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AssigneePlug Power Inc.
InventorsAnton Scholten, Petrus Franciscus M. T. van Nisselrooij, Joannes Maria der Kinderen, Heinz Werner Freese
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The fuel processor system of the invention generates hydrogen from a hydrocarbon compound or from mixtures of hydrocarbon compounds for generating electric energy and heat by way of a combustion path, along which the generated hydrogen is passed for combustion. Included in the combustion path is at least one fuel cell for generating electric energy. The system further includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, which, on the one hand, are series included in the combustion path downstream of the fuel cell. The first heat exchanger exchanges heat between the combustion path and a first heating circuit which includes the fuel cell. The second heat exchanger exchanges heat between the combustion path and a second heating circuit which includes the fuel processor. The generated hydrogen undergoes combustion where the fuel cell assists in generating electric energy and, optionally, the fuel processor assists in generating heat.
A system provided with a fuel processor for generating hydrogen from a hydrocarbon compound and a combustion path, along which the generated hydrogen is passed for combustion, and in which combustion path at least one fuel cell is included for at least generating electric energy and optionally heat through combustion of the hydrogen generated by the fuel processor, characterized in that the system is further provided with a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger which, on the one hand, are series included in the combustion path downstream of the fuel cell, a first heating circuit in which the fuel cell is included, and a second heating circuit in which the fuel processor is included, which first heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the first heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the first heating circuit, and which second heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the second heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the second heating circuit;
A system provided with a fuel processor for generating hydrogen from a hydrocarbon compound and a combustion path, along which the generated hydrogen is passed for combustion, and in which combustion path at least one fuel cell is included for at least generating electric energy and optionally heat through combustion of the hydrogen generated by the fuel processor, characterized in that the system is further provided with a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger which, on the one hand, are series included in the combustion path downstream of the fuel cell, a first heating circuit in which the fuel cell is included, and a second heating circuit in which the fuel processor is included, which first heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the first heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the first heating circuit, and which second heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the second heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the second heating circuit;
A system provided with a fuel processor for generating hydrogen from a hydrocarbon compound and a combustion path, along which the generated hydrogen is passed for combustion, and in which combustion path at least one fuel cell is included for at least generating electric energy and optionally heat through combustion of the hydrogen generated by the fuel processor, characterized in that the system is further provided with a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger which, on the one hand, are series included in the combustion path downstream of the fuel cell, a first heating circuit in which the fuel cell is included, and a second heating circuit in which the fuel processor is included, which first heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the first heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the first heating circuit, and which second heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the second heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the second heating circuit;
A system provided with a fuel processor for generating hydrogen from a hydrocarbon compound and a combustion path, along which the generated hydrogen is passed for combustion, and in which combustion path at least one fuel cell is included for at least generating electric energy and optionally heat through combustion of the hydrogen generated by the fuel processor, characterized in that the system is further provided with a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger which, on the one hand, are series included in the combustion path downstream of the fuel cell, a first heating circuit in which the fuel cell is included, and a second heating circuit in which the fuel processor is included, which first heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the first heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the first heating circuit, and which second heat exchanger, on the other hand, is included in the second heating circuit for exchanging heat between the combustion path and the second heating circuit;
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