CN213366638U - End plate of fuel cell stack, fastening structure of end plate and fuel cell - Google Patents

End plate of fuel cell stack, fastening structure of end plate and fuel cell Download PDF

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CN213366638U
CN213366638U CN202022442376.1U CN202022442376U CN213366638U CN 213366638 U CN213366638 U CN 213366638U CN 202022442376 U CN202022442376 U CN 202022442376U CN 213366638 U CN213366638 U CN 213366638U
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The utility model discloses an end plate of a fuel cell stack, wherein the periphery of the end plate is provided with a ribbon groove which is in sliding limit fit with a ribbon unit, so that the ribbon unit is prevented from moving in the axial direction relative to the fuel cell stack, the fastening effect and universality are facilitated, the whole fastening structure of the fuel cell stack can obtain excellent fastening pressure distribution, and the electric contact performance and the sealing performance between monocells inside the stack are facilitated; the utility model also discloses a fastening structure, the fuel cell of a fuel cell pile for the whole atress distribution effect that obtains better pile seal and electrical property of fastening structure of battery pile can obtain more regulation, the mobility and the flexibility of reorganization simultaneously in pile equipment, pile life cycle.

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End plate of fuel cell stack, fastening structure of end plate and fuel cell
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a fuel cell field, concretely relates to end plate of fuel cell pile, the utility model discloses still relate to the fastening structure of fuel cell pile and the fuel cell who uses.
Background
A fuel cell is a chemical device that directly converts chemical energy of fuel into electrical energy, and is also called an electrochemical generator. The fuel cell converts the Gibbs free energy in the chemical energy of the fuel into electric energy through electrochemical reaction, is not limited by Carnot cycle effect, and has high energy conversion rate; the reaction product of the fuel cell which adopts hydrogen as fuel is water, so that the method is environment-friendly and can realize zero-pollution emission theoretically; in addition, the fuel cell has no mechanical transmission part, few moving parts and low noise during working; the fuel cell has the advantages of high specific energy, high reliability, wide fuel range, short starting time, small volume, convenient carrying and the like. It follows that fuel cells are currently the most promising power generation technology from the viewpoint of energy conservation and ecological environment conservation.
The fuel cell stack is a main structure of a fuel cell, and is formed by stacking 1 or more single cells, and the fuel cell stack needs to be fastened while being stacked. The existing fastening method usually applies a restraining force to end plates at two ends of a fuel cell stack through bolts or straps, so as to fixedly mount single cell stacks of the fuel cell stack into a whole, so that the fuel cell stack can contain pressure of internal gas and cooling medium (if any) at several atmospheric pressures, and leakage is prevented. Compared with a bolt fastening mode, the ribbon fastening mode has the advantages and is widely adopted by the fuel cell industry. Particularly for the fastening mode of the ribbon, the ribbon is usually fixed by adopting a welding or riveting mode; the method mainly comprises the following steps: firstly, stacking components (mainly comprising end plates, current collecting plates, bipolar plates, membrane electrodes and the like) of a fuel cell stack according to an expected stack structure, then applying pressure to two ends of the fuel cell stack by using pressure equipment, placing a binding belt on the outer side of the fuel cell end plate in a state of keeping the pressure, applying pre-tightening tension to enable the binding belt to be tightly attached to the end plate of the stack, fixing the binding belt by using methods such as welding, riveting and the like, finally removing the pressure of a press machine, and extending the fuel cell stack under the action of internal elastic force until the tension of the binding belt and the elastic force of the fuel cell stack reach balance. The fastening method mainly has the following disadvantages:
a. when the fuel cell stack is installed, pressure (installation pressure) needs to be applied to the stack, the installation pressure is removed after the ribbon is welded or riveted, and the ribbon is stretched until the elastic force of the stack and the tensile force of the ribbon balance the working pressure of the stack by relying on the elastic force of the stack; the method applies installation pressure which is larger than the actual working pressure required by the fuel cell stack, and under the installation pressure, plastic deformation of internal components of the fuel cell stack can be caused, so that the possibility of crushing the internal components of the fuel cell stack is increased, and the performance of the fuel cell stack is negatively influenced.
