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SEPARATOR, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, STACK, ELECTROLYTIC DEVICE, AND FUEL CELL

Application US20260081189A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Assignee

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

Inventors

Takuya HONGO, Toshiro HIRAOKA, Yasuharu HOSONO, Ryota KITAGAWA, Yusuke KOFUJI

Abstract

A separator according to an embodiment including: a flow channel comprising flow-channel walls and flow channel grooves provided between the flow-channel walls; a supply manifold; an exhaust manifold; a supply connection channel connecting one end of the flow channel to the supply manifold; and an exhaust connection channel connecting the other end of the flow channel to the exhaust manifold. The supply connection channel or/and the exhaust connection channel comprise one or more first protrusion-wall groups including first protrusion-walls and one or more second protrusion-wall groups including second protrusion-walls. The first protrusion-walls are aligned in a second direction which is a vertical direction relative to a first direction which is parallel to the flow-channel grooves at the end portion of the flow channel. The second protrusion-walls are aligned in a second direction. The first protrusion-wall groups and the second protrusion-wall groups are aligned in the first direction. The second protrusion-wall groups are offset in the second direction from the first protrusion-wall groups.

CPC Classifications

H01M 8/026 H01M 8/0247 H01M 8/0263

Filing Date

2025-09-10

Application No.

19324324