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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Daniel Braithwaite, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tibor Fabian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Friedrich B. Prince, Woodside, CA (US);
Daniel Braithwaite, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tibor Fabian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Friedrich B. Prince, Woodside, CA (US);
Ardica Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A fuel cell system for use with an endothermic fuel generator including a fuel cell stack having a primary fuel cell stack having a first thermal mass and a secondary fuel cell stack having a second thermal mass smaller than the first, the fuel cell system further including a first thermal coupling mechanism configured to thermally couple waste heat from the secondary fuel cell stack to the primary fuel cell stack, and a second thermal coupling mechanism configured to thermally couple waste heat from the fuel cell stack to the endothermic fuel generator.