US Patent Issued to EKONA POWER on June 3 for "Molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell systems and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,845, issued on June 3, was assigned to EKONA POWER INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell systems and methods" was invented by Christopher Edwin John Reid (Vancouver, Canada), David Aaron Leboe (Vancouver, Canada), Kenneth William Kratschmar (Vancouver, Canada) and Gary Edward Schubak (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a direct carbon fuel cell system. The system includes fuel cells, each fuel cell having a porous fuel cell anode and a fuel cell cathode. The system further includes a molten carbonate electrolyte and a fuel supply apparatus for flowing a fuel slurry having ...