Abstract: A system and method for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system comprising a fuel processor and a fuel cell stack. The system includes a heat recovery system including a heat exchange fluid that recovers thermal energy from such sources as the combustion exhaust from the fuel processor, the cathode chamber exhaust from the fuel cell stack and/or the fuel cell stack directly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 3, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2002
Assignee:
IdaTech, LLC
Inventors:
Anthony J. Dickman, David J. Edlund, William A. Pledger