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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Saurabh Vilekar, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Christian Junaedi, Cheshire, CT (US);
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a thermally-integrated solid oxide fuel cell system, providing for a solid oxide fuel cell stack disposed within a stack hotbox; a heat extractor disposed within the stack hotbox in thermal communication with the fuel cell stack and circumscribed around a full or partial perimeter of the fuel cell stack; a fuel reformer-combustor module disposed within the stack hotbox in thermal communication with the stack and disposed around a full or partial perimeter of the heat extractor; and a manifold fluidly connecting an outlet of the heat extractor to an inlet of a reformer section of the fuel reformer-combustor module.