Patent ID: 7338731
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell power plant, comprising: a pair of fuel cell stacks, each of said fuel cell stacks having a reactant gas inlet/outlet manifold, said fuel cell stacks being disposed side by side so that the reactant gas inlet/outlet manifold of one of said stacks is adjacent a reactant gas turn manifold of the other one of said stacks; each of said reactant gas inlet/outlet manifolds having a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet which are accessible from a first face of said inlet/outlet manifold or from a second face of said inlet/outlet manifold which is opposite to said first face; a fuel plumbing arrangement interconnected between a reactant gas supply pipe and said inlet/outlet manifold inlets, said plumbing interconnecting with one of said inlets on a first face of a first one of said inlet/outlet manifolds and interconnecting with another of said inlets on a second face of a second one of said inlet/outlet manifolds, and exhaust plumbing extending, from an outlet on said first face of said first inlet/outlet manifold and from an outlet on said second face of said second inlet/outlet manifold, to an exhaust pipe; and a pair of seal plates, one disposed on said second face of said first inlet/outlet manifold and one disposed on said first face of said second inlet/outlet manifold, whereby to close off said inlet/outlet manifolds.