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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Cummins Enterprise Llc, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Honggang Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Schenectady, NY (US);
CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a power generation system including a fuel-cell is presented. The method includes detecting a water deficient condition of the fuel-cell. The method further includes operating, in response to detecting the water deficient condition of the fuel-cell, at least one auxiliary load of the power generation system via use of an electrical current generated by the fuel-cell to maintain a steam-carbon ratio in the fuel-cell above a threshold steam-carbon ratio value. A control sub-system for operating the power generation system is also presented. Moreover, a power generation system including the fuel-cell, the least one auxiliary load, and the control sub-system is presented.