Water reactive hydrogen fuel cell power system
AssigneeIntelligent Energy Limited
InventorsAndrew P. Wallace, John M. Melack, Michael Lefenfeld
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Abstract
A water reactive hydrogen fueled power system includes devices and methods to combine reactant fuel materials and aqueous solutions to generate hydrogen. The generated hydrogen is converted in a fuel cell to provide electricity. The water reactive hydrogen fueled power system includes a fuel cell, a water feed tray, and a fuel cartridge to generate power for portable power electronics. The removable fuel cartridge is encompassed by the water feed tray and fuel cell. The water feed tray is refillable with water by a user. The water is then transferred from the water feed tray into the fuel cartridge to generate hydrogen for the fuel cell which then produces power for the user.
Claims32
A hydrogen fuel cell system comprising:
- a fuel cell;
- a fuel cartridge including an overmolded face seal gasket that provides an offset injection point on the fuel cartridge;
- a reactant fuel material in the fuel cartridge;
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- a water feed tray operably connected to the fuel cartridge that provides an aqueous solution into the fuel cartridge to react with the reactant fuel material to develop hydrogen for the fuel cell.
A method of controlling a hydrogen fuel cell system comprising:
- inserting a fuel cartridge with a reactant fuel material into a water feed tray, the fuel cartridge including an overmolded face seal gasket with an offset injection point;
- connecting a fuel cell to the fuel cartridge;
- providing an aqueous solution from a bellows assembly to the fuel cartridge to react with the reactant fuel material;
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- developing hydrogen from the reaction of the aqueous solution and the reactant fuel material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.