The present disclosure provides a clamping apparatus for a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack has a top surface and a bottom surface that are opposite and parallel to each other, the top surface and the bottom surface are parallel to an X-Y plane fabrica...

A column includes a stack assembly including stacked electrochemical cells and interconnects, a ceramic frame surrounding the stack assembly, a first spring assembly located inside of the ceramic frame over the stack assembly and configured to apply a load...

A system and method of actively managing electrochemical stack compression using a hybrid compression system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a data acquisition unit, stack data from an electrochemical stack in real time; providing, by the d...

A fuel cell stack comprising a compression plate assembly comprising a second end plate having a first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, wherein the first planar surface is adjacent a fuel cell stack and the second planar surface is adj...

The invention is related to a fuel cell stack (100) for a fuel cell system (200) comprising multiple fuel cells (110) stacked upon each other along a stack direction (SD), wherein the fuel cells (110) are enclosed by end plates (10), wherein the end plates...

A fuel cell assembly (100) including a fuel cell stack (110) having a first stack end (112) and a second stack end (114), a first end plate (130) located at the first stack end (112), and a second end plate (140) located at the second stack end (114). The ...

The present invention provides a measurement process for determination of the optimum contact pressure among components of a solid oxide fuel cell stack in the packaging process in order that the reduction in performance caused by the packaging process can...