BIPOLAR PLATE OF FUEL ELEMENT Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC H01M8/02 

FIELD: heating; electricity.

SUBSTANCE: in bipolar plate of fuel element, which contains plate that has certain area and thickness; inlet and outlet buffer channels, which are formed accordingly on both sides of plate with certain area and depth; multiple channels for connection of inlet buffer channel and outlet buffer channel; multiple buffer bulges formed in inlet and outlet buffer channels with certain height; inlet path formed on one lateral side of plate that is connected with inlet buffer channel; and outlet path formed on the other lateral side of plate connected with outlet buffer channel, there is a possibility to make distribution of flows uniform and to reduce the resistance to flow of fuel and air that are accordingly supplied to fuel electrode and air electrode of fuel element.

EFFECT: improvement of power output; reduction of pumping power for supply of fuel and air; improvement of fuel element efficiency and reduction of production costs.

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