Method and apparatus for assessing the suitability of a fuel for use in a fuel cell

Abstract

A method and apparatus for comparing fuel sources to assess the suitability of a fuel for use in a fuel cell. The apparatus comprising an electrochemical sensor comprising a fuel flow channel configured to receive a plurality of input fuels at a plurality of locations along the fuel flow channel. The fuel flow channel configured to supply the plurality of input fuels to an anode of the electrochemical sensor and an electrolyte configured to transmit ionised input fuels from the anode to a cathode of the electrochemical sensor. A control system connected to the electrochemical sensor where the anode and/or the cathode is divided into a plurality of segments and the control system is configured to measure the current in each of the plurality of segments and determine the current density of each of the plurality of segments.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.