Bloom Energy Corporation

Aniket Pratap

Michael Petrucha

Siddharth Patel

Arne Watson Ballantine

Martin Perry

Shraddesh Malviya

Sumit Raj

Mosur K Premkumar

A fuel cell system includes at least one spark igniter containing an insulated cable where at least a first end of the insulated cable is positioned within a reaction zone of the fuel cell system. A power supply is configured to provide a direct current (DC) voltage to the at least one spark igniter such that a spark is generated at the first end of the insulated cable.

Internal light off mechanism for solid oxide fuel cell system startup using a spark ignitor

A fuel cell system and method of operating the same, the system including: a fuel cell stack and a reaction zone configured to receive a fuel/air mixture; an electromagnetic induction glow plug configured to heat the fuel/air mixture; and an alternating current (AC) generator configured to provide an AC voltage to the glow plug. The glow plug includes a housing extending outside of the hotbox, a heating element disposed in the housing, and a coil coiled around the housing, electrically connected to the AC generator, and configured to inductively heat the heating element.

Fuel cell system including inductive heating element and method of using same

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