Patent ID: 8110319

Claim:
An interconnect for a fuel cell, comprising: a fuel distribution plenum; a single fuel inlet opening, the fuel inlet opening substantially centered in the fuel distribution plenum; a first set of gas flow channels in a first portion of the interconnect; and a second set of gas flow channels in a middle portion of the interconnect; wherein the middle portion of the interconnect is aligned with the single fuel inlet opening and wherein the channels of the first set are located in peripheral portions of the interconnect on the two sides of the second set of channels; wherein: the interconnect comprises a plate shaped interconnect; the channels of the first set have a larger depth than the channels of the second set; the channels of the first and second set are located on a same side of the plate shaped interconnect; and in use, cross sectional areas of the channels of the first and of the second sets provide a substantially equal gas flow rate through the channels of the first and the second sets.