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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX (US);
Jonathan Reeh, College Station, TX (US);
Jady Stevens, Bryan, TX (US);
Tiffany Jefferson, Bryan, TX (US);
Justin McIntire, Bryan, TX (US);
Chris Hadley, Bryan, TX (US);
John Zbranek, College Station, TX (US);
Jeffrey S. Parkey, College Station, TX (US);
Ashwin Kumar Balasubramanian, College Station, TX (US);
Jibi Varughese, College Station, TX (US);
Geoffrey D. Hitchens, Allen, TX (US);
Marc W. Penny, Bryan, TX (US);
Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an underwater vehicle power unit and method of operating the same comprising: a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders that are volumetrically and gravitationally balanced during operation; a fuel reactor that generates hydrogen; a fuel cell capable of generating an electrical current when exposed to hydrogen; and a controller that controls the flow of fuel into the hydrogen generator, the flow of hydrogen into the fuel cell and the flow of waste from the hydrogen generator, and/or the fuel cell into the one or more waste storage bladders.