Integral air preheater and start-up heating means for solid oxide fuel cell power generators

摘要

A high temperature fuel cell generator ( 10 ) having a housing ( 12 ) containing a top air feed plenum ( 80 ), a bottom fuel inlet ( 54 ), a fuel reaction generator chamber ( 62 ) containing fuel cells ( 42 ) and a reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber ( 38 ) above the fuel reaction generator chamber ( 62 ), where inlet air ( 14 ) can be heated internally within the housing in at least one interior heat transfer zone/block ( 92 ) located between the reacted fuel-reacted air combustion chamber ( 38 ) and the air feed plenum ( 80 ).