Integral air preheater and start-up heating means for solid oxide fuel cell power generators
US7320836B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high temperature fuel cell generator (10) having a housing (12) containing a top air feed plenum (80), a bottom fuel inlet (54), a fuel reaction generator chamber (62) containing fuel cells (42) and a reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber (38) above the fuel reaction generator chamber (62), where inlet air (14) can be heated internally within the housing in at least one interior heat transfer zone/block (92) located between the reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber (38) and the air feed plenum (80).
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