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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert James Perry, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Matthew Joseph Alinger, Delmar, NY (US);
Bruce Philip Biederman, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Irfan Saif Hussaini, Glenville, NY (US);
Irina Spiry, Gloversville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A power generation system includes a fuel cell including an anode that generates a tail gas. The system also includes a hydrocarbon fuel reforming system that mixes a hydrocarbon fuel with the fuel cell tail gas and to convert the hydrocarbon fuel and fuel tail gas into a reformed fuel stream including CO. The reforming system further splits the reformed fuel stream into a first portion and a second portion. The system further includes a COremoval system coupled in flow communication with the reforming system. The system also includes a first reformed fuel path coupled to the reforming system. The first path channels the first portion of the reformed fuel stream to an anode inlet. The system further includes a second reformed fuel path coupled to the reforming system. The second path channels the second portion of the reformed fuel stream to the COremoval system.