Global Patent Index - EP 2443690 A4

EP 2443690 A4 20131023 - SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEMS

Title (en)

SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEMS

Title (de)

SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN VON BRENNSTOFFZELLENSYSTEMEN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES ET PROCESSUS D'EXPLOITATION DE SYSTÈMES DE PILES À COMBUSTIBLE

Publication

EP 2443690 A4 20131023 (EN)

Application

EP 10789995 A 20100614

Priority

  • US 2010038492 W 20100614
  • US 18753909 P 20090616

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010147885A1] Processes and systems for operating molten carbonate fuel cell systems are described herein. A process for operating a molten carbonate fuel cell system includes providing a hydrogen-containing stream comprising molecular hydrogen to an anode portion of a molten carbonate fuel cell; controlling a flow rate of the hydrogen-containing stream to the anode such that molecular hydrogen utilization in the anode is less than 50%; mixing anode exhaust comprising molecular hydrogen from the molten carbonate fuel cell with a hydrocarbon stream comprising hydrocarbons, contacting at least a portion of the mixture of anode exhaust and the hydrocarbon stream with a catalyst to produce a steam reforming feed; separating at least a portion of molecular hydrogen from the steam reforming feed; and providing at least a portion of the separated molecular hydrogen to the molten carbonate fuel cell anode.

IPC 8 full level

H01M 8/18 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); C01B 3/48 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

C01B 3/38 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 3/382 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 3/386 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 3/48 (2013.01 - EP); H01M 8/04 (2013.01 - KR); H01M 8/06 (2013.01 - KR); H01M 8/14 (2013.01 - EP KR); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0261 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0405 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/041 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/047 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0475 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/048 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0485 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0827 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0833 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/0883 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/141 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/142 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/148 (2013.01 - EP); C01B 2203/169 (2013.01 - EP); H01M 2008/147 (2013.01 - EP); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010147885 A1 20101223; CA 2764117 A1 20101223; CN 102804471 A 20121128; EP 2443690 A1 20120425; EP 2443690 A4 20131023; JP 2012530351 A 20121129; KR 20120048560 A 20120515; TW 201108498 A 20110301; TW I464955 B 20141211

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2010038492 W 20100614; CA 2764117 A 20100614; CN 201080027150 A 20100614; EP 10789995 A 20100614; JP 2012516162 A 20100614; KR 20127001028 A 20100614; TW 99119967 A 20100617