SEPARATOR

• Main Authors: NISHISAKA MAKOTO, KURANO YOSHIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.03.2007
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separator easy to manufacture and superior in sealing performance. SOLUTION: In the separator 100 installed in a cell stack constituted by being overlapped with a plurality of unit cells, and wherein a first plate 110 and a second plate 120 at which recessed and projecting parts are formed in the front and the rear face are overlapped, and wherein the respective gaps formed between the plate and an anode, between the plate and a cathode, and between the plates are respectively used as a passage R1 of a fuel, a passage R2 of an oxidizer, and a passage R3 of a coolant by the recessed and projecting parts formed in the respective plates, a through hole 113 is installed at the first plate 110, a cylindrical part 123 fitted into the inner peripheral face of the through hole 113 is installed at the second plate 120, a pair of a first seal projecting part 131 and a second seal projecting part 132 respectively installed at the anode side and the cathode side, and a coupling part 133 to couple these via the through hole of the inner peripheral face side of the cylindrical part 123 are provided, and a gasket 130 to prevent leakage of the fuel, the oxidizer, and the coolant is equipped. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT