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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Martin Perry, Mountainview, CA (US);
Michael Gasda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 15/08 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/32 (2006.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01); C25B 9/19 (2021.01); C25B 13/07 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 15/083 (2021.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); B01D 53/326 (2013.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01); C25B 9/19 (2021.01); C25B 13/07 (2021.01); C25B 15/087 (2021.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a solid oxide electrolyzer system includes providing a water inlet stream to at least one solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC), generating a wet hydrogen product stream from the at least one SOEC, providing the wet hydrogen product stream to at least one hydrogen pump, generating a compressed hydrogen product and an unpumped effluent in the at least one hydrogen pump, and recycling at least a portion of the unpumped effluent upstream of the at least one hydrogen pump.