Turbocompressor impelling fuel recycle in fuel cell power plant
US7465510B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fuel cell power plant (7, 7a) has a stack (8) fed hydrogen-rich fuel gas from a source (14, 14a) with fuel recycle (30, 34) through a compressor (20) of a turbocompressor (19) having a turbine (17, 17a) driven either by high pressure hydrogen (14) or air exhaust (41).
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