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US 2006/0068245 A1Published application
Rechargeable fuel cell module
OwnerRajiv Mongiainventor
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises capturing at least a portion of a reaction product of an operating fuel cell and converting at least a portion of the captured reaction product by utilizing an external source of electricity to create fuel that is stored back into the fuel cell's stored fuel supply.
Claims41
A method, comprising:
- capturing at least a portion of a reaction product of an operating fuel cell;
- and
- converting at least a portion of the captured reaction product by utilizing an external source of electricity to create fuel that is stored back into the fuel cell's stored fuel supply.
The method of claim 11, wherein integrating at least a portion the captured reaction product back into the fuel cell's stored fuel by utilizing an external source of electricity further comprises:
- performing electrolysis on at least a portion of the reaction product by passing electricity from a source external to the fuel cell through the reaction product to produce one or more reactants;
- and
- storing at least one of the one or more reactants in a fuel storage device.
A system, comprising:
- a fuel cell;
- a reaction product recovery unit to capture at least a portion of a reaction product discharged from the fuel cell;
- and
- a fuel regeneration unit to convert at least a portion of the captured reaction product back into fuel for the fuel cell by utilizing an external source of electricity.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a reaction product recovery unit to capture at least a portion of a reaction product discharged from a fuel cell;
- and
- a fuel regeneration unit to convert at least a portion of the captured reaction product back into fuel for the fuel cell by utilizing an external source of electricity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.