Ballard Power Systems Corporation

Ford Motor Company Limited

Daimler Ag

Paul L Paterson

Janusz Blaszczyk

Wolfram Fleck

Rainer W Schmidt

Rainer Schmidt

An apparatus for recirculating a reactant fluid stream of a fuel cell system, and electric power generation systems comprising the apparatus, are disclosed. The apparatus comprises (1) a common suction chamber fluidly connected to a suction inlet configured to receive a recirculated flow from the exhaust stream of the fuel cell stack, (2) a low-flow nozzle positioned in the common suction chamber and fluidly connected to a low-flow motive inlet configured to receive a first motive flow from a reactant source of the fuel cell stack, (3) a low-flow diffuser fluidly connected to a discharge outlet configured to provide the inlet stream to the fuel cell stack, (4) a high-flow nozzle positioned in the common suction chamber and fluidly connected to a high-flow motive inlet configured to receive the first motive flow from the reactant source, and (5) a high-flow diffuser fluidly connected to the discharge outlet.

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Paul L Paterson