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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2017
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jayakumar Krishnadass, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew James Hall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Venkat V. Ramani, Milpitas, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various systems and methods disclosed herein may include a fuel cell system that may dynamically respond to changes in steam concentration in the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack that produces an anode exhaust stream, an anode recycle blower that receives the anode exhaust stream and outputs an anode recycle stream, and a humidity sensor configured to measure the steam concentration of the anode recycle stream. The fuel cell system may also include a master controller configured to receive steam concentration measurement from the humidity sensor and control the operation of the anode recycle blower and/or other components based on the steam concentration measurement.