公开(公告)号：EP4447171A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-16

申请号：EP24157235.3

申请日：2024-02-13

申请人： Bloom Energy Corporation

发明人： WEINGAERTNER, David ,  RAMAN, Annamalai

IPC分类号： H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/026 ,  H01M8/0265 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/12

摘要： A fuel cell system includes a stack of fuel cells, an anode recuperator configured to heat fuel provided to the stack using anode exhaust generated by the stack, an anode exhaust distribution structure fluidly connecting a fuel outlet the stack to an anode exhaust inlet of the anode recuperator, and a reformation catalyst disposed in the anode exhaust distribution structure.

公开(公告)号：EP4270553A3

公开(公告)日：2024-01-17

申请号：EP22205536.0

申请日：2022-11-04

申请人： Bloom Energy Corporation

发明人： RAMAN, Annamalai ,  BHANGU, Karanpal ,  FUNG, Victor ,  BASU, Nilanjana ,  PETRUCHA, Michael

IPC分类号： H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/2432 ,  H01M8/2483 ,  H01M8/2485 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/2425 ,  H01M8/2484 ,  H01M8/249 ,  H01M8/12

摘要： Various embodiments of a reactant feed and return assembly, such as an anode splitter plate (ASP), are provided for facilitating reactant feed flow in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack system. Embodiments include a reactant feed and return assembly including at least one nozzle structure along a flow path of a reactant feed to a fuel cell stack. The at least one nozzle structure may include a width dimension that decreases along the flow path of the reactant. The at least one nozzle structure of the assembly may accelerate the reactant feed as it enters the adjacent fuel cell stack and may provide the reactant feed with sufficient kinetic energy to negate the effects of an increase in viscous resistance along the reactant flow path through the fuel cell stack.

公开(公告)号：EP4270553A2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-01

申请号：EP22205536.0

申请日：2022-11-04

申请人： Bloom Energy Corporation

发明人： RAMAN, Annamalai ,  BHANGU, Karanpal ,  FUNG, Victor ,  BASU, Nilanjana ,  PETRUCHA, Michael

IPC分类号： H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/2432 ,  H01M8/2483 ,  H01M8/2485

摘要： Various embodiments of a reactant feed and return assembly, such as an anode splitter plate (ASP), are provided for facilitating reactant feed flow in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack system. Embodiments include a reactant feed and return assembly including at least one nozzle structure along a flow path of a reactant feed to a fuel cell stack. The at least one nozzle structure may include a width dimension that decreases along the flow path of the reactant. The at least one nozzle structure of the assembly may accelerate the reactant feed as it enters the adjacent fuel cell stack and may provide the reactant feed with sufficient kinetic energy to negate the effects of an increase in viscous resistance along the reactant flow path through the fuel cell stack.