This application relates to an assembly that includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks and a common manifold provided for the stacks.
Fuel cells are known and, typically, include an anode receiving a supply of a fuel. The fuel may be hydrogen (H2) in one example. The anode is spaced by a membrane from a cathode. The cathode receives a supply of a gas containing oxygen. The gas may be oxygen or air in examples. The fuel passes across the anode, the oxygen passes across the cathode, and a reaction takes place that generates electrical energy.
Fuel cells are often utilized in assemblies called stacks. In addition, there may be a plurality of stacks.
In the prior art, a manifold for supplying fuel and a manifold for supplying the oxygen containing gas have been separately provided to each of the fuel cells in each of the plurality of stacks.
Moreover, both the ports for the fuel and the ports for the oxygen containing gas may be formed in a single pressure plate.