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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Douglas A. Thornton, Columbus, OH (US);
Vincent Contini, Powell, OH (US);
Todd A. Mccandlish, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventors:
Douglas A. Thornton, Columbus, OH (US);
Vincent Contini, Powell, OH (US);
Todd A. McCandlish, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); C01B 3/34 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04992 (2013.01); C01B 3/34 (2013.01); H01M 8/04373 (2013.01); H01M 8/04388 (2013.01); H01M 8/04567 (2013.01); H01M 8/04589 (2013.01); H01M 8/04597 (2013.01); H01M 8/04738 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 8/04776 (2013.01); H01M 8/0687 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); B01D 2256/16 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0205 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0405 (2013.01); C01B 2203/047 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0827 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1614 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1628 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1685 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1695 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method of controlling a mobile, integrated fuel processor and fuel cell system that utilizes an innovative combination of feedback and feed forward control loops maintain the reformer temperature and hydrogen permeate pressure in the system with the operating parameters of the fuel reformer being adjusted to achieve rapid and more reliable load following when transient conditions occur.