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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2000
Steven D. Pratt, Plantation, FL (US);
Ronald J. Kelley, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Plantation, FL (US);
Robert W. Pennisi, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing thermal performance of a fuel cell system having a fuel cell assembly and a fuel storage container is disclosed. The fuel cell system consists of one or more fuel cells , each having a major surface , and disposed next to each other in a side-by-side adjacent arrangement and a fuel storage container having an exterior wall . The fuel cells are positioned such that distance between the major surfaces and the fuel storage container wall along a direction normal to the major surfaces is substantially the same. In addition, one or more of the fuel cells are in thermal contact with the fuel storage container such that cell waste heat is transferred to the fuel storage container.