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Solid oxide fuel cell power plant having a bootstrap start-up system [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The bootstrap start-up system (42) achieves an efficient start-up of the power plant (10) that minimizes formation of soot within a reformed hydrogen rich fuel. A burner (48) receives un-reformed fuel directly from the fuel supply (30) and combusts the fuel to heat cathode air which then heats an electrolyte (24) within the fuel cell (12). A dilute hydrogen forming gas (68) cycles through a sealed heat-cycling loop (66) to transfer heat and generated steam from an anode side (32) of the electrolyte (24) through fuel processing system (36) components (38, 40) and back to an anode flow field (26) until fuel processing system components (38, 40) achieve predetermined optimal temperatures and steam content. Then, the heat-cycling loop (66) is unsealed and the un-reformed fuel is admitted into the fuel processing system (36) and anode flow (26) field to commence ordinary operation of the power plant (10).
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E 1.99:9,461,328
9,461,328
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Published through SciTech Connect.
10/04/2016.
"9,461,328"
"13/589,281"
Michael T Lines.
Ballard Power Systems Inc. Burnaby, CA (United States)
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NT0003894
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