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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Geoff M. Lyon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mignaloux, FR;
Salil Pradhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ratnesh Sharma, Union City, CA (US);
Malena Mesarina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Geoff M. Lyon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mignaloux, FR;
Salil Pradhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ratnesh Sharma, Union City, CA (US);
Malena Mesarina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing electrically isolated fuel cell powered devices within an equipment rack is disclosed. The system discloses: an equipment rack; fuel cell devices; a fluid bus; a fluid manifold, coupling the fluid bus to each of the fuel cell devices; and an external fuel cell manager, for controlling a flow of fuel cell fluids to each of the fuel cell devices. The method discloses: generating electrical power on an electrical bus internal to each of a set of fuel cell devices, which are located in an equipment rack having an external electrical bus; transporting fuel cell fluids from a fluid bus to the fuel cell devices through a fluid manifold; adjusting the electrical power generated by each of the fuel cell devices; and electrically isolating the internal electrical bus of each of the fuel cell devices from the external electrical bus.