b. After the fuel cell stack is installed, the fuel cell stack must have good stack sealing performance and internal part electric contact performance, which are closely related to parameters such as installation pressure, ribbon modulus, ribbon pretightening force, elastic performance of materials inside the stack and the like, and obviously, the fastening method has rigorous and difficult-to-realize requirements on the installation pressure and the distribution of the installation pressure in the stack, the ribbon modulus, the ribbon pretightening force, the elastic performance inside the stack and other factors, so the method has great limitation and operation difficulty; the method is also not universal, as long as the size of the stack, the number of cells in the stack and the materials used vary slightly, the parameters of the band and the installation pressure must be adapted accordingly.
c. To ensure that the fuel cell stack does not deform too much after the installation pressure is removed, the straps must have a high modulus of elasticity in tension, and thus the straps of this method need to be composed of thicker steel bands, resulting in a strap that is difficult to conform to the end plates at their edges, requiring the straps to be pre-bent, yet the pre-bent steel bands are difficult to accurately conform to the dimensions of the stack after pressurization.
d. The mechanical properties of the stack may change during the life cycle of the fuel cell stack, requiring changes in the tension of the straps to maintain the seal and electrical properties of the stack. In welded or riveted bands, it is not possible to change the tension of the band.
In order to improve the above technical problems, there is a method for fastening a tie by a bolt instead of welding or riveting, and the operation steps mainly include: stacking the components of the fuel cell stack, applying a pre-pressure to the stack by a press, then winding the tie around the end plate, and tightening the tie with bolts until the pressure in the stack meets the requirements of sealing and good electrical contact between the components. The disadvantages of this approach still include: firstly, even if the torque for screwing the bolts is controlled, the tension tolerance on the cable tie is larger due to the difference between the bolts, so that the pressure distribution of the end plate on the internal parts of each battery pile is uneven; to obtain uniform cell stack internal pressure, only the thickness and strength of the end plates can be increased, sacrificing stack power density. Second, whether secured with bolts using a German band or using band ends, the width of the band must be greater than the width of the bolt, typically two to three times the diameter of the bolt. Therefore, the width of the tie cannot be too small, which in an air-cooled modular pile also affects the air ingress and egress into the pile. Third, even if the strap width is much greater than the bolt diameter, the strap remains a weak link in the strap fastening strength where the bolt is secured.
Therefore, based on the above state of the art, the applicant desires to search for a new fastening scheme to improve the fastening state of the fuel cell stack.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of this, the present invention provides an end plate of a fuel cell stack, which is beneficial to the fastening effect and universality, so that the fastening structure of the fuel cell stack can obtain very excellent fastening pressure distribution, which is beneficial to the electrical contact performance and sealing performance between single cells inside the stack.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a fastening structure of a fuel cell stack, a fuel cell, such that the fastening structure of the fuel cell stack can obtain a very excellent uniform fastening pressure, which is favorable for the electrical contact performance and the sealing performance between the monocells inside the stack.
The utility model adopts the technical scheme as follows:
the utility model provides an end plate of fuel cell pile is located fuel cell pile both ends, the fuel cell pile is including piling up 1 or a plurality of monocell as an organic whole, the end plate periphery be equipped with ribbon unit sliding limit complex ribbon recess, avoid the relative fuel cell pile of ribbon unit is at its axial float.
Preferably, the groove depth of the ribbon groove ranges from 0.01 mm to 5 mm; the groove width range of the ribbon groove is 0.1-20 mm.
Preferably, a fastening structure of a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack employing the end plate as described above; the fastening structure comprises at least 2 ribbon units arranged around the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each ribbon unit is slidably and limitedly installed in the ribbon groove, and each ribbon unit at least comprises a first end part and a second end part which are positioned on one side and are distributed adjacently at intervals, and a third end part and a fourth end part which are positioned on the other side and are distributed adjacently at intervals; the first end part and the second end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode, and the third end part and the fourth end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode; meanwhile, the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod are respectively fastened, installed and connected through fasteners, and the fuel cell stack is fastened.
Preferably, the fasteners are offset from the ends of the strap units.
Preferably, the band unit is segmented and comprises a metal band and/or a woven metal band and/or a fiber band and/or an elastic band.
