SORBENT BED ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME, AND SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LOADING AND TRANSPORTING SAME

• Main Authors: RICHARDS Gilbert, BALLANTINE Arne, HINTZ Robert M, CAMPBELL Emma, METCHO Craig, TREVISAN David, CAULK Bruno, PARKER Ross
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.11.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CONVEYING; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SEPARATION; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A sorbent bed assembly of a fuel cell system, including a first sorbent bed, a second sorbent bed and at least one third sorbent bed, the second sorbent bed disposed between the first sorbent bed and the at least one third sorbent bed, a cover plate on the plurality of sorbent beds and configured to connect the sorbent beds to one another, a fuel inlet connector on the cover plate and configured to receive a fuel, a manifold having a first fluid conduit configured to transport fuel between the first sorbent bed and at least one third sorbent bed, and a second fluid conduit configured to transport fuel between at least one third sorbent bed and the second sorbent bed, and a fuel outlet connector on the cover plate and configured to receive fuel that has passed through each of the sorbent beds.