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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J. Dickman, Bend, OR (US);
David J. Edlund, Bend, OR (US);
William A. Pledger, Sisters, OR (US);
Assignee:
IdaTech, LLC, Bend, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
Abstract
A system and method for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system comprising a fuel processor and a fuel cell stack. The system includes a heat recovery system including a heat exchange fluid that recovers thermal energy from such sources as the combustion exhaust from the fuel processor, the cathode chamber exhaust from the fuel cell stack and/or the fuel cell stack directly.