Huge stack for flat-tubular solid oxide fuel cell and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9379400-B2
Application number	US-201113639710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2011
Priority date	Apr 9, 2010
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a stack for a solid oxide fuel cell and a manufacturing method thereof, and more specifically, to a stack for a high-capacity solid oxide fuel cell and a manufacturing method thereof, in which cell modules including a fiat-tubular reformer integrated with flat-tubular reactors are electrically connected to form a cell bundle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cell module for a solid oxide fuel cell, which comprises at least one flat-tubular reactor stacked on a flat-tubular reformer,
wherein the flat-tubular reformer is closed on one side and has formed therein at least one first channel extending from an internal channel to the outside,
the flat-tubular reactor is closed on one side and has formed therein at least one second channel extending from an external channel to the outside,
a unit cell reaction portion and an air flow channel are formed on the outside of the flat-tubular reactor; and
the first channel communicates with the at least one second channel, wherein the first channel is formed vertically near the closed side so as to extend from the internal channel to the outside, and the second channel is formed vertically near the closed side so as to extend from the internal channel to the outside.

2. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein raw material gas is reformed in the reformer, and introduced into the internal channel of the flat-tubular reactor through the first channel and the second channel, and discharged after reaction.

3. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the first and second channels are formed between two sealing material grooves formed in each of portions near both sides of the reactor and/or the reformer.

4. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the flat-tubular reformer is made of a conductive porous material, and the outside central portion of the reformer is coated with a dense interconnection material, portions of the outside of the reformer, excluding the interconnection material, is coated with a dense electrolyte, and at least a portion of the internal channel of the reformer is coated with a reforming catalyst.

5. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the flat-tubular reactor is made of a conductive porous material, and at least one air flow channel is formed at the outside central portion of the reactor, and a reaction portion on the central portion of the upper surface of the reactor, and an interconnection layer is formed on the lower surface of the reactor.

6. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the an even number of the flat-tubular reactors are stacked on each of the upper and lower surfaces of the reformer, and a waste gas outlet of the flat-tubular reactor is formed opposite an inlet of the reformer.

7. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the internal channel of the flat-tubular reformer is coated with a reforming catalyst.

8. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein at least one air flow channel is formed on the upper surface of the flat-tubular reactor, and a fuel electrode, an electrolyte and an air electrode are sequentially coated on the groove, thereby forming at least one unit cell.

9. The cell module of claim 1 , wherein the cell modules are stacked in series.

10. A cell bundle comprising the cell modules of claim 1 , which are stacked vertically and/or horizontally.

11. The cell bundle of claim 10 , wherein a current collecting plate is attached to the upper and lower sides of the bundle, and a gas manifold is attached to the left and right sides of the bundle in such a manner that the manifold on one side of the bundle is electrically connected with the upper side and the manifold on the other side is electrically connected with the lower side.

12. A stack module comprising cell bundles connected with each other in series and/or in parallel, wherein each of the cell bundles comprises a plurality of the cell modules of claim 1 , which are stacked vertically and horizontally, and a current collecting plate is formed on the upper and lower sides of the stacked cell modules.

13. A stack bundle comprising a plurality of stack modules electrically connected with each other in series and/or parallel, wherein each of the stack modules comprises a plurality of cell bundles electrically connected with each other in series and/or in parallel, wherein each of the cell bundles comprises a plurality of the cell modules of claim 1 , which are stacked vertically and horizontally, and a current collecting plate is formed on the upper and lower sides of the stacked cell modules.

14. A stack for a solid oxide fuel cell, which comprises a plurality of the stack bundles of claim 13 , which are connected with each other in series and/or in parallel.

Assignees

• Chung Jong Shik
• Postech Acad Ind Found

Inventors

• Chung Jong Shik

Classifications

• H01M8/2425

  High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M8/1213

  characterised by the electrode/electrolyte combination or the supporting material · CPC title

• H01M8/0618 Primary

  Reforming processes, e.g. autothermal, partial oxidation or steam reforming · CPC title

• H01M8/006

  Flat · CPC title

• Y02E60/521

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic