ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,488, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UPSTART POWER INC. (Southborough, Mass.).
"SOFC-conduction" was invented by Nathan Palumbo (West Boylston, Mass.), Paul Osenar (Boxborough, Mass.) and Joshua Persky (Berlin, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system included high thermal conductivity materials such as copper to increase thermal energy transfer by thermal conduction. The copper is protected from oxidation by nickel electroplating and protected from thermal damage by providing Hastelloy liners inside combustion chambers. Monel elements are used in the incoming air conduits to prevent cathode poiso...