Preferably, a plurality of ribbon units are arranged around the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each ribbon unit is arranged on the periphery of the fuel cell stack in parallel and at intervals, and the end parts of the ribbon units are respectively provided with a limit buckle which is connected with a corresponding connecting rod in a limiting installation mode.
Preferably, the cable tie units are distributed in a cross shape at the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each cable tie unit is formed into a first end part and a second end part which are distributed at adjacent intervals and a third end part and a fourth end part which are distributed at adjacent intervals through bending processing, and each end part is connected with the corresponding connecting rod in a limiting installation mode.
Preferably, the band unit comprises a first segmented band unit and a second segmented band unit which are segmented, and the fuel cell stack comprises a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein the first end plate is provided with a first band groove at the periphery of the first end plate, and the second end plate is provided with a second band groove at the periphery of the second end plate; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the first segmented ribbon unit is installed in the first ribbon groove in a limiting mode, and at least 1 first end portion and at least 1 third end portion which are located on two sides of the fuel cell stack respectively are formed through bending processing;
the second sectional ribbon unit is installed in the second ribbon groove in a limiting mode, and at least 1 second end part and at least 1 fourth end part which are located on two sides of the fuel cell stack respectively are formed through bending processing;
the first end part and the second end part are distributed at intervals and are respectively connected with the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod which are distributed at intervals in a limiting and installing manner;
the third end and the fourth end are distributed at intervals and are respectively connected with the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod which are distributed at intervals in a limiting and installing mode.
Preferably, the width of the band unit ranges from 0.05 to 10 mm; the end of the limiting buckle is welded or knotted to form a limiting buckle which is connected with the corresponding connecting rod in a limiting and installing way.
Preferably, a fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack that employs the fastening structure described above.
The structure of the fuel cell stack to which the present application is applicable is not particularly limited, and may be applied to a fuel cell stack having a cooling medium (e.g., water cooling), and may also be applied to an air-cooled fuel cell stack, and similar technical effects may be obtained.
It should be noted that the working pressure of the fuel cell stack related to the present application refers to a pressure applied to the inside of the stack by a stack end plate having a certain area in the working state of the stack, and the pressure of the working pressure of the stack in the unit area inside the stack is working pressure (the working pressure range of the water-cooled fuel cell stack is 1MPa-2MPa, the specific working pressure is related to the actually selected stack structure design, and the working pressure of the air-cooled fuel cell stack is relatively low), so as to maintain the condition that both the electrical contact and the sealing in the stack can meet the working condition of the fuel cell stack. The specific settings of the operating pressure and the pressure are within the routine technical choices of those skilled in the art from the present disclosure and are not specifically described in the present application.
It should be further noted that the connecting rod structure related to the present application may be made of metal or plastic, and has a limiting structure (such as a limiting hole or a limiting hook) for limiting, installing and connecting with the end of the band unit, as long as a reliable limiting, installing and connecting effect between the two is achieved.
The application firstly creatively provides that a connecting rod structure with a lever working principle is adopted as a core fastening structure for realizing a fuel cell stack structure, specifically, the ends of different ribbons are respectively in limit fit through different connecting rods which are distributed at adjacent intervals, the ribbons apply mutually deviated pulling forces to the different connecting rods, meanwhile, the different connecting rods are fastened and installed through fasteners, the connecting rods transmit fastening force to the ribbons which are in limit installation, so that the pressure and the fastening force obtained by end plates are balanced, and finally, the fuel cell stack is fastened, and compared with a screw fastening mode adopting an independent ribbon in the prior art, the fuel cell stack is ensured to obtain better stress distribution effect required by stack sealing and electrical performance; moreover, the connecting rod type fastening scheme can ensure that more activities and flexibility are obtained at the width of the cable tie, the specification and the number of the fastening pieces and the fastening positions, and specifically comprises the following steps: in the deformation range that the connecting rod allows, can increase the fastening binding power through the quantity that increases the fastener, the fastening position of fastener can carry out nimble design selection according to the pressure distribution demand in the fuel cell pile moreover, and the width of ribbon can not receive the restriction of fastener simultaneously, all can freely select for use in material and shape in a flexible way.
