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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Siddharth Patel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Aniket Pratap, Thane, IN;
Michael Petrucha, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.02); H01M 8/04268 (2013.01); H01M 8/04708 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes at least one spark igniter containing an insulated cable where at least a first end of the insulated cable is positioned within a reaction zone of the fuel cell system. A power supply is configured to provide a direct current (DC) voltage to the at least one spark igniter such that a spark is generated at the first end of the insulated cable.