VERTICALLY INTEGRATED FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DATA CENTER SERVER RACKSA system includes a multi-level structure, a fuel cell power generation system including a plurality of power modules and at least one step load module containing supercapacitors located on at least o…DRIVE·May 7·1 min readFollowH05K7/1497Bloom Energy Corporation
HANDLING OF VARIABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE GAS COMPOSITION CHANGES TO MAXIMIZE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL SYSTEMSA disclosed fuel cell system includes a fuel inlet that receives a fuel gas from a fuel source, a gas analyzer that determines a composition of the fuel gas received by the fuel inlet, and a stack inc…DRIVE·May 7·2 min readFollowH01M8/04753Bloom Energy Corporation
FUEL PLENUM AND FUEL CELL STACK INCLUDING SAMEA fuel cell stack fuel plenum includes a base plate including an inlet hole and an outlet hole, a dielectric layer disposed on the base plate and including an inlet hole and an outlet hole, a cover pl…DRIVE·Apr 9·2 min readFollowH01M8/2483Bloom Energy Corporation
DIELECTRIC CONDUIT ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOFA conduit assembly includes a dielectric tube having a first end and a second end, a first metal tube including a first flange coupled to the first end of the inner dielectric tube, the first flange i…DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min readFollowH01M8/04216Bloom Energy Corporation
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING POWER LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH FUEL CELL SYSTEMSEmbodiments of the present disclosure provide control systems and methods to reduce wastage of energy associated with fuel cell systems. The method includes transmitting DC power from a plurality of f…DRIVE·Dec 28·2 min readFollowH02J3/00Bloom Energy Corporation
ELECTROLYZER POWER CONVERSIONA power control device for an electrolyzer that is configured to receive electrical current from a plurality of electrical power sources, rectify alternating current from a first subset of the plurali…DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min readFollowH02J3/381Bloom Energy Corporation
GRID SUPPORTING ELECTROLYZERSystems, devices, methods, and instructions for operating an electrolyzer, including setting a nominal frequency or a nominal voltage of a connected electrical power system, the electrolyzer being con…DRIVE·Aug 3·1 min readFollowC25B15/02Bloom Energy Corporation
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH HYDROGEN PUMPING CELL WITH CARBON MONOXIDE TOLERANT ANODES AND INTEGRATED SHIFT REACTORA fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit configured to provide a fuel to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack, an electrochemical pump separator containing an electrolyte, a …DRIVE·Jul 20·1 min readFollowH01M8/241Bloom Energy Corporation
Optimized Processing of Electrodes for SOFC and SOECTechniques for fabricating a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) including sintering an electrolyte, printing a fuel-side electrode disposed on a fuel side of the electrolyte, printing an air-side el…DRIVE·Jul 13·1 min readFollowH01M4/9033Bloom Energy Corporation
ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM WITH STEAM GENERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEAn electrolyzer system and a fuel cell system that include hydrogen blowers configured to compress hydrogen streams generated by the systems. The electrolyzer system includes a steam generator configu…DRIVE·May 18·1 min readFollowH01M16/003Bloom Energy Corporation
FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING FUEL EXHAUST PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEA fuel cell system and method, the system including a hotbox, a fuel cell stack disposed in the hotbox, an anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) disposed in the hotbox, and a fuel exhaust processor fluidly co…DRIVE·May 18·1 min readFollowH01M8/0681Bloom Energy Corporation
FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH IMPROVED FUEL UTILIZATIONA fuel cell system includes at least one hot box including a fuel cell stack and producing an anode exhaust product, at least one hydrogen pump, at least one product conduit fluidly connecting an anod…DRIVE·May 11·2 min readFollowH01M8/04097Bloom Energy Corporation
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM CONTAINING LOW TEMPERATURE OXIDIZER AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME WITH REDUCED CARBON MONOXIDE OUTPUTA fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack configured to generate electricity, an anode exhaust and a cathode exhaust, an anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) configured to oxidize the anode exhaust using…DRIVE·Jan 12·1 min readFollowH01M8/0668Bloom Energy Corporation
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL HAVING LAMINATED ANODE AND ELECTROLYTE LAYERS AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOFA solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a ceramic electrolyte having a thickness of 100 microns or less, an anode laminated to a first side of the electrolyte, and a cathode located on a second side o…DRIVE·Dec 15·1 min readFollowH01M8/1246Bloom Energy Corporation
HYDROGEN PUMPING PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH CARBON MONOXIDE TOLERANT ANODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOFA carbon monoxide (CO) tolerant membrane electrode assembly (MEA) includes an ionically-conductive proton exchange membrane, an anode contacting a first side of the membrane and including a hydrophobi…DRIVE·Oct 13·1 min readFollowH01M8/1004Bloom Energy Corporation