FCEL & XOM patent application Feb 08 2024ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and FuelCell Energy, Inc. are parties to a joint research agreement
Publication number: 20240047725
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 19, 2023
Publication Date: Feb 8, 2024
Inventors: Keith E. Davis (Southbury, CT), Frank Hershkowitz (Basking Ridge, NJ), Lu Han (Beaumont, TX), Clay R. Sutton (Pittstown, NJ), Paul J. Rubas (Milford, NJ)
Application Number: 18/136,699
International Classification: H01M 8/2475 (20060101); H01M 8/2483 (20060101); H01M 8/2484 (20060101); H01M 8/04014 (20060101); H01M 8/04089 (20060101); H01M 8/04701 (20060101); H01M 8/249 (20060101);
This application is a divisional application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/695,368, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, and titled FUEL CELL MODULE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEMS USING SAME, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
A module assembly is provided including a fuel cell stack assembly, a heat exchanger, and a housing enclosing the fuel cell stack assembly and the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to receive process gas from an external source and output said process gas to the fuel cell stack assembly, and configured to receive process gas from the fuel cell stack assembly and output said process gas. A fuel cell power plant is provided including a module assembly with a first end, a racking structure configured to hold the module assembly, balance of plant equipment, and ducting configured to provide fluid communication between the balance of plant equipment and the first end of the module assembly. The module assembly and the racking structure are configured such that the module assembly may be removed from the racking structure in a direction away from the first end of the module assembly.
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