FUEL CELL VOLTAGE MEASURING ASSEMBLY

摘要

The invention provides for measuring the voltage across an associated pair of flow field plates of each electrochemical cell in a plurality of electrochemical cells connected in series to form a stack. The invention involves (a) providing a plurality of groups of electrical contacting points for receiving an associated voltage from each of the associated pair of flow field plates for each electrochemical cell, wherein each group in the plurality of groups comprises an associated plurality of electrical contacting points; (b) electrically interconnecting the associated plurality of electrical contacting points for each group; (c) electrically insulating each group of electrical contacting points from other groups of electrical contacting points; (d) for each flow field plate, selecting an associated group from the plurality of groups of electrical contacting points, and aligning the associated group with the flow field plate, and selecting an electrical contacting point from the associated group and connecting electrically the selected electrical contacting point to the associated flow field plate, to receive the associated voltage therefrom; and (e) receiving the associated voltage from each flow field plate via the associated group.