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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Ballard Power Systems Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Kazuo Saito, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Tommy Skiba, East Hartford, CT (US);
Kirtikumar H. Patel, Berlin, CT (US);
Ballard Power Systems Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Abstract
An anode exhaust recycle turbocharger () has a turbocharger turbine () secured in fluid communication with a compressed oxidant stream within an oxidant inlet line () downstream from a compressed oxidant supply (), and the anode exhaust recycle turbocharger () also includes a turbocharger compressor () mechanically linked to the turbocharger turbine () and secured in fluid communication with a flow of anode exhaust passing through an anode exhaust recycle loop () of the solid oxide fuel cell power plant (). All or a portion of compressed oxidant within an oxidant inlet line () drives the turbocharger turbine () to thereby compress the anode exhaust stream in the recycle loop (). A high-temperature, automotive-type turbocharger () replaces a recycle loop blower-compressor ().