US 12,444,757 B2
Apparatus including electrochemical devices and heat exchanger
Claire Loe, Cambridge, MA (US); Yuto Takagi, Natick, MA (US); Brian P. Feldman, Northborough, MA (US); John D. Pietras, Sutton, MA (US); Stefan Megel, Dresden (DE); Jens Schnetter, Dresden (DE); and Mihails Kusnezoff, Dresden (DE)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V., Munich (DE)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V., Munich (DE)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,251.
Application 18/065,251 is a continuation of application No. 17/127,387, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,557,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,959, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178761 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/2465 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04014 (2013.01) [H01M 8/2465 (2013.01); H01M 8/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing; and
a plurality of electrochemical devices disposed within the housing, wherein the plurality of electrochemical devices comprise a first electrochemical device, a second electrochemical device, a third electrochemical device, and a fourth electrochemical device, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth electrochemical devices are arranged in a grid;
a first fuel gas outlet chamber disposed between and in fluid communication with the first and second electrochemical devices; and
a second fuel gas outlet chamber disposed between and in fluid communication with the third and fourth electrochemical devices,
wherein a heat exchanger is disposed between the first and second electrochemical devices.