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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Simon Ralph Sanderson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventor:
Simon Ralph Sanderson, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel cell module includes at least one fuel cell stack comprising a number of fuel cell units. An inlet is configured to receive an oxidant flow for supplying the fuel cell stack. An outlet is configured to exhaust an exhaust oxidant flow generated by the fuel cell stack. A recirculation path is configured to convey at least about thirty percent (30%) of the exhaust oxidant flow from the outlet to the inlet as a recirculated exhaust flow, for combination with the new oxidant flow to form the oxidant flow to the fuel cell stack.