US Patent Issued to FuelCell Energy on Feb. 25 for "Hydrogen generation using a fuel cell system with an REP" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,549, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Hydrogen generation using a fuel cell system with an REP" was invented by Fred C. Jahnke (Rye, N.Y.) and Matthew Lambrech (Sherman, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell including: an anode, and a cathode configured to output cathode exhaust, wherein: the fuel cell is configured to generate waste heat; a reformer configured to partially reform a feed gas using the waste heat and output a hydrogen-containing stream; a reformer-electrolyzer-purifier ("REP") including: an REP anode configured to receive a first portion...