The application also provides that a ribbon groove matched with the ribbon unit in a sliding limiting installation mode is arranged on the end plate of the fuel cell stack, the ribbon unit can adjust the end position by sliding in the ribbon groove, the ribbon unit is suitable for the fuel cell stack with different end plate intervals, the axial movement of the ribbon unit at the periphery of the fuel cell stack is avoided, meanwhile, the fastening effect and universality are facilitated, the whole fastening structure of the fuel cell stack can obtain excellent fastening pressure distribution, and the electrical contact performance and the sealing performance among monocells in the stack are facilitated; this application has still further provided the ribbon unit that the adoption was the cross-shaped distribution, and the ribbon unit is handled through buckling and is formed a plurality ofly and carry out spacing installation complex tip with the connecting rod, can effectively reduce the quantity and the required ribbon width of ribbon unit.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of a fuel cell stack in example 1 of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a fuel cell stack in example 2 of this application;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is a top view structural view of an end plate of a fuel cell stack in embodiment 3 of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of a fuel cell stack according to example 4 of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 6;
fig. 8 is a structural view (developed) of a distribution of one of the segmented band units 321 or 322 of fig. 6 around the periphery of the fuel cell stack during winding.
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The embodiment of the utility model discloses end plate of fuel cell pile is located fuel cell pile both ends, and the fuel cell pile is equipped with the ribbon recess with ribbon unit slip spacing complex including piling up 1 or a plurality of monocells as an organic whole, end plate periphery, avoids the relative fuel cell pile of ribbon unit at its axial float.
The embodiment of the utility model also discloses a fastening structure of the fuel cell stack, and the fuel cell stack adopts the end plate; the fastening structure comprises at least 2 ribbon units arranged around the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each ribbon unit is installed in a ribbon groove in a sliding limiting manner, and each ribbon unit at least comprises a first end part and a second end part which are positioned on one side and distributed adjacently at intervals, and a third end part and a fourth end part which are positioned on the other side and distributed adjacently at intervals; the first end part and the second end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode, and the third end part and the fourth end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode; meanwhile, the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod are respectively fastened, installed and connected through fasteners, and the fuel cell stack is fastened.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a still disclose a fuel cell, including the fuel cell galvanic pile, the fuel cell galvanic pile adopts as above fastening structure.
In order to make the technical solutions in the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts shall belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1: referring to fig. 1 and 2, a fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack 10, where the fuel cell stack 10 includes 1 or more unit cells (the specific number is conventionally selected according to the stack design) stacked together, where the unit cells include an anode plate, a membrane electrode, and a cathode plate, and the anode plate or the cathode plate adopts a silicon plate, a graphite plate, a metal plate, a ceramic plate, or a composite material plate, and may also adopt plates made of other suitable materials, and the application is not particularly limited in implementation.
The fastening method of the fuel cell stack 10 of the present embodiment includes: applying pressure to the fuel cell stack 10 and maintaining the pressure in advance before the band unit 11 is wound; a plurality of band binding units 11 (fig. 2 shows 6 band binding units 11 in a ring shape, the specific number can be selected according to the axial length requirement of the fuel cell stack 10 and the pressure distribution requirement inside the stack, and the embodiment is not particularly limited), and each band binding unit 11 comprises a first end portion 11a and a second end portion 11b which are positioned on one side and are adjacently distributed at intervals, and a third end portion 11c and a fourth end portion 11d which are positioned on the other side and are adjacently distributed at intervals; the first end part 11a and the second end part 11b of each ribbon unit 11 are respectively connected with a first connecting rod 12 and a second connecting rod 13 which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode in a limiting mode, and the third end part 11c and the fourth end part 11d are respectively connected with a third connecting rod 15 and a fourth connecting rod 16 which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode in a limiting mode; the belt banding unit 11 respectively applies pulling forces which are deviated from each other to the first connecting rod 12 and the second connecting rod 13, and the third connecting rod 15 and the fourth connecting rod 16; the first connecting rod 12 and the second connecting rod 13, and the third connecting rod 15 and the fourth connecting rod 16 are fastened, installed and connected through fasteners 14 respectively, and are used for applying opposite fastening forces to the first connecting rod 12, the second connecting rod 13, the third connecting rod 15 and the fourth connecting rod 16, and transmitting the fastening forces to the ribbon units 11 until the stack reaches working pressure, so that the fuel cell stack is fastened; specifically, preferably, in the operation of this embodiment, the single cell structures required by the stack may be stacked in advance to obtain the fuel cell stack 10 that is not fastened, and then the end plates 10a at the two ends of the fuel cell stack 10 are pressed and pressure-maintained by a press (not shown, using a known press), where the pressure may be set according to the technical requirements of stack installation as described above; because a clearance space is formed between the pressing plate of the press and the end plate 10a, each ribbon unit 11 passes through the clearance space and bypasses the periphery of the end plate 10a, and the winding of the ribbon unit 11 is completed according to the preset requirement.
