method for making a thin, free-standing ceramic sheet may include drawing a carrier film proximate a casting head and across a casting bed of a tape caster at a rate from about 2 cm/min to about 500 cm/min. Depositing a thin film of ceramic slip less than about 150 µm on the carrier film with the casting head. The ceramic slip may comprises a ceramic powder with an ultimate crystallite size of less than about 10 µm dispersed in a fluid vehicle such that the ceramic slip has a ceramic solids fraction of greater than about 20 % by volume. The deposited ceramic slip may be dried on the carrier film thereby forming a green ceramic sheet on the carrier film. After the green ceramic sheet is dried, the green ceramic sheet may be sintered.
Abstract:
A sintered electrolyte sheet comprising: a body of no more than 45 µm thick and laser machined features with at least one edge surface having at least 10% ablation. A method of micromachining the electrolyte sheet includes the steps of: (i) supporting a sintered electrolyte sheet; (ii) micromachining said sheet with a laser, wherein said laser has a wavelength of less than 2 µm, fluence of less than 200 Joules/cm2, repetition rate (RR) of between 30 Hz and 1 MHz, and cutting speed of preferably over 30 mm/sec.
Abstract translation:一种烧结电解质片,包括:不超过45μm厚的主体和激光加工特征,其中至少一个边缘表面具有至少10%的烧蚀。 一种微加工电解质片的方法包括以下步骤:(i)支撑烧结的电解质片; (ii)用激光对所述片材进行微加工,其中所述激光具有小于2μm的波长,小于200焦耳/ cm 2的通量,30Hz和1MHz之间的重复率(RR),以及优选超过 30毫米/秒。
Abstract:
A system (100) and method including a radially non-uniformly plugged flow-through honeycomb substrate (200) positioned upstream of a wall-flow particulate filter (300) for controlled thermal regeneration of the wall-flow particulate filter. The flow-through honeycomb substrate (200) has an inlet face (204) and an outlet face (206) and a plurality of longitudinal walls extending between the inlet face and the outlet face. The longitudinal walls define a plurality of parallel channels (208) extending between the inlet face and the outlet face. The honeycomb substrate has a flow-through region including a first portion (208a) of the parallel channels and a flow-control region including a second portion (208b) of the parallel channels. The first portion of the parallel channels includes unplugged channels and the second portion of the parallel channels includes plugged channels. The flow-control region adjusts flow distribution through the substrate such that flow having a first flow distribution received at the inlet face emerges at the outlet face with a second flow distribution, different than the first flow distribution.
Abstract:
According to one aspect of the invention a fuel cell device comprises: a plurality of fuel cells, each of the plurality of fuel cells having an active area, wherein at least two of the plurality of fuel cells have differently sized active area, such that ratio of the active areas of these two fuel cells is at least 1.1:1.
Abstract:
A method for forming honeycomb structures, such as wall-flow honeycomb filters, which utilizes extrusion of multiple material supplies at once. Such methods may be used to form intermittent plugs or other structures in the cell channels during the extrusion process, for example. A die assembly is provided which includes secondary feedholes machined in the pins for intermittently or periodically injecting secondary material (e.g., plug material) into the cell channels of the honeycomb structure while it is being extruded.
Abstract:
A stress reducing mounting for an electrolyte sheet assembly in a solid electrolyte fuel cell is provided that includes a support frame or manifold having an inner edge portion that supports a peripheral portion of the sheet assembly, a seal that affixes an edge of the peripheral portion to the frame or manifold, and a stress reducer disposed around the peripheral portion of the electrolyte sheet and the frame or manifold that reduces tensile stress in the peripheral portion of the electrolyte sheet when the peripheral portion is bent by pressure differentials or thermal differential expansion. The stress reducer is at least one of a convex curved surface on the inner edge portion of the frame or manifold that makes area contact with the peripheral portion when it bends in response to a pressure differential or thermal differential expansion, and a stiffening structure on the sheet peripheral portion that renders the ceramic sheet material forming the peripheral portion more resistant to bending. The stress reducing mounting reduces cracking in the electrolyte sheet at the peripheral portions due to tensile forces.
Abstract:
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a thin ceramic electrolyte sheet having an increased street width is disclosed. Also disclosed are solid oxide fuel cells comprising: a substantially flat ceramic electrolyte sheet, a substantially flat ceramic electrolyte sheet having a seal area of greater thickness than the active area of the electrolyte sheet, a ceramic electrolyte sheet that overhangs the seal area, a ceramic electrolyte sheet and at least one substantially flat border material, and a border material having a non-linear edge. Methods of making a solid oxide fuel cell in accordance with the disclosed embodiments are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making a solid oxide fuel cell wherein the seal has a uniform thickness, wherein the seal is heated to remove a volatile component prior to sealing, and wherein the distance between the frame and the ceramic electrolyte sheet of the device is constant.
Abstract:
A sintered electrolyte sheet comprising: a body of no more than 45 µm thick and laser machined features with at least one edge surface having at least 10% ablation. A method of micromachining the electrolyte sheet includes the steps of: (i) supporting a sintered electrolyte sheet; (ii) micromachining said sheet with a laser, wherein said laser has a wavelength of less than 2 µm, fluence of less than 200 Joules/cm2, repetition rate (RR) of between 30 Hz and 1 MHz, and cutting speed of preferably over 30 mm/sec.
Abstract:
De acuerdo con un aspecto de la invencion, un dispositivo de celda de combustible comprende: una pluralidad de celdas de combustible, cada una de la pluralidad de celdas de combustible tiene un area activa, en donde por lo menos dos de la pluralidad de celdas de combustible tienen areas activas de diferente tamano, de manera que la relacion de las areas activas de estas dos celdas de combustible es por lo menos 1.1:1.
Abstract:
An electrolyte sheet comprises a substantially non-porous body and has at least one stress-relief area on at least a portion of the electrolyte sheet. The stress-relief area has a surface with a plurality of smoothly domed cells.