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US 2019/0097255 A1Published application
Fuel cell module housing with field replaceable stacks
AssigneeFuelCell Energy, Inc.
InventorsKeith DAVIS, Stephen JOLLY, Michael L. QUATANNENS, Matthew LAMBRECH
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Abstract
A fuel cell module includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks; a manifold configured to provide process gases to and receive process gases from the plurality of fuel cell stacks; and a module housing enclosing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the manifold. Each of the plurality of fuel cell stacks is individually installable onto the manifold by lowering the fuel cell stack onto the manifold, and is individually removable from the manifold by raising the fuel cell stack from the manifold.
Claims15
A fuel cell module comprising:
- a plurality of fuel cell stacks;
- a manifold configured to provide process gases to and receive process gases from the plurality of fuel cell stacks;
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- a module housing enclosing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the manifold;
- wherein each of the plurality of fuel cell stacks is individually installable onto the manifold by lowering the fuel cell stack onto the manifold, and is individually removable from the manifold by raising the fuel cell stack from the manifold.
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A power plant comprising:
- a plurality of fuel cell modules, wherein each of the fuel cell modules comprises:
- a plurality of fuel cell stacks;
- a manifold configured to provide process gases to and receive process gases from the plurality of fuel cell stacks;
- and
- a module housing enclosing the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the manifold;
- wherein each of the plurality of fuel cell stacks is individually installable onto the manifold by lowering the fuel cell stack onto the manifold, and is individually removable from the manifold by raising the fuel cell stack from the manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.