INTERCONNECTOR FOR FUEL ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF INTERCONNECTOR FOR FUEL ELEMENTS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H01M8/02 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: interconnector for a fuel element made of a stamped metal sheet. The interconnector comprises inlets and outlets that distributes a flow of the inlet and sealing surfaces of the outlet zones, at the same time flow paths at both sides of the interconnector are fully moulded and formed by discrete point or extended ledges made by means of sheet deformation. The ledge at one side of the interconnector corresponds to a groove on the other side, but since the interconnector comprises three levels, then the first side of the interconnector may be made substantially independently on the second side. The three-level board of the interconnector provides for independent design of flow paths on the first and second side with the soft geometry of the structure. The interconnector also comprises a cleaning channel arranged at the edge of the perimetre of the second fuel side.

EFFECT: higher efficiency and service life of a fuel element due to usage of the proposed interconnector is the technical result of the invention.

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