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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2019
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carl Cottuli, Franklin, MA (US);
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments manage a fuel cell IT grid system to maintain fuel cell temperatures above a threshold temperature. The system may include power modules each including a fuel cell, DC/DC converters each connected to a power module, a DC power bus connected to the DC/DC, IT loads each connected to the DC power bus, a load balancing load connected to the DC power bus, and a control device connected to a first power module. The control device may determine whether a temperature of the first power module exceeds the temperature threshold, determine whether an electrical power output of the power modules exceeds an electrical power demand of the IT loads in response to the temperature exceeding the temperature threshold, and direct excess electrical power output to the load balancing load in response to the electrical power output exceeding the electrical power demand.