A fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of individual fuel cells,
especially a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly. The cells are organized into
a plurality of stacks, preferably two stacks, disposed side-by-side
rather than end-to-end as in a prior art monolithic single stack. This
arrangement makes the assembly compact physically, which can be highly
desirable in some fuel cell applications. The stacks are connected
conventionally in series electrically but are supplied with air and fuel
in parallel to shorten the distribution manifolds and improve uniformity
of distribution and exhaust among all the cells.