Fuel cell device
US10483575B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is based on a fuel cell device which is provided to be operated with a natural gas, having a fuel cell unit (12) and an anode gas processor (14) arranged upstream of the fuel cell unit (12), which anode gas processor is provided to prepare the natural gas for use in the fuel cell unit (12) and which comprises a desulfurization unit (18), which is provided to desulfurize the natural gas, an oxidation unit (20), which is provided to perform partial oxidation, and a reformer unit (22), which is provided to produce at least one fuel gas.It is proposed that the fuel cell device comprise a recirculation unit (16), which is provided to supply at least a proportion of an anode waste gas from the fuel cell unit (12) to the fuel cell device (10).
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