Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical power distribution system and method for a grid-tied reversible solid oxide fuel cell system
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Application No.: US15900223Application Date: 2018-02-20
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Publication No.: US10770742B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Joshua M. Mermelstein , Sergio Espinoza
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: H01M8/18
- IPC: H01M8/18 ; H01M8/04664 ; H02J3/38 ; H01M8/04828 ; H01M8/04537 ; H01M8/124

Abstract:
A Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (RSOFC) system includes a Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (RSOFC) unit, a bi-directional alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) converter, coupled to the RSOFC unit, a common bus, coupled to the bi-directional AC/DC converter and to a power grid, and a plurality of RSOFC subsystems, coupled to receive power only through the common bus. The RSOFC unit has a fuel cell mode, wherein the RSOFC unit produces electrical power from fuel, and an electrolysis mode, wherein the RSOFC unit consumes electrical power to produce the fuel. The bi-directional AC/DC converter is coupled to the RSOFC unit, and is configured to convert direct current (DC) electrical power produced by the RSOFC unit into outgoing alternating current (AC) power, and to convert incoming AC power into DC power for consumption by the RSOFC unit in electrolysis mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180183085A1 ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRID-TIED REVERSIBLE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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