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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Siddharth Patel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Petrucha, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adrian Basharain, San Leandro, CA (US);
Victor Fung, Daly City, CA (US);
Martin Perry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Emad El Batawi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Edmonston, Soquel, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A fuel cell column includes first and second fuel cell stacks, a fuel manifold disposed between the first and second fuel cell stacks and configured to provide fuel to the first and second fuel cell stacks, and first and second dielectric separators located between the fuel manifold and the respective first and second fuel cell stacks, and configured to electrically isolate the respective first and second fuel cell stacks from the fuel manifold. The first and second dielectric separators each include a top layer of a ceramic material, a bottom layer of the ceramic material, a middle layer disposed between the top and bottom layers and including a material having a lower density and a higher dielectric strength than the ceramic material, and glass or glass ceramic seals which connect the middle layer to the top and bottom layers.