Patent ID: 9118041
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A direct liquid feed fuel cell system comprising; a housing; a fuel cell stack in the housing and having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending through a center of the first end and a center of the second end, the fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of plates in which air flow channels are formed and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a first fan to supply air between the housing and the fuel cell stack, wherein the air supplied by the first fan is configured to be output by the first fan along a central axis, wherein the fuel cell stack is obliquely mounted relative to the housing, such that an acute angle is formed between the longitudinal axis and the central axis, and such that openings corresponding to the air flow channels of each of the plates are biased toward the first fan.