Preferably, in the present embodiment, each of the band units 11 is annular and is distributed at parallel intervals on the periphery of the fuel cell stack 10, and the first end portion 11a and the second end portion 11b of the band unit 11 are respectively provided with a limit buckle (not shown) connected with the corresponding connecting rods 12 and 13 in a limit installation manner, while the third end portion 11c and the fourth end portion 11d are respectively provided with a limit buckle connected with the corresponding connecting rods 15 and 16 in a limit installation manner;
preferably, in order to make it possible for the fuel cell stack 10 to simultaneously obtain the force distribution required for the optimum stack sealing effect and the electrical performance thereof, in the present embodiment, the fastening member 14 and each end 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d of the band unit 11 are in a staggered distribution, and the force transmission paths of the connecting rods 12, 13 are spatially separated by the staggered distribution shape, which gives more flexibility to the design and manufacturing of the fuel cell stack 10;
in the present embodiment, each ribbon unit 11 is segmented, and specifically includes two ribbons which are symmetrically distributed and correspondingly matched to form a ring, and two ends of each ribbon are respectively distributed correspondingly and adjacently at intervals, so as to form a first end portion 11a, a second end portion 11b, a third end portion 11c, and a fourth end portion 11 d; of course, in other embodiments, segmented tie units having a greater number of ties may be used to form a greater number of adjacently spaced ends, as would be a matter of routine technical alternative to those skilled in the art based on the teachings herein; specifically, in the present embodiment, each ribbon unit 11 is made of any one of a metal ribbon, a woven metal ribbon, a fiber ribbon, and an elastic ribbon (such as a spring), and may also be made of a material ribbon by connecting and combining, and in terms of shape, the ribbon unit may be a flat ribbon, a wire with a circular or elliptical cross section or other shapes, or a rope or a ribbon made of multiple strands of wires, and the embodiment has no particular limitation on the shape;
since a larger number of band units 11 are required in the present embodiment, it is considered that length tolerance is generated in processing different band units 11, which brings about the common effect on the stress distribution of the pileIn this respect, the applicant has found, after numerous practical applications, that when the length tolerance (i.e. the length error) of the band unit 11 is much smaller than the deformation of the band unit under the tension required under the operating pressure conditions of the fuel cell stack, the tension tolerance experienced by the band unit 11 is also reduced: for example, the band unit uses a stainless steel band with a length of 280 mm, a width of 12 mm and a thickness of 0.35mm, the elastic modulus of the stainless steel is 193GPa, two ends of the stainless steel band are bent to make the ends of the stainless steel band tightly adhere to the stainless steel band for welding, the band pulling force required by the fuel cell stack 10 is 1500 newtons, and when the length tolerance of the stainless steel band after welding is 13 microns, the maximum difference of the pulling force of the band unit 11 can be as high as 150 newtons. When a nylon band with a thickness of 1.2 mm is used as the band unit 11, the nylon band has an elastic modulus of 2.9 x 10 in this embodiment because the nylon has an elastic modulus two orders of magnitude lower than that of steel5N/m, the maximum difference in tension of the band unit 11 reaches 150N when the length tolerance of the nylon band is up to 5.21 mm. Therefore, it is preferable to choose the band unit 11 as much as possible by selecting a material with a smaller elastic modulus as the band unit 11, which is significantly beneficial to the force uniformity of each band unit on the pile 10, for example, by using nylon band or woven metal band or spring, and when the woven metal band is used as the band unit 11, the elastic deformation modulus can be reduced by at least one order of magnitude compared to the metal band of the same material; that is, the use of woven metal straps having a smaller spring constant with the same strap length tolerance can greatly reduce the difference in tension between different strap units 11 in the fuel cell stack 10.
