US Patent Issued to FuelCell Energy on Nov. 18 for "Carbon dioxide production from carbonate fuel cells" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,267, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Carbon dioxide production from carbonate fuel cells" was invented by Anthony Leo (New Milford, Conn.), Stephen Jolly (Middlebury, Conn.) and James Kim (Plantsville, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells that each contain a plurality of fuel electrodes and air electrodes. The system includes a fuel receiving unit connected to the fuel cell stack, which receives a hydrocarbon fuel from a fuel supply. The system includes a fuel exhaust processing unit fluidly coupled to the fuel ce...