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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
James Mcelroy, Suffield, CT (US);
Matthias Gottmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Finn, Mountain View, CA (US);
James McElroy, Suffield, CT (US);
Matthias Gottmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Swaminathan Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Finn, Mountain View, CA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method in which a high temperature fuel cell stack exhaust stream is recycled back into the fuel inlet stream of the high temperature fuel cell stack. The recycled stream may be sent to a carbon dioxide separation device which separates carbon dioxide from the fuel exhaust stream. The carbon dioxide separation device may be a carbon dioxide trap, an electrochemical carbon dioxide separator, or a membrane separator. A water separator may be used in conjunction with the carbon dioxide separation device or used separately to continuously remove water from the recycled stream.