Technique to regulate an efficiency of a fuel cell system
US7166378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique that is usable with a fuel cell stack includes providing a fuel flow to the stack, changing the fuel flow and observing a response of at least one cell voltage of the stack to the change in the fuel flow. An efficiency of the stack is regulated based on the observation.
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