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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Paul A. Grubb, Somers, CT (US);
Paul R. Margiott, South Windsor, CT (US);
Sean Haggerty, North Haven, CT (US);
Peter A. Golovchenko, Coventry, CT (US);
Glenn W. Scheffler, Tolland, CT (US);
Paul A. Grubb, Somers, CT (US);
Paul R. Margiott, South Windsor, CT (US);
Sean Haggerty, North Haven, CT (US);
Peter A. Golovchenko, Coventry, CT (US);
Glenn W. Scheffler, Tolland, CT (US);
UTC Fuel Cells, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a fuel cell power plant to supply power to an internal load and an external load, includes the steps of evaluating power needs of the internal and external loads to determine a fixed IDC value sufficient to supply the needs; providing auxiliary power to the internal load and output power to the external load so as to maintain operation of the fuel cell power plant at the fixed IDC value; and adjusting at least one of the auxiliary power to the internal load and output power to the external load so as to maintain operation of the fuel cell power plant at the fixed IDC value.