Patent ID: 9657400
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,C25B,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for forming an electrolyzer comprising: disposing a heat-generating element adjacent to a surface of an electrolyzer cell component comprising an electrode assembly, wherein the heat-generating element directly abuts a plurality of inlet apertures and outlet apertures of the electrode assembly; positioning the surface of the electrolyzer cell component in contact with a surface of an adjoining electrolyzer cell component comprising a diaphragm assembly such that the heat-generating element is disposed adjacent to a diaphragm of the diaphragm assembly; heating the heat-generating element to soften the surface of the electrolyzer cell component and form a fused interface between the electrode assembly and the diaphragm assembly about the diaphragm; heating the heat-generating element to form a fused interface between the electrode assembly and the diaphragm assembly directly about the inlet apertures to form inlet channels; and heating the heat-generating element to form a fused interface between the electrode assembly and the diaphragm assembly directly about the outlet apertures to form outlet channels, wherein the heat-generating element is heated by current applied to at least one alignment bar of a plurality of alignment bars inserted through fluid passages of the electrolyzer cell component.