US Patent Issued to Kent State University on Feb. 10 for "Universal tubular solid oxide fuel cell testing device" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,865, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kent State University (Kent, Ohio).

"Universal tubular solid oxide fuel cell testing device" was invented by Yanhai Du (Hudson, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device for tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) includes a housing within which the tubular SOFC is mounted. The housing includes suitable inlets and outlets to allow a fuel gas, such as hydrogen, and an oxidant, such as air or oxygen, to interact with the anode and cathode of the tubular SOFC. In addition, the housing is formed of suitable material for placement in a heating device, such as a tubular furnace or a miniatur...