Patents by Inventor Kyle Kekelis

Kyle Kekelis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fuel cell system including air inlet baffle and method of operating thereof
    Patent number: 11784329
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a stack of fuel cells, a cathode recuperator configured to heat air using cathode exhaust output from the stack, and an air inlet baffle disposed between the cathode recuperator and the stack and containing at least two rows of apertures which are separated along a vertical direction and configured to provide the heated air output from the cathode recuperator to plural areas of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nilanjana Basu, Nandan Joshi, Hemant Gedam, Kyle Kekelis, David Edmonston
  • SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH HYDROGEN PUMPING CELL WITH CARBON MONOXIDE TOLERANT ANODES AND INTEGRATED SHIFT REACTOR
    Publication number: 20230231172
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit configured to provide a fuel to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack, an electrochemical pump separator containing an electrolyte, a cathode, and a carbon monoxide tolerant anode, a fuel exhaust conduit that operatively connects a fuel exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack to an anode inlet of the electrochemical pump separator, and a product conduit which operatively connects a cathode outlet of the electrochemical pump separator to the fuel inlet conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chockkalingam KARUPPAIAH, Michael GASDA, Arne BALLANTINE, Martin PERRY, Andy TA, Kyle KEKELIS, Srikanth RANGANATHAN
  • Solid oxide fuel cell system with hydrogen pumping cell with carbon monoxide tolerant anodes and integrated shift reactor
    Patent number: 11616249
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit configured to provide a fuel to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack, an electrochemical pump separator containing an electrolyte, a cathode, and a carbon monoxide tolerant anode, a fuel exhaust conduit that operatively connects a fuel exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack to an anode inlet of the electrochemical pump separator, and a product conduit which operatively connects a cathode outlet of the electrochemical pump separator to the fuel inlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Michael Gasda, Arne Ballantine, Martin Perry, Andy Ta, Kyle Kekelis, Srikanth Ranganathan
  • SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH HYDROGEN PUMPING CELL WITH CARBON MONOXIDE TOLERANT ANODES AND INTEGRATED SHIFT REACTOR
    Publication number: 20200303758
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit configured to provide a fuel to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack, an electrochemical pump separator containing an electrolyte, a cathode, and a carbon monoxide tolerant anode, a fuel exhaust conduit that operatively connects a fuel exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack to an anode inlet of the electrochemical pump separator, and a product conduit which operatively connects a cathode outlet of the electrochemical pump separator to the fuel inlet conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chockkalingam KARUPPAIAH, Michael GASDA, Arne BALLANTINE, Martin PERRY, Andy TA, Kyle KEKELIS, Srikanth RANGANATHAN
  • DIELECTRIC CONDUIT ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200127308
    Abstract: A conduit assembly includes a dielectric tube having a first end and a second end, a first metal tube including a first flange coupled to the first end of the inner dielectric tube, the first flange including relief openings, a first dielectric ring coupled to the first flange, a second metal tube including a second flange coupled to the second end of the inner dielectric tube, the second flange including relief openings, and a second dielectric ring coupled to the second flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Petrucha, James Huynh, Avinash Verma, Martin Perry, Kyle Kekelis