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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
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 the performance of a fuel cell system ( ) using an agitation means ( ). The method of managing the performance involves, monitoring operational parameters ( ) of individual fuel cells and the overall fuel cell system, comparing performance parameters ( ) of the system against target values, selecting a control method ( ) from a set of available control methods based on the result of comparison of the performance parameters against the target values and using that control method to initiate and control an agitation process, and actuating ( ) an agitation means using the selected control method so as alter the monitored operational parameters ( ).