ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM WITH STEAM GENERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME

An electrolyzer system includes a steam generator configured to generate steam, a stack of solid oxide electrolyzer cells configured to generate a hydrogen stream using the steam received from the steam generator, and a water preheater configured to preheat water provided to the steam generator usin...

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Main Authors WEINGAERTNER, David, NGUYEN, Kim, TA, Andy, GOVINDARASU, Navaneethakrishnan, JOSHI, Nandan, PATEL, Siddharth, BELL, Shannon
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.12.2022
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APPARATUS THEREFOR
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CHEMISTRY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS
METALLURGY
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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Summary:An electrolyzer system includes a steam generator configured to generate steam, a stack of solid oxide electrolyzer cells configured to generate a hydrogen stream using the steam received from the steam generator, and a water preheater configured to preheat water provided to the steam generator using heat extracted from oxygen exhaust output from the stack.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20220173906