Patent ID: 7700217
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell stack comprising a plurality of cells separated by an electronically conductive material which is impervious to gas, characterized by the combination of the following elements: a positive reservoir component, external to the cathode of the first cell, on the positive side of the stack, wherein said reservoir consists of one or more porous layers of electronically conductive material and comprises at least one gas distributor and a negative reservoir component, external to the anode of the last cell, on the negative side of the stack, wherein said reservoir consists of one or more porous layers of electronically conductive material, wherein both the reservoirs are in use exposed exclusively to fuel gas environment and are inaccessible to the oxidant gases, all the porous layers of all the reservoir components being inaccessible to the oxidant gases.