公开(公告)号：US10930943B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16217558

申请日：2018-12-12

Applicant: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Aniket Pratap ,  Siddharth Patel ,  Sumit Raj ,  Shraddesh Malviya ,  Mosur K. Premkumar ,  Arne Ballantine ,  Martin Perry ,  Michael Petrucha

IPC: H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04701 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  H01M8/2475 ,  H01M8/04225 ,  H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/0662

Abstract: A fuel cell system and method of operating the same, the system including: a fuel cell stack and a reaction zone configured to receive a fuel/air mixture; an electromagnetic induction glow plug configured to heat the fuel/air mixture; and an alternating current (AC) generator configured to provide an AC voltage to the glow plug. The glow plug includes a housing extending outside of the hotbox, a heating element disposed in the housing, and a coil coiled around the housing, electrically connected to the AC generator, and configured to inductively heat the heating element.