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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Clarence Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sean Michael James, Olympia, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Fuel cell systems configured for efficient byproduct recovery and reuse are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a fuel cell system includes a reformer configured to reform a fuel containing methane (CH) with steam to produce a reformed fuel having methane (CH), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrogen (H). The fuel cell system also includes a fuel cell configured to perform an electrochemical reaction between a first portion of the reformed fuel and oxygen (O) to produce electricity and an exhaust having carbon dioxide (CO), water (HO), and a second portion of the reformed fuel. The fuel cell system further includes an oxygen enricher configured to generate an oxygen enriched gas and a combustion chamber configured to combust the second portion of the reformed fuel with the oxygen enriched gas.