FUEL CELL MODULE WITH MULTIPLE FUEL CELL STACKS

摘要

A fuel cell module (10) with multiple fuel cell stacks having interconnectors with fuel and air flow channels therein arranged in multi-stack columns (14, 16) wherein adjacent stacks are joined by manifold frames (24), and pairs of columns are spaced-apart across a central air plenum (28) in fluid communication with the air flow channels, and fuel flows serially through the stacks along the length of the column. In one embodiment, a series of such modules are configured into a multi-module system.