Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated fuel cell and engine combustor assembly
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Application No.: US15805878Application Date: 2017-11-07
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Publication No.: US10724432B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Andrew Philip Shapiro , Narendra Digamber Joshi
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: F02C3/20
- IPC: F02C3/20 ; H01M8/124 ; F02C6/10 ; H01M8/04111 ; H01M8/1246 ; H01M8/04082 ; F02C6/06 ; H01M4/86

Abstract:
An integrated fuel cell and engine combustor assembly includes an engine combustor having a combustion chamber fluidly coupled with a compressor and a turbine. The assembly also includes a fuel cell stack circumferentially extending around the combustion chamber of the combustor. The fuel cell stack includes fuel cells configured to generate electric current. The fuel cell stack is positioned to receive discharged air from the compressor and fuel from a fuel manifold. The fuel cells in the fuel cell stack generate electric current using the discharged air and at least some of the fuel. The fuel cell stack is positioned to radially direct partially oxidized fuel from the fuel cells into the combustion chamber of the combustor. The combustor combusts the partially oxidized fuel into one or more gaseous combustion products that are directed into and drive the downstream turbine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190136761A1 INTEGRATED FUEL CELL AND ENGINE COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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