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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Frank Hershkowitz, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Timothy A. Barckholtz, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Paul J. Berlowitz, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Sandipan K. Das, Spring, TX (US);
Thomas A. Badgwell, Clinton, NJ (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for arranging processing units in a common volume to allow for processing of a fluid flow as part of a mass and/or heat transfer process. Fuel cells are examples of processing units that include separate flow paths for processing two input fluid flows with mass and/or heat transfer between the separate flow paths. The arrangements described herein can allow a gas phase fluid flow to be delivered to a first process flow path of processing units in a common volume. The gas phase fluid flow can be delivered in a relatively uniform manner without the use of an intervening manifold to distribute gas from the common volume into the processing units.