Improved CPOX fuel peformer and SOFC system

A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system includes hot zone enclosure walls formed as a substantially continuous thermally conductive path each comprising materials having a coefficient of thermal conductivity of greater than 100 W/nr'iv. The SOFC further includes a CPOX reactor that includes a fue...

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Hauptverfasser:	Harrington, Forest, Persky, Joshua, Palumbo, Nathan
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS THEREOF ELECTRICITY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system includes hot zone enclosure walls formed as a substantially continuous thermally conductive path each comprising materials having a coefficient of thermal conductivity of greater than 100 W/nr'iv. The SOFC further includes a CPOX reactor that includes a fuel reactor body formed as a thermally conductive path comprising materials having a coefficient of thermal conductivity of greater than 100 W/m°K. The fuel reactor body conducts thermal energy generated by CPOX reaction out of the system to a heat dissipating flange supported in ambient air. The flange is configured to dissipate sufficient thermal energy from the fuel reactor body to maintain the fuel reactor body in a range of about 100°C to 250°C. A fan is optionally provided to cool the heat dissipating flange.