Fuel cell system and related method
US7425380B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 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 fuel cell system and related method are disclosed having a system controller 37 that executes enthalpy calculation based on status signals, related to anode off-gas and cathode off-gas, detected by a temperature detector 29, a pressure detector 30 and a humidity detector 31 for thereby predicting a combustion temperature of a combustor 7 during purging. In the presence of a predicted combustion temperature exceeding an upper limit, cathode off-gas is increased in volume to limit a combustion temperature of the combustor 7 to a value below the upper limit value.
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