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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Applicant:
James Frederick Mcelroy, Suffield, CT (US);
Inventor:
James Frederick McElroy, Suffield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Ion America Corporation, Moffett Field, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M008/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell system includes a solid oxide fuel cell stack and a hydrogen recovery unit connected to a fuel supply inlet conduit and to a fuel exhaust outlet conduit. The hydrogen recovery unit is adapted to selectively transfer at least a portion of hydrogen from the fuel exhaust stream to the hydrocarbon fuel inlet stream.