Gas electrode

Claim 1

IN A FUEL CELL FOR THE DIRECT PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM GASES BY MEANS OF ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN AN ELECTROLYTE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING A PLATE TYPE GAS ELECTRODE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACES AND TWO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SIDES, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL GAS CHANNELS HAVING CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS CENTRALLY DIEPOSED BETWEEN SAID ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACES AND SIDES, SAID GAS CHANNELS EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF SAID ELECTRODE TO THE OTHER AND SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, GAS MANIFOLDING MEANS INTERCONECTING SAID GAS CHANNELS AT ONE END OF SAID ELECTRODE FOR FEEDING GAS TO SAID GAS CHANNELS, SAID ELECTORCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACES BEING CORRUGATED TO CONFORM TO THE CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION OF SAID GAS CHANNELS, THEREBY PROVIDING AN ELECTRODE WITH A UNIFORMLY, SUBSTNATIALLY EQUAL WALL THICKNESS BETWEEN SAID ELECTORCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACES AND SIDES IN CONTACT WITH SAID ELECTROLYTE AND THE INTERIOR ELECTRODE SURFACE COMPRISING SAID GAS CHANNELS AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID GAS.