HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE FUEL CELL STACK

• US 20100098978A1
• Filed: 03/13/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Staxera GmbH (Sunfire GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Staxera GmbH (Sunfire GmbH)
• Inventors: Hafemeister, Jens, Budde, Jörn
• Application Number:
  US12/530,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20100098978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/439
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2008/1293 Fuel cells with solid oxide electrolytes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04052 Storage of heat in the fuel cell system
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0606 with means for production of gaseous reactants
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0618 Reforming processes, e.g. autothermal, partial oxidation or steam reforming
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0625 in a modular combined reactor/fuel cell structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/247 Arrangements for tightening a stack, for accommodation of a stack in a tank or for assembling different tanks
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/2475 Enclosures, casings or containers of fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/248 Means for compression of the fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 Fuel cells

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing for accommodating at least one fuel cell stack, an opening being provided in at least one housing wall in a position in which the stacking direction of the fuel cell stack intersects the housing wall, a clamping block being placable in the opening to which clamping block again a force in the stacking direction of the fuel cell stack can be applied by a clamping device to clamp the fuel cell stack.

Claims

1. A housing for accommodating at least one fuel cell stack, an opening being provided in at least one housing wall in a position in which the stacking direction of the fuel cell stack intersects the housing wall, a clamping block being placable in the opening to which clamping block again a force in the stacking direction of the fuel cell stack can be applied by a clamping device to clamp the fuel cell stack.

2. The housing of claim 1, characterised in that the housing is cubic and formed of separate housing walls.

4. The housing of claim 1, characterised in that the clamping device is a clamping frame enveloping the housing.

5. The housing of claim 1, characterised in that the housing walls the surfaces of which extend parallel with respect to the fuel cell stacking direction are clampable relative to each other by a holding belt.

6. The housing of claim 1, characterised in that the housing material is an insulating material.

7. The housing claim 1, characterised in that the housing is provided with an insulating layer.

8. The housing of claim 1, characterised in that the housing is capable of at least partly accommodating a reformer and/or an afterburner of a fuel cell system.

9. The housing of claim 8, characterised in that the housing for accommodating the reformer and/or the afterburner comprises installed device orifices.

10. A system comprising a housing of claim 1 and a fuel cell stack.

3. The housing of claim 3, characterised in that the housing walls can be meshed.