ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM WITH STEAM GENERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230013942A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17813143

    申请日:2022-07-18

    IPC分类号: C25B1/042

    摘要: An electrolyzer system includes a stack of solid oxide electrolyzer cells configured receive steam and output a hydrogen exhaust and an oxygen exhaust, a supplemental steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, a water preheater configured to preheat water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, and a primary steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing the water preheated by the water preheater.

    FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH IMPROVED FUEL UTILIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230146574A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17938718

    申请日:2022-10-07

    摘要: A fuel cell system includes at least one hot box including a fuel cell stack and producing an anode exhaust product, at least one hydrogen pump, at least one product conduit fluidly connecting an anode exhaust product outlet of the hot box to an inlet of the at least one hydrogen pump, a compressed hydrogen product conduit connected to a compressed hydrogen product outlet of the at least one hydrogen pump, and at least one effluent conduit connected to an unpumped effluent outlet of the at least one hydrogen pump. Additional embodiments include a fuel cell system in which the anode exhaust product stream is provided to at least one carbon dioxide pump to generate a compressed carbon dioxide product and an unpumped effluent that may be recycled to the at least one hot box of the fuel cell system. In various embodiments, the fuel cell system may use or recapture essentially all of the hydrogen content and nearly all of the carbon content of the input fuel that is provided to the fuel cell system.