A method and apparatus for converting single multiphase fluid flow into plural
multiphase fluid flows having substantially uniform composition and flow properties.
A manifold comprises an enclosure having an inlet and an inner surface perpendicular
to the inlet such that the incident angle of input flow impacts the surface to
form a stagnation point whereby an intermediate flow is deflected along the surface
substantially symmetrically outward from the stagnation point and channeled to
a plurality of parallel fluid outlets connected to the enclosure. The distance
between the stagnation point and the plurality of outlets is selected to maintain
substantially equivalent fluid pressures and uniform flow rates at the outlets.
A preferred embodiment of the manifold channels the intermediate flow between two
walls forming a triangular shaped nozzle directing the flow from the stagnation
point to the base of the triangle for communication of electrolyte to a metal-based
fuel cell through the plurality of outlets.