Bloom Energy Corporation

Vanderbilt University

M Douglas LeVan

James F McElroy

John Finn

Swaminathan Venkataraman

Fred Mitlitsky

Yuqing Ding

A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream having a temperature above 200 C, lowering a temperature of the fuel exhaust stream to 200 C or less, separating the fuel exhaust stream into a first separated fuel exhaust stream and a second separated fuel exhaust stream, and recycling the first separated fuel exhaust stream into the fuel inlet stream.

Fuel cell system with partial recycling of anode exhaust

A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using partial pressure swing adsorption, and providing the hydrogen separated from the fuel exhaust stream into the fuel inlet stream.

Fuel cell anode exhaust fuel recovery by adsorption

A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using partial pressure swing adsorption, and providing the hydrogen separated from the fuel exhaust stream to a hydrogen storage vessel or to a hydrogen using device.

Partial pressure swing adsorption system for providing hydrogen to a vehicle fuel cell

A magnetic pumping system includes a pump, capable of urging a fluid therefrom during a forward stroke and a return stroke, having a piston disposed within a cylinder defined by a pump body, and a driver disposed external to the pump body. The driver is capable of moving the piston by a magnetic field interaction between the driver and the piston. The system further includes a check valve bridge, spaced away from the pump and in fluid communication with the cylinder, capable of allowing ingress and egress of the fluid into and out of the cylinder in response to a movement by the piston.

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Brentwood, TN, United States of America

M Douglas LeVan