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Title: Fuel cell system having enhanced CO2 capture

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1824105
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A carbon dioxide capture system for removing carbon dioxide from a flue gas produced by a combustion power plant. The system includes an electrolyzer cell configured to receive a flue gas comprising carbon dioxide and output a first exhaust stream comprising an enriched flue gas comprising carbon dioxide. The system further includes a fuel cell configured to receive the first exhaust stream and output a second exhaust stream comprising carbon dioxide. The second exhaust stream contains a higher concentration of carbon dioxide than the first exhaust stream.

Research Organization:
FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0006669
Assignee:
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, CT)
Patent Number(s):
11,043,684
Application Number:
15/980,291
OSTI ID:
1824105
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/15/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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