Patent ID: 7611568
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: H01M,Y02C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A liquid-gas separator of a direct liquid feed fuel cell which receives liquid and gas from the direct liquid feed fuel cell and separates the liquid and gas, the liquid-gas separator comprising: a housing having an open hole; a gas extracting membrane that covers the open hole and transmits only the gas; a liquid extracting membrane that divides an interior of the housing into a first chamber that contacts the gas extracting membrane and a second chamber that does not contact the gas extracting membrane, and selectively transmits the liquid in the first chamber to the second chamber, wherein the liquid extracting membrane and the second chamber are incorporated in a removable cartridge and wherein the housing comprises an entrance into which the removable cartridge is inserted; an inlet that guides the liquid and the gas into the first chamber; and an outlet that is connected to the second chamber and guides the liquid in the second chamber to the outside.