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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Trevisan, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham Bruno Caulk, San Jose, CA (US);
Emma Campbell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chad Pearson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jessica Mahler, Mountain View, CA (US);
Venkat Ramani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gilbert Richards, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christian Daco, Fremont, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A sorbent bed assembly, a fuel cell system including the sorbent bed assembly, and methods of using the same. The sorbent bed assembly includes sorbent beds disposed in a stack, such that the sorbent beds extend lengthwise in a non-vertical direction, and conduits configured to fluidly connect the sorbent beds. One or more of the sorbent beds may also include a housing, a removable cartridge disposed in the housing and comprising a sorbent material configured to purify the fuel, and a support configured to prevent the fuel from bypassing the cartridge when the fuel flows through the housing.