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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nilanjana Basu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nandan Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hemant Gedam, Bangalore, IN;
Kyle Kekelis, Oakland, CA (US);
David Edmonston, Soquel, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0662 (2016.01); H01M 8/1246 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/2475 (2016.01); H01M 8/2485 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); H01M 8/1246 (2013.01); H01M 8/04335 (2013.01); H01M 8/04708 (2013.01); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.02); H01M 8/2485 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a stack of fuel cells, a cathode recuperator configured to heat air using cathode exhaust output from the stack, and an air inlet baffle disposed between the cathode recuperator and the stack and containing at least two rows of apertures which are separated along a vertical direction and configured to provide the heated air output from the cathode recuperator to plural areas of the stack.