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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Masoud Hajiaghajani, Houston, TX (US);
Vesna R. Mirkovic, Pearland, TX (US);
Hongqiao Sun, Sugar Land, TX (US);
W. Spencer Wheat, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gregory W. Laframboise, Concord, CA (US);
Tonya A. Betts, Houston, TX (US);
Masoud Hajiaghajani, Houston, TX (US);
Vesna R. Mirkovic, Pearland, TX (US);
Hongqiao Sun, Sugar Land, TX (US);
W. Spencer Wheat, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gregory W. Laframboise, Concord, CA (US);
Tonya A. Betts, Houston, TX (US);
Texaco Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for use in controlling the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a purified hydrogen generator; at least one of a compression unit, a storage unit, and a dispensing unit; and a system controller. The system controller is capable of monitoring the operation of the hydrogen generator and the compression unit, storage unit, or dispensing unit at a system level and shutting down at least one of hydrogen generator and the compression unit, storage unit, or dispensing unit upon the detection of a dangerous condition. The method includes monitoring the generation of a purified hydrogen stream from a system level; monitoring the at least one of a compression, a storage, and a dispensing of the purified hydrogen gas stream from the system level in concert with monitoring the purified hydrogen gas stream generation; and shutting down at least one of the purified hydrogen gas stream generation and the compression, the storage, or the dispensing upon the detection of a dangerous condition at the system level.