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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2024
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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/1011 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.01); H01M 8/0662 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/1231 (2016.01); H01M 8/1233 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/1013 (2013.01); H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04059 (2013.01); H01M 8/04097 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.02); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); H01M 8/1011 (2013.01); H01M 8/1231 (2016.02); H01M 8/1233 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a fuel cell system includes vaporizing a liquid fuel in a vaporizer located in a hot box using heat generated by the fuel cell system to form a fuel vapor, and providing the fuel vapor to a stack of fuel cells located in the hot box to generate power.