Patent ID: 9742023
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A fuel cell, comprising: a cell laminate body including a substantially rectangular separator and a membrane electrode assembly laminated together, the membrane electrode assembly equipped with substantially rectangular anode and cathode electrode layers located on opposite surfaces of a substantially rectangular electrolyte membrane and comprising an anode flow channel, a cathode flow channel, and a cooling fluid channel inside; and an external manifold for anode gas and an external manifold for cathode gas disposed outside of the cell laminate body, and being configured to supply or discharge respective fluids with respect to the cell laminate body, the cell laminate body including at least the anode flow channel and the cathode flow channel, the anode flow channel and the cathode flow channel being formed from a plurality of linear ribs, a length of the electrode layer along a flow channel direction and a width of the electrode layer in a width direction perpendicular to the flow channel direction defining an aspect ratio less than 1, the anode flow channel and the cathode flow channel having two or more flow channel openings disposed in each of first and second ends thereof, and the flow channel openings being laminated so as to form two or more fluid-supplying internal manifolds and two or more fluid-discharging internal manifolds for the anode gas and the cathode gas, the external manifold for the anode gas and the external manifold for the cathode gas including fluid-supplying external manifolds, which connect to the fluid-supplying internal manifolds via a supply-side communicating portion, and fluid-discharging external manifolds, which connect to the fluid-discharging internal manifolds via a discharge-side communicating portion, the fluid-supplying and fluid-discharging external manifolds are positioned approximately parallel to each other, extending in the width direction of the cell laminate body, and the supply-side communicating portion and the discharge-side communicating portion comprise a first auxiliary manifold connected to the internal manifold, and a second auxiliary manifold connected to the external manifold and comprises a center line that intersects a center line of the external manifold and a center line of the first auxiliary manifold, with respect to at least one fluid of the anode gas or the cathode gas.