Patent ID: 7320836
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A high temperature solid oxide electrolyte fuel cell generator comprising: a housing containing a top air manifold feed plenum, an air feed conduit which discharges inlet air into said manifold feed plenum, and associated air feed tubes which connect in a sealed manner to said manifold feed plenum through at least one flexible air feed transport tube, a fuel inlet, a reaction chamber containing fuel cells, and a separate reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber above the reaction chamber; wherein inlet air can be heated internally within the housing in at least one separate interior heat transfer zone located between the separate reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber and the air manifold feed plenum, where the separate interior heat transfer zone has the air feed tubes passing therethrough to the fuel cells, where there is an annular space around the air feed tubes within the interior heat transfer zone to pass a combusted exhaust product stream from the reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber, said annular space connecting to a separate exhaust chamber above the interior heat transfer zone and below the air manifold feed plenum.