US 12,261,334 B2
Gas turbine engine and fuel cell assembly
Honggang Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US); Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US); Michael Anthony Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US); Richard L. Hart, Broadalbin, NY (US); Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Ryan St. Pierre, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US); and General Electric Company Polska sp. z o.o., Warsaw (PL)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,083.
Claims priority of application No. 202310155568.X (CN), filed on Feb. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0291008 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 8/0618 (2013.01) [F02C 7/22 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas turbine engine assembly comprising:
a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, and an exhaust nozzle downstream of the turbine section defining a primary exhaust gas flow, the turbomachine further comprising an outer casing;
a fuel cell assembly positioned within the outer casing of the turbomachine, the fuel cell assembly comprising a fuel cell and an output products line in fluid communication with an outlet of the fuel cell for receiving output products from the fuel cell;
a fuel delivery assembly comprising a fuel line; and
a reformer in communication with the fuel line and the output products from the fuel cell during operation of the gas turbine engine to convert a fuel flow through the fuel line to a hydrogen rich gas, wherein the reformer is positioned to provide output products from a cathode of the fuel cell directly to the primary exhaust gas flow.