US 11,784,329 B1
Fuel cell system including air inlet baffle and method of operating thereof
Nilanjana Basu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Nandan Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Hemant Gedam, Bangalore (IN); Kyle Kekelis, Oakland, CA (US); and David Edmonston, Soquel, CA (US)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/55,081.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0662 (2016.01); H01M 8/1246 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/2475 (2016.01); H01M 8/2485 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04014 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); H01M 8/1246 (2013.01); H01M 8/04335 (2013.01); H01M 8/04708 (2013.01); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.02); H01M 8/2485 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel cell system, comprising:
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 comprising at least two rows of apertures which are separated along a vertical direction and configured to provide a heated air output from the cathode recuperator to plural areas of the stack.