Bloom Energy Corporation

Virpaul Bains

Arne Watson Ballantine

Matthias Gottmann

David Weingaertner

Martin Perry

Swaminathan Venkataraman

Navaneetha Krishnan

Michael Petrucha

David Edmonston

David Trevisan

Nilanjana Basu

William David Lyle

Vlad Kalika

Andy Ta

Ram Ramanan

Kirsten Burpee

Ananda Sundararajan

Brent Cheldelin

Various hot box fuel cell system components are provided, such as heat exchangers, steam generator and other components.

SOFC hot box components

Embodiments relate to a fuel cell system. In an embodiment, the fuel cell system includes advanced leak test capabilities. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a system to bypass one or more separation units while permitting the fuel cell system to continue to produce electricity. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes an alignment system that permits ease of alignment when a fuel cell module is installed proximate a fuel processing module. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a system of supplying auxiliary fuel from a mobile auxiliary fuel supply. In an embodiment, one or more or all of these embodiments may be practiced together in combination.

Method of operating a fuel cell system with bypass ports in a fuel processing assembly

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Union City, CA, United States of America

Virpaul Bains