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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a fuel cell system to control an amount of degradation to the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system is operative to switch between two or more power sources to provide power to a load. The switching is designed to minimize degradation of a fuel cell of the fuel cell system.