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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Paul R. Margiott, South Windsor, CT (US);
Carl Rohrbach, Jr., Somers, CT (US);
Michael E. Gorman, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Paul R. Margiott, South Windsor, CT (US);
Carl Rohrbach, Jr., Somers, CT (US);
Michael E. Gorman, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a fuel cell power plant to provide end-use electricity, end-use heat and end-use reformate includes the steps of providing a fuel cell power plant that consumes reformate to provide electricity and heat, said fuel cell power plant having a nominal reformate flow rate and including a fuel processor system for generating reformate from a hydrocarbon fuel; operating the fuel processor system so as to provide a reformate flow at a rate greater than the nominal reformate flow rate; operating the fuel cell power plant using a first portion of the reformate flow to generate the electricity and the heat, the first portion being less than or equal to the nominal reformate flow rate; and providing a second portion of the reformate flow as the end-use reformate.