Steam generator for fuel cell applications
Abstract
A steam vaporizer assembly includes an internal steam generator having a vessel configured to hold water, a vaporizer unit having a heating element configured to heat the water to generate saturated steam; and a controller configured to: cause the heating element to heat the water to a stand-by temperature; and while maintaining a water level of the water in the vessel between two control points: maintain the water in the vessel at the stand-by temperature until steam generation is required, and when steam generation is required, heating the water in the vessel from the stand-by temperature to a temperature at or above a vaporization temperature of the water using a heating element, to generate the steam.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986720
- Patent Number(s):
- 11476480
- Application Number:
- 15/710,591
- Assignee:
- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0023186
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 09/20/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Dobek, Frank, Jolly, Stephen, and Davis, Keith. Steam generator for fuel cell applications. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web.
Dobek, Frank, Jolly, Stephen, & Davis, Keith. Steam generator for fuel cell applications. United States.
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"Steam generator for fuel cell applications". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986720.
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abstractNote = {A steam vaporizer assembly includes an internal steam generator having a vessel configured to hold water, a vaporizer unit having a heating element configured to heat the water to generate saturated steam; and a controller configured to: cause the heating element to heat the water to a stand-by temperature; and while maintaining a water level of the water in the vessel between two control points: maintain the water in the vessel at the stand-by temperature until steam generation is required, and when steam generation is required, heating the water in the vessel from the stand-by temperature to a temperature at or above a vaporization temperature of the water using a heating element, to generate the steam.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
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