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Fuel cell composite plant

US4595642A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 1985
Grant dateJun 17, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fuel cell composite plant characterized by comprising a fuel cell, a device for feeding a fuel gas to an anode of the fuel cell, a gas separator for feeding a high-purity oxygen gas containing argon to a cathode of the fuel cell, a combustor for burning unreacted gases from the anode and the cathode, and a cooling device for condensating and removing water from a burned gas in order to obtain an argon gas.

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