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Patent Inventor Names
Samuel B. Schaevitz0
Aleksander Franz0
Roger W. Barton0
Date of Patent
May 24, 2011
0Patent Application Number
111159800
Date Filed
April 27, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The invention relates to a fuel cell apparatus that includes a housing. The housing defines a substantially isothermal zone which integrates a fuel cell and a tail gas burner with the isothermal zone. The fuel cell and the tail gas burner are in thermal communication and share a common wall. In one embodiment, the housing further integrates a fuel reformer, where the fuel reformer is in thermal communication with the fuel cell. In one embodiment, the fuel cell and the tail gas burner can be arranged to produce a power density greater than or equal to about 2 W/cc. The fuel cell preferably is a solid oxide fuel cell.
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