Fuel cell housing

A housing for enclosing a fuel cell, comprising:

• a top surface;
• a bottom surface;
• and
• at least one sidewall mounted on the top and bottom surfaces, and which defines a cavity for receiving the fuel cell, and wherein the housing is mounted on an adjacent enclosure which contains electrical equipment, and which receives electrical power from the fuel cell, and wherein the enclosure rests on an underlying supporting surface and the housing positions the fuel cell in spaced relation relative to the underlying supporting surface.

A housing for enclosing a fuel cell, comprising:

• a bottom surface having a peripheral edge and which is oriented adjacent to a substantially horizontally disposed surface of an adjacent enclosure, and wherein the adjacent enclosure rests on an underlying supporting surface;
• a sidewall mounted on the bottom surface and extends upwardly from the peripheral edge thereof;
• a top surface having a peripheral edge and which is disposed in spaced relation relative to the substantially horizontal disposed surface of the adjacent enclosure, and wherein the sidewall, and top and bottom surfaces define a cavity which receives a fuel cell, and wherein the housing positions the fuel cell in spaced relation relative to the underlying supporting surface, and wherein the fuel cell, when operational, produces electrical power which is delivered to the enclosure;
• a source of fuel for the fuel cell, and which is positioned in the enclosure, and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the fuel cell;
• and
• an air movement assembly borne by the housing and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the enclosure, and with the fuel cell, and wherein the air movement assembly is operable to selectively withdraw and/or deliver air, in an air stream, to the enclosure, and the fuel cell.

A housing for enclosing a fuel cell having a plurality of removable modules, on an adjacent enclosure, comprising:

• a bottom surface having a peripheral edge and which is mounted there against an exterior substantially horizontally disposed surface of the adjacent structure;
• a plurality of sidewalls, each of which is mounted on the bottom surface, and which extends upwardly relative to the peripheral edge of the bottom surface;
• a top surface having a peripheral edge which is disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation relative to the substantially horizontal disposed surface, and which is further mounted to the respective sidewalls which extends upwardly relative to the bottom surface, and wherein the top and bottom surfaces, and the plurality of sidewalls define an internal cavity, and wherein the fuel cell having the plurality of removable modules is received in the internal cavity, and wherein the adjacent enclosure rests on a supporting surface, and wherein the bottom surface is disposed in spaced relation relative to the supporting surface;
• an air movement assembly received in the housing and which is operable to selectively withdraw air from the enclosure, and deliver the withdrawn air, in an air stream to the fuel cell, and wherein the fuel cell, in operation, generates heat energy, and wherein the previously withdrawn air moves into contact with the fuel cell and removes, at least in part, the heat energy generated by the fuel cell, and wherein the resulting heated air is selectively delivered by the air movement assembly back to the enclosure;
• an electrical conduit extending from the enclosure into the internal cavity of the housing, and wherein the fuel cell, when operational, produces electricity which is supplied to the electrical conduit;
• and
• a fuel conduit extending from the enclosure into the internal cavity of the housing, and wherein the fuel conduit delivers a source of fuel to the fuel cell.