More specifically, preferably, in this embodiment, the connecting rods 12, 13, 15, 16 may specifically adopt stainless steel connecting rods with an outer diameter of 11mm, the band units 11 all adopt braided metal bands with a width of 10mm and a thickness of 0.35mm, the fastening member 14 adopts stainless steel screws with a thickness of 6mm, the end of each band unit 11 is manufactured into a limit buckle by an electric welding method or other fastening methods, and the connecting rods 12, 13, 15, 16 are provided with limit holes (not shown) through which the band units 11 can pass and limit and cooperate with the limit buckles.
The embodiment firstly creatively proposes to adopt a connecting rod structure with a lever working principle as a core fastening structure for realizing the fuel cell stack structure, in particular to respectively carry out limit matching on the corresponding end parts of the ribbon units 11 through different connecting rods 12 and 13, 15 and 16 which are distributed at adjacent intervals, each ribbon unit 11 applies mutually deviated pulling forces to the different connecting rods 12 and 13, 15 and 16, meanwhile, different connecting rods 12 and 13, 15 and 16 are fastened and installed through a fastening piece 14, the connecting rods 12, 13, 15 and 16 transmit fastening force to the band-binding unit 11 which is limited and installed with the connecting rods 12, 13, 15 and 16, therefore, the tensile force applied to the band unit 11 meets the requirements of stack sealing and electric contact, and the fuel cell stack 10 is finally fastened, so that compared with the screw fastening mode of an independent band in the prior art, the embodiment ensures that the fuel cell stack 20 obtains better stress distribution effect required by stack sealing and electric performance; and the link type fastening scheme of the embodiment can ensure that more motility and flexibility can be obtained in the width of the band-tie unit 11, the specification and the number of the fasteners 14 and the fastening positions, and more regulation and recombination motility and flexibility can be obtained in the assembly and the life cycle of the pile. The method specifically comprises the following steps: within the allowable deformation range of the connecting rods 12 and 13, the fastening binding force can be increased by increasing the number of the fastening pieces 14, the fastening positions of the fastening pieces 14 can be flexibly designed and selected according to the pressure distribution requirement in the fuel cell stack 10, and the width of the band unit 11 is not limited by the fastening pieces 14 and can be freely and flexibly selected in material and shape; during the assembly of the pile and the life cycle of the pile, the pressure change of the pile caused by various reasons (such as screw sliding, pile vibration, falling and the like) can be adjusted through the adjusting bolt.
Example 2: the remaining technical solution of this embodiment 2 is the same as that of embodiment 1, except that, referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, in this embodiment 2, 6 ribbon units 21 are disposed around the fuel cell stack 20 in an adjacent and parallel spaced manner, wherein each 2 ribbon units 21 in an adjacent and parallel spaced manner form a single connecting rod mounting and fastening group, and a total of 3 connecting rod mounting and fastening groups are formed, wherein each of the first connecting rod 22, the second connecting rod 23, the third connecting rod 25 and the fourth connecting rod 26 includes three segment connecting rod units, and each segment connecting rod unit is fastened, mounted and connected by a fastening member 24;
the first end part 21a and the second end part 21b of each ribbon unit 21 in the single connecting rod installation and fastening group are respectively connected with the corresponding segmented connecting rod units which are arranged in parallel in a spaced manner in a limiting manner, and the third end part 21c and the fourth end part 21d of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with the corresponding segmented connecting rod units which are arranged in parallel in a spaced manner in a limiting manner; the sectional type connecting rod fastening structure can shorten the processing length of each connecting rod 22, 23, 25, 26, simplify the installation and fastening process, and the uniformity of the pressure of the pile is better than the prior art screw fastening mode of an independent ribbon.
Example 3: the remaining technical solutions of this embodiment 3 are the same as those of embodiment 1 or embodiment 2, except that, referring to fig. 5, this embodiment 3 proposes an end plate 30a of a fuel cell stack 30, which is located at both ends of the fuel cell stack, and the periphery of the end plate 30a is provided with a band groove 31 in sliding limit fit with a band unit 32 (see fig. 6, 7 and 8), so as to prevent the band unit 32 from shifting in the axial direction relative to the fuel cell stack 30; preferably, in the present embodiment, the depth of the band groove 31 ranges from 0.01 to 5 mm; the groove width range of the ribbon groove 31 is 0.1-20mm, and the actual size specification of the ribbon groove 31 is specifically set according to the ribbon unit correspondingly matched with the ribbon groove.
