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Title: Pressure balancing of anode and cathode in a fuel cell system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1735216

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having an anode configured to receive anode feed gas and output anode exhaust, and a cathode configured to receive cathode feed gas and output cathode exhaust. The system further includes a pressurizing assembly downstream from the anode and an oxidizer downstream from the anode. The cathode feed gas is the anode exhaust that has been compressed in the pressurizing assembly and reacted with air in the oxidizer.

Research Organization:
FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-00NT40798
Assignee:
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT)
Patent Number(s):
10,763,529
Application Number:
15/983,005
OSTI ID:
1735216
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/17/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Fuel Cell System Containing Anode Tail Gas Oxidizer and Hybrid Heat Exchanger/Reformer patent-application January 2013
Turbomachine-driven environmental control system patent May 2004