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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Adil Ashary, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Perry, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Dole, San Jose, CA (US);
Ivan Hartana, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Emad El Batawi, Mountain View, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes fuel cells disposed in a stack and separated by interconnects, a cathode recuperator configured to heat air provided to the stack using reaction exhaust provided from the stack, a steam generator configured to receive the reaction exhaust from the cathode recuperator and generate steam using the reaction exhaust, a hot box housing the stack, cathode recuperator, and steam generator, and a Cr filter including a porous metal and configured to remove Cr vapor species from the reaction exhaust.