Fuel cell based power generator
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Michael Klein, Jong Park, Steven J. Eickhoff, Paul Bryant Koeneman, Gustav Rustan
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Abstract
A controller for a fuel cell based power generator includes a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive a pressure in an anode loop of the fuel cell based power generator, wherein the anode loop includes a hydrogen generator and an anode loop blower, and control the anode loop blower such that the hydrogen generator provides hydrogen to an anode of a fuel cell via the blower and the anode loop at a controlled pressure. In further embodiments, the temperatures of the fuel cell and hydrogen generator are independently controlled.
Claims8
A fuel cell based power generator, comprising:
- an anode loop that includes a hydrogen generator and an anode loop blower;
- a controller that includes a memory and
- a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
- receive a pressure value of sensed pressure in the anode loop of the fuel cell based power generator, wherein the hydrogen generator receives hydrogen containing water from the anode loop;
- and
- control an anode loop blower speed such that the hydrogen generator generates hydrogen in response to receiving the hydrogen containing water and provides the hydrogen to an anode of a fuel cell via the anode loop blower and the anode loop at a controlled pressure.
A controller for a fuel cell based power generator, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
- receive a pressure value of sensed pressure in an anode loop of the fuel cell based power generator, wherein the anode loop includes a hydrogen generator that receives hydrogen containing water from the anode loop and an anode loop blower;
- control an anode loop blower speed such that the hydrogen generator generates hydrogen in response to receiving the hydrogen containing water and provides the hydrogen to an anode of a fuel cell via the anode loop blower and the anode loop at a controlled pressure;
- wherein the anode loop includes a secondary path adjacent an anode side of the fuel cell that provides the hydrogen to the anode of the fuel cell;
- and
- controlling a purge valve in the secondary path to purge inert gases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.