Apparatus for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell
Abstract
The present invention provides a gas generator that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In one non-limiting embodiment, the gas generator may include a nitrogen generator structured to receive air, extract oxygen (O2) from the air and discharge the balance in the form of a nitrogen-rich gas; a merging chamber structured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas and to discharge a feed mixture containing both the hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas; and a catalytic reactor structured to receive the feed mixture and to catalytically convert the feed mixture into a reducing gas.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc., North Canton, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531906
- Patent Number(s):
- 8668752
- Application Number:
- 12/554,460
- Assignee:
- Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc. (North Canton, OH)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC26-06NT42809
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2009-09-04
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Scotto, Mark Vincent, Birmingham, Daniel P., DeBellis, Crispin L., Perna, Mark Anthony, and Rush, Gregory C. Apparatus for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Scotto, Mark Vincent, Birmingham, Daniel P., DeBellis, Crispin L., Perna, Mark Anthony, & Rush, Gregory C. Apparatus for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. United States.
Scotto, Mark Vincent, Birmingham, Daniel P., DeBellis, Crispin L., Perna, Mark Anthony, and Rush, Gregory C. Tue .
"Apparatus for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531906.
@article{osti_1531906,
title = {Apparatus for generating a gas which may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell},
author = {Scotto, Mark Vincent and Birmingham, Daniel P. and DeBellis, Crispin L. and Perna, Mark Anthony and Rush, Gregory C.},
abstractNote = {The present invention provides a gas generator that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In one non-limiting embodiment, the gas generator may include a nitrogen generator structured to receive air, extract oxygen (O2) from the air and discharge the balance in the form of a nitrogen-rich gas; a merging chamber structured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas and to discharge a feed mixture containing both the hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas; and a catalytic reactor structured to receive the feed mixture and to catalytically convert the feed mixture into a reducing gas.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {3}
}
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