Abstract:
A high-lithium carbonate electrolyte formed from a eutectic carbonate mixture including lithium carbonate and from an additional lithium-containing component adapted to form lithium carbonate during at least one of initial heat up and operation of the fuel cell.
Abstract:
An integrated power production system including a fossil fuel power plant for processing fossil based fuel such as coal or natural gas arranged in tandem with a carbonate fuel cell having an anode and a cathode section. The flue gas of the power plant serves exclusively as the inlet gas for the cathode section of the fuel cell. Anode exhaust gas leaving the anode section of the fuel cell is subjected to processing including sequestration of the carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas.
Abstract:
A fuel cell system and method in which the fuel cell system receives an input oxidant gas and an input fuel gas, and in which a fuel processing assembly is adapted to humidify the input fuel gas supplied to the anode The cathode receives the oxidant input gas via an anode oxidizing assembly which couples the output of the anode of the fuel cell to the inlet of the cathode of the fuel cell during normal operation, shutdown and restart of the fuel cell system, and a control assembly is adapted to respond to shutdown of the fuel cell system, dupng which input fuel gas and input oxidant gas cease to be received by the fuel cell system Dupng system shut down, the control assembly enables a purging gas to flow through the fuel processing assembly and anode to remove humidified fuel gas from the fuel cell processing assembly.
Abstract:
An assembly having fuel cell plate structure adapted for use in a fuel cell in which gas flow channels are arranged to carry process gas adjacent the active and wet seal areas of the fuel cell, the plate structure having one or more baffles arranged such that when the plate structure is in the fuel cell the baffles of the plate structure cause the process gas flowing adjacent the wet seal areas to be directed away from the wet seal areas and toward the active areas of the cell.
Abstract:
A fuel cell assembly including a fuel reforming unit for reforming a fuel supply for a series of fuel cells constituting a fuel cell stack. The reformed fuel supply is routed first to the anode of the fuel cell most adjacent the reforming unit, and thereafter to a manifold external to the stack. The manifold intakes that portion of the reformed fuel supply not fully exhausted after passing through the first anode and feeds such reformed fuel to successive fuel cells in series, thus providing staged fuel supply throughout the stack and optimal fuel utilization in producing electricity. The reforming unit includes a series of baffles for directing the reformed fuel supply to the first anode and to the manifold to maximize utilization of fuel consumed by cells in the stack. Also, cooling occurring as a result of the endothermic reaction occurring in the reforming unit is captured and spread optimally throughout the stack to achieve optimal temperature gradients throughout the stack, thus enabling optimal operation of and increased life of the stack.
Abstract:
A modular fuel cell stack assembly comprising a plurality of fuel cell stacks, each of the stacks having a plurality of stack faces and a plurality of stack corners formed between the stack faces, wherein the plurality of stack faces include a cathode inlet face adapted to receive oxidant gas for use in a cathode side of the fuel cell stack, a cathode outlet face adapted to output cathode exhaust from the cathode side, an anode inlet face adapted to receive fuel for use in an anode side of the fuel cell stack and an anode outlet face adapted to output anode exhaust from the anode side, and wherein at least one of the cathode inlet face, cathode outlet face, anode inlet face and anode outlet face is an open face without a manifold, and a containment structure for housing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and for providing fuel and oxidant gas to said fuel cell stacks, the containment structure including at least one sealed chamber for sealingly enclosing and isolating at least one open face. Also provided is a modular fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of fuel cell stacks, an oxidizer disposed centrally of the fuel cell stacks and adapted to receive anode exhaust from the fuel cell stacks, to generate oxidant gas using the anode exhaust and to distribute the oxidant gas to the fuel cell stacks, and a containment structure for housing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the oxidizer and adapted to receive fuel and distribute the fuel to the fuel cell stacks.
Abstract:
A fuel cell system (200) with improved electrical isolation having a fuel cell stack (1) with a positive potential end (1c1) and a negative potential (1b1), a manifold (6) for use in coupling gases to and from a face (1a) of the fuel cell stack, an electrical isolating assembly (201) for electrically isolating the manifold from the stack, and a unit (7) for adjusting an electrical potential of the manifold such as to impede the flow of electrolyte from the stack across the isolating assembly.
Abstract:
A loaded plate for use with or as part of a fuel cell of a fuel cell stack in which the loading material of the plate is in cord form. The loading material can be either an electrolyte or a catalyst and the cord form is realized by extruding the loading material on the plate.
Abstract:
A high-performance carbonate electrolyte for use in a molten carbonate fuel cell comprising a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, an electrolyte matrix and at least a cathode current collector abutting said cathode electrode, the high- performance carbonate electrolyte comprising: a first carbonate electrolyte stored in at least the cathode electrode of the molten carbonate fuel cell comprising a mixture of eutectic Li/Na carbonate electrolyte doped with one or more additive materials and one or more lithium precursors, wherein the additive materials include one or more of Rb2C03, Cs2C03, BaC03, La203, Bi203, Ta205 and mixtures thereof, and a second carbonate electrolyte stored in at least the cathode current collector, the second carbonate electrolyte having a composition that is the same or different from the first carbonate electrolyte.
Abstract translation:一种用于熔融碳酸盐燃料电池的高性能碳酸盐电解质,包括阴极电极,阳极电极,电解质基体和与所述阴极接触的至少阴极集电体,所述高性能碳酸盐电解质包括:第一碳酸盐电解质 存储在熔融碳酸盐燃料电池的至少阴极中,其包含掺杂有一种或多种添加剂材料的共晶Li / Na碳酸盐电解质和一种或多种锂前体的混合物,其中所述添加剂材料包括一种或多种Rb 2 CO 3,Cs 2 CO 3, BaCO 3,La 2 O 3,Bi 2 O 3,Ta 2 O 5及其混合物,以及存储在至少阴极集电体中的第二碳酸酯电解质,所述第二碳酸酯电解质具有与所述第一碳酸酯电解质相同或不同的组成。
Abstract:
An apparatus and method in which a delayed carbonate electrolyte is stored in the storage areas of a non-electrolyte matrix fuel cell component and is of a preselected content so as to obtain a delayed time release of the electrolyte in the storage areas in the operating temperature range of the fuel cell.