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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Weingaertner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/042 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/042 (2021.01);
Abstract
An electrolyzer system includes a stack of solid oxide electrolyzer cells configured receive steam and output a hydrogen exhaust and an oxygen exhaust, a supplemental steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, a water preheater configured to preheat water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, and a primary steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing the water preheated by the water preheater.