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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Fuelcell Energy, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Fred C. Jahnke, Rye, NY (US);
Stephen Jolly, Middlebury, CT (US);
Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, New Milford, CT (US);
FuelCell Energy, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A molten carbonate fuel cell-powered system for capturing carbon dioxide produced by a steam methane reformer system. Tail gas from a pressure swing adsorption system is mixed with exhaust gas from the fuel cell anode, then pressurized and cooled to extract liquefied carbon dioxide. The residual low-COgas is directed to an anode gas oxidizer, to the anode, to the reformer to be burned for fuel, and/or to the pressure swing adsorption system. Low-COflue gas from the reformer can be vented to the atmosphere or directed to the anode gas oxidizer. Reduction in the amount of COreaching the fuel cell allows the fuel cell to be sized according to the power demands of the system and eliminates the need to export additional power output.