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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elson Seiki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cheng-Yu Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bijan Moslehi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jakob Hilton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Drew Paran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ali Delkaninia, San Jose, CA (US);
Young Bui, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2016.01); H01M 8/008 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/008 (2013.01); Y02W 30/86 (2015.05);
Abstract
System and methods for refurbishing fuel cell stack components, the methods including singulating the stack using a splitting apparatus or a liquid nitrogen bath. Fuel cell debris may be removed from interconnects of the fuel cell stack using laser heating, flame heating, a die, sonication, a nubbed roller, grit blasting, and/or a high pressure fluid.