Example 4: the remaining technical solution of this embodiment 4 is the same as that of embodiment 1 or embodiment 2, except that, referring to fig. 6 and 7, this embodiment 4 proposes a fuel cell, which includes a fuel cell stack 30, employs an end plate 30a of embodiment 3, and employs a fastening structure (i.e., a fastening device) including 2 or more band units 32 disposed around the periphery of the fuel cell stack 30, at least 4 tie rods 33, 34, 36, and 37, and a fastening member 35; the ribbon unit 32 is installed in the ribbon groove 31 in a sliding limiting manner, and at least comprises two pairs of end parts which are distributed at adjacent intervals: the method specifically comprises the following steps: a first end 32a and a second end 32b on one side of the fuel cell stack 30, and a third end 32c and a fourth end 32d on the other side of the fuel cell stack 30; the first end part 32a and the second end part 32b are respectively connected with a first connecting rod 33 and a second connecting rod 34 which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode in a limiting mode, and the third end part 32c and the fourth end part 32d are respectively connected with a third connecting rod 36 and a fourth connecting rod 37 which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode in a limiting mode; meanwhile, the first connecting rod 33 and the second connecting rod 34, and the third connecting rod 36 and the fourth connecting rod 37 are fastened, installed and connected through the fastening piece 35, so that the fuel cell stack 30 is fastened;
preferably, referring to fig. 8, in the present embodiment, the band units 32 are distributed in a cross shape on the periphery of the fuel cell stack 30, and particularly, in the present embodiment, each band unit 32 includes a first segmented band unit 321 and a second segmented band unit 322 in a segmented shape, and each segmented band unit 321 and 322 may use continuous filaments or thin filaments, and the width range may be 0.05-10mm, or other width ranges, which is not limited in this embodiment; preferably, in the present embodiment, a limit buckle (not shown) connected with the corresponding connecting rod in a limit installation manner is formed at the end of each segmental bundling unit by welding or knotting or other manners; in specific implementation, each first segment band unit 321 forms a plurality of groups of first end portions 32a and third end portions 32c through bending, and each second segment band unit 322 forms a plurality of groups of second end portions 32b and fourth end portions 32d through bending, the second end portions 32b and the first end portions 32a adjacent thereto are respectively distributed at corresponding intervals, and the fourth end portions 32d and the third end portions 32c adjacent thereto are respectively distributed at corresponding intervals; the first end 32a and the second end 32b of each cable tie unit 32 are in limit mounting connection with the corresponding connecting rods 33 and 34, and the third end 32c and the fourth end 32d of each cable tie unit 32 are in limit mounting connection with the corresponding connecting rods 36 and 37;
specifically, in the present embodiment 4, the fuel cell stack 30 includes a first end plate 30a whose outer periphery is provided with a first band groove 31 and a second end plate 30a whose outer periphery is provided with a second band groove 31; each first segment band unit 321 is installed in the first band groove 31 in a limiting manner, and 6 first end portions 32a and 6 third end portions 32c which are located at two sides of the fuel cell stack 30 and are distributed at intervals are formed through bending; each second sectional ribbon unit 322 is installed in the second ribbon groove 31 in a limiting manner, and 6 second end portions 32b and 6 fourth end portions 32d which are located at two sides of the fuel cell stack 30 and are distributed at intervals are formed through bending processing; each first end part 32a and the corresponding second end part 32b are distributed at an adjacent interval, and the first end part 32a and the second end part 32b are respectively connected with a first connecting rod 33 and a second connecting rod 34 which are arranged in parallel at intervals in a limiting and installing manner; each third end 32a and the corresponding fourth end 32d are distributed at an adjacent interval, the third end 32a and the fourth end 32d are respectively connected with a third connecting rod 36 and a fourth connecting rod 37 which are arranged in parallel and separated in a limiting and installing mode, and the third connecting rod 36 and the fourth connecting rod 37 are connected in a fastening and installing mode through a fastening piece 35.
