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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Trevisan, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruno Caulk, San Jose, CA (US);
Ross Parker, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gilbert Richards, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert M. Hintz, San Jose, CA (US);
Emma Campbell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig Metcho, San Francisco, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A sorbent bed assembly of a fuel cell system, including a first sorbent bed, a second sorbent bed and at least one third sorbent bed, the second sorbent bed disposed between the first sorbent bed and the at least one third sorbent bed, a cover plate on the plurality of sorbent beds and configured to connect the sorbent beds to one another, a fuel inlet connector on the cover plate and configured to receive a fuel, a manifold having a first fluid conduit configured to transport fuel between the first sorbent bed and at least one third sorbent bed, and a second fluid conduit configured to transport fuel between at least one third sorbent bed and the second sorbent bed, and a fuel outlet connector on the cover plate and configured to receive fuel that has passed through each of the sorbent beds.