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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard J Bonville, Marlborough, CT (US);
Albert P Grasso, Vernon, CT (US);
Richard A Sederquist, Newington, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Fuel Cells Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 42 ; 55 44 ; 55 48 ; 55 51 ; 55 54 ; 55 70 ;
Abstract
The fuel cell power plant has a closed water circulation system whose only source of fresh water is the electrochemical reaction in the power section. The water becomes contaminated with ammonia and carbon dioxide in the fuel contact cooler and the ammonia and carbon dioxide are stripped out of the water by steam produced by operating the plant. The ammonia and carbon dioxide-laden steam is vented from the plant. The amount of water lost from the plant as steam is less than the amount of available water produced in the electrochemical reaction.