Modular electrochemical power system

A mobile electrochemical power system comprising:

• a wheeled container;
• at least two independent container reactant ports on an exterior surface of said wheeled container;
• at least one container liquid coolant port;
• at least one container electrical power output port;
• at least one electrical power bus in communication with said container electrical power output port;
• a system control with at least one electrical data bus signally coupled thereto;
• module mounting hardware positioned within said wheeled container;
• and
• a set of fuel cell modules within said wheeled container, wherein
• said wheeled container comprises at least one electrical power bus in communication with said container electrical power output port,
• said at least one electrical power bus is configured such that individual ones of said fuel cell modules may be selectively removed from said system without interrupting transfer of power from remaining ones of said fuel cell modules to said electrical power bus,
• each of said fuel cell modules is mounted within said wheeled container via said module mounting hardware,
• each of said fuel cell modules comprises a modular liquid coolant port such that said module mounting hardware is configured to place said modular liquid coolant port in fluid communication with said container liquid coolant port such that a liquid coolant can be selectively introduced to each of said fuel cell modules through said container liquid coolant port and said modular liquid coolant port, said modular liquid coolant port and said container liquid coolant port fluidly connected to one another through at least one quick-connect fitting such that upon disconnection of said modular liquid coolant port from said container liquid coolant port, said at least one quick-connect operates to minimize leakage at the location of said disconnection without a need for venting or draining either of said ports;
• each of said fuel cell modules comprises at least two modular independent reactant ports, at least one data output port in signal communication with said at least one electrical data bus and at least one modular electrical power output port, and
• said fuel cell modules and said module mounting hardware are configured to place said independent modular reactant ports in communication with different ones of said independent container reactant ports, place said modular electrical power output port in communication with said container electrical power output port, place said modular power output ports in communication with said electrical power bus, place at least one of a control and a diagnostic signal in signal communication between a respective one of said fuel cell modules and said system control through said at least one data output port and said at least one electrical data bus and permit replacement of a single fuel cell module substantially free of interference with remaining modules of said set of fuel cell modules.

A mobile electrochemical power system comprising:

• a wheeled container comprising at least one electrical power bus, a system control with at least one electrical data bus, and at least one container exhaust output port;
• at least one container reactant port on an exterior surface of said wheeled container;
• at least one container liquid coolant port;
• at least one container electrical power output port coupled to said electrical power bus;
• module mounting hardware positioned within said wheeled container;
• and
• a set of fuel cell modules within said wheeled container, wherein
• each of said fuel cell modules is mounted within said wheeled container via said module mounting hardware,
• each of said fuel cell modules comprises at least one modular liquid coolant port such that said module mounting hardware is configured to place said modular liquid coolant ports in fluid communication with said container liquid coolant port such that a liquid coolant can be selectively introduced to each of said fuel cell modules through said container liquid coolant port and said at least one modular liquid coolant port, said at least one modular liquid coolant port and said container liquid coolant port fluidly connected to one another through at least one quick-connect fitting such that upon disconnection of said at least one modular liquid coolant port from said container liquid coolant port, said at least one quick-connect operates to minimize leakage at the location of said disconnection without a need for venting or draining either of said ports;
• each of said fuel cell modules comprises at least one modular reactant port, at least one modular electrical power output port, at least one modular coolant port, at least one modular electrical power input port, at least one data output port, at least one modular exhaust output port, and
• said fuel cell modules and said module mounting hardware are configured to place said modular reactant ports in communication with said container reactant port, place said modular electrical power output port in communication with said container electrical power output port, place said modular coolant ports in communication with said container coolant port, place said modular electrical power input ports in communication with said container electrical power input port, place said modular data output ports in communication with said electrical data bus, place said modular exhaust output ports in communication with said container exhaust output port, and permit replacement of a single fuel cell module substantially free of interference with remaining modules of said set of fuel cell modules.