Patent ID: 8216735

Claim:
A thermal management system for a fuel cell, comprising: a first mixer mixing an external fuel with a combination of a recycled fuel and steam output from an anode output of the fuel cell and outputting a mixed fuel; a second mixer mixing an external ambient air and a recycled air output from a cathode output of the fuel cell and outputting a mixed air to a cathode input of the fuel cell; a reformer in a path for conveying fuel between the first mixer and the fuel cell, wherein the mixed fuel is conveyed to the reformer and the reformer adjusts a fuel concentration and outputs an adjusted fuel to an anode input of the fuel cell; a cathode thermal cycle pipeline connecting the second mixer to the cathode input of the fuel cell and connecting the cathode output of the fuel cell to the second mixer and to the reformer; and an anode thermal cycle pipeline connecting the first mixer to the anode input of the fuel cell through the reformer and connecting the anode output of the fuel cell to the first mixer.