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Title:
A system and a method of securing the tolerance over air CO2 in an alkali fuel cell
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5940129
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An air CO2 filtration assembly or system is provided that includes CO2 filters or traps designed and configured with a limited, but high capacity, volume to maximize filtration/absorption of CO2 from an air stream supplied to an alkaline fuel cell to thereby minimize the CO2 level in the air stream fed into the fuel cell cathode. The CO2 filters or traps include at least one thermally regenerative CO2 chemical filter or trap arranged in a tandem configuration with a strongly bonding CO2 chemical filter or trap. The combination of the two types of filters or traps sequentially filter/absorb CO2 from the air stream and reduce the level of CO2 in the air stream fed into the cathode. The air CO2 filtration assembly or system may be used in conjunction with electrochemical purging of the alkaline fuel cell that enables removal of CO2 from the fuel cell by anodic decomposition of accumulated carbonate ions in the fuel cell anode and release of CO2 through the anode exhaust stream.

Inventors:
Simtion Gotesfeld
Application Number:
JP2014223982A
Publication Date:
June 29, 2016
Filing Date:
November 04, 2014
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Seruela, Inc.
International Classes:
H01M8/0606; H01M8/0662; H01M8/10
Domestic Patent References:
JP5806669B2
JP2001070736A
JP2008207177A
JP2004505762A
JP11207126A
JP2009129881A
JP2002246056A
JP2007122962A
JP2005516348A
JP2008100211A
Foreign References:
WO2005035100A1
WO2003094273A1
WO2001004045A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidesaku Yamamoto
Natsuki Morishita