IMPROVED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明授权
    IMPROVED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    改进的燃料电池系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:EP3020088B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-09

    申请号:EP14732625.0

    申请日:2014-06-20

    IPC分类号: H01M8/06 H01M8/04

    摘要: The present invention is concerned with improved fuel cell systems and methods. The present invention provides an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) system comprising: (i) at least one fuel cell stack comprising at least one intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell, and having an anode inlet, a cathode inlet, an anode off-gas outlet, a cathode off-gas outlet, and defining separate flow paths for flow of anode inlet gas, cathode inlet gas, anode off-gas and cathode off-gas; and (ii) a steam reformer for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel to a reformate, and having a reformer inlet for anode inlet gas, a reformer outlet for exhausting anode inlet gas, and a reformer heat exchanger; and defining: (a) an anode inlet gas fluid flow path from a fuel source to said steam reformer to said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet; (b) an anode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack anode off-gas outlet to a fuel cell system exhaust; (c) a cathode inlet gas fluid flow path from an at least one oxidant inlet to said reformer heat exchanger to said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet; and (d) a cathode off-gas fluid flow path from said at least one fuel cell stack cathode off-gas outlet to said fuel cell system exhaust; wherein said reformer heat exchanger is a parallel-flow heat exchanger in fluid flow communication with (i) said at least one oxidant inlet and said at least one fuel cell stack cathode inlet, and (ii) said fuel source and said at least one fuel cell stack anode inlet, and is arranged for exchanging heat between said cathode inlet gas and said anode inlet gas.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及改进的燃料电池系统和方法。 本发明提供了一种中温固体氧化物燃料电池(IT-SOFC)系统,包括:(i)至少一个燃料电池堆,其包括至少一个中温固体氧化物燃料电池,并具有阳极入口,阴极入口 ,阳极废气出口,阴极废气出口,并且限定用于阳极入口气体,阴极入口气体,阳极废气和阴极废气的流动的单独的流动路径; (ii)用于将烃燃料重整为重整产物并具有用于阳极入口气体的重整器入口,用于排出阳极入口气体的重整器出口以及重整器热交换器的蒸汽重整器; 并且限定:(a)从燃料源到所述蒸汽重整器到所述至少一个燃料电池组阳极入口的阳极入口气体流体流动路径; (b)从所述至少一个燃料电池组阳极废气出口到燃料电池系统废气的阳极废气流体流动路径; (c)从至少一个氧化剂入口到所述重整器热交换器到所述至少一个燃料电池组阴极入口的阴极入口气体流体流动路径; (d)从所述至少一个燃料电池组阴极废气出口到所述燃料电池系统废气的阴极废气流体流动路径; 其中所述重整器热交换器是与(i)所述至少一个氧化剂入口和所述至少一个燃料电池堆阴极入口流体流动连通的并流式热交换器,以及(ii)所述燃料源和所述至少一种燃料 电池组阳极入口,并且布置成用于在所述阴极入口气体和所述阳极入口气体之间交换热量。