Embodiments 3 and 4 also provide that a band groove 31 is disposed on an end plate 30a of the fuel cell stack 30, and the band groove 31 is slidably, limitedly and fittingly engaged with the band unit 32, and the band unit 32 can not only adjust the end position by sliding in the band groove 31, and is suitable for fuel cell stacks 30 with different end plate 30a distances, but also prevents the band unit 32 from axially shifting at the periphery of the fuel cell stack 30, and is beneficial to the fastening effect and universality, so that the fastening structure of the fuel cell stack 30 can obtain very excellent pressure distribution as a whole, which is beneficial to the electrical contact performance and the sealing performance between single cells inside the stack; this embodiment has still further proposed to adopt the ribbon unit 32 that is the fork shape and distributes, and ribbon unit 32 forms a plurality of tip that carry out spacing installation cooperation with the connecting rod through the processing of buckling, can effectively reduce ribbon unit 32's quantity and required ribbon width.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides an end plate of fuel cell pile is located fuel cell pile both ends, the fuel cell pile is including piling up 1 or a plurality of monocell as an organic whole, its characterized in that, the end plate periphery is equipped with the ribbon recess with ribbon unit sliding limit complex, avoids ribbon unit is at its axial float relative fuel cell pile.
2. The end plate of claim 1, wherein the groove depth of the band groove is in the range of 0.01-5 mm; the groove width range of the ribbon groove is 0.1-20 mm.
3. A fastening structure of a fuel cell stack, characterized in that the fuel cell stack employs the end plate according to any one of claims 1 to 2; the fastening structure comprises at least 2 ribbon units arranged around the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each ribbon unit is slidably and limitedly installed in the ribbon groove, and each ribbon unit at least comprises a first end part and a second end part which are positioned on one side and are distributed adjacently at intervals, and a third end part and a fourth end part which are positioned on the other side and are distributed adjacently at intervals; the first end part and the second end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode, and the third end part and the fourth end part of each ribbon unit are respectively connected with a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod which are arranged in parallel in a spacing mode; meanwhile, the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod are respectively fastened, installed and connected through fasteners, and the fuel cell stack is fastened.
4. A fastening arrangement according to claim 3, characterised in that the fastener is offset from the end of the band unit.
5. A fastening construction according to claim 3, wherein the band unit is segmented and comprises metal bands and/or woven metal bands and/or fabric bands and/or elastic bands.
6. The fastening structure according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of band units are arranged around the periphery of the fuel cell stack, each band unit is arranged in parallel at intervals on the periphery of the fuel cell stack, and the ends of the band units are respectively provided with limit buckles for limiting installation connection with the corresponding connecting rods.
7. The fastening structure according to claim 3, wherein the band units are arranged in a cross-shaped manner on the periphery of the fuel cell stack, and each band unit is formed with a first end portion and a second end portion which are arranged at adjacent intervals and a third end portion and a fourth end portion which are arranged at adjacent intervals through a bending process, and each end portion is connected with the corresponding connecting rod in a limiting installation mode.
8. The fastening structure according to claim 7, wherein the band unit includes a first segmented band unit and a second segmented band unit in a segmented form, and the fuel cell stack includes a first end plate provided with a first band groove at its outer periphery and a second end plate provided with a second band groove at its outer periphery; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the first segmented ribbon unit is installed in the first ribbon groove in a limiting mode, and at least 1 first end portion and at least 1 third end portion which are located on two sides of the fuel cell stack respectively are formed through bending processing;
the second sectional ribbon unit is installed in the second ribbon groove in a limiting mode, and at least 1 second end part and at least 1 fourth end part which are located on two sides of the fuel cell stack respectively are formed through bending processing;
the first end part and the second end part are distributed at intervals and are respectively connected with the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod which are distributed at intervals in a limiting and installing manner;
the third end and the fourth end are distributed at intervals and are respectively connected with the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod which are distributed at intervals in a limiting and installing mode.
9. A fastening construction according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the width of the band unit is in the range 0.05-10 mm; the end of the limiting buckle is welded or knotted to form a limiting buckle which is connected with the corresponding connecting rod in a limiting and installing way.
10. A fuel cell comprising a fuel cell stack, characterized in that the fuel cell stack employs the fastening structure according to any one of claims 3 to 9.
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