ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,532, issued on June 16, was assigned to BLOOM ENERGY Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Electrochemical cell system including steam recycle and cathode exhaust cooler" was invented by David Weingaertner (San Jose, Calif.), Martin Perry (San Jose, Calif.), Andy Ta (San Jose, Calif.) and Swaminathan Venkataraman (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid oxide electroyzer cell (SOEC) systems and methods that include a stack of electrolyzer cells configured to receive steam and generate a hydrogen and steam exhaust stream, and a steam recycle blower configured to recycle a portion of the hydrogen and steam exhaust stream back to the...