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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
James F. Mcelroy, Suffield, CT (US);
John E. Finn, Mountain View, CA (US);
M. Douglas Levan, Brentwood, TN (US);
Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fred Mitlitsky, Livermore, CA (US);
James F. McElroy, Suffield, CT (US);
John E. Finn, Mountain View, CA (US);
M. Douglas LeVan, Brentwood, TN (US);
Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fred Mitlitsky, Livermore, CA (US);
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust stream, separating at least a portion of hydrogen contained in the fuel exhaust stream using partial pressure swing adsorption, and providing the hydrogen separated from the fuel exhaust stream to a hydrogen storage vessel or to a hydrogen using device.