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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5750278 | Self-cooling mono-container fuel cell generators and power plants using an array of such generators A mono-container fuel cell generator (10) contains a layer of interior insulation (14), a layer of exterior insulation (16) and a single housing (20) between the insulation layers, where fuel cells, containing electrodes and electrolyte, are surrounded by... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5712052 | Fuel cell generator and method of the same The fuel cell generator system of the present invention effectively cancels catalyst poisoning in fuel cells so as to improve the performance of fuel cells. In the fuel cell generator system of the invention, a carbon monoxide sensor is arranged in the mi... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5677073 | Fuel cell generator and method of the same The invention definitely detects and cancels poisoning of a electrocatalyst in a fuel cell without delay. A first temperature sensor (61) and a second temperature sensor (63) are disposed respectively at an inlet and an outlet of first channels (34p) for ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5658681 | Fuel cell power generation system A fuel cell power generation system including a reforming reactor for reacting a fuel with water to produce a hydrogen-rich reformed gas including carbon monoxide; a CO shift reactor for carrying out a CO shift reaction to decrease the concentration of ca... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5605770 | Supply system for fuel cells of the S.P.E. (solid polymer electrolyte) type for hybrid vehicles A supply system for fuel cells of the solid polymer electrolyte type for vehicles, including a primary cooling and humidifying circuit with demineralised, pressurised water with a small volumetric capacity and a secondary liquid cooling circuit with plate... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5573867 | Purge gas protected transportable pressurized fuel cell modules and their operation in a power plant A fuel cell generator apparatus and method of its operation involves: passing pressurized oxidant gas, (O) and pressurized fuel gas, (F), into fuel cell modules, (10 and 12), containing fuel cells, where the modules are each enclosed by a module housing (... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5541015 | Fuel cell using a separate gas cooling method A fuel cell comprising a stack including a stack including a plurality of cell units and a plurality of gas separators and at least one cooling plate, one of the gas separator and the cooling plate being interposed between adjacent cell units, the fuel ce... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5518705 | Method and apparatus for the two-stage selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a hydrogen-containing gas mixture An apparatus and method are provided for the two-stage selective oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in a fuel stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The apparatus includes primary and secondary reaction chambers, which deliver a hydro... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5439758 | Electrochemical power generating system An electrochemical power generating system has a base unit and a replaceable fuel unit. The base unit comprises controller for controlling operation of the pump. The fuel unit comprises a second housing releasably connectable to the first housing and a ro... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5426002 | Internal reforming type fuel cell apparatus and operation method of same In an internal reforming fuel cell apparatus and an operation method of the fuel cell apparatus, a reforming catalyst is disposed in a low-temperature operating portion of a fuel gas passage and temperature control is performed so that the temperature of ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5415949 | Metal-air cell and power system using metal-air cells A metal air cell comprising a flexible, recloseable, pouch made of a gas-permeable, electrolyte-impermeable, material forming the cathode of the cell, a metal plate anode in the pouch, and spacers physically isolating the anode from the interior of the fl... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5401589 | Application of fuel cells to power generation systems The invention is drawn to an electrical power generation system and a method of electrical power generation. The system includes a supply of hydrogen-containing fuel and a reformer for obtaining hydrogen therefrom, a supply of oxygen and a material for pr... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5366820 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system for directly converting chemical energy of a fuel into electric energy electrochemically. A fuel cell has a cathode and an anode. A main hydrogen absorbing alloy supplies hydrogen gas to the anode of the fuel cell during steady-state op... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5346778 | Electrochemical load management system for transportation applications A load management system for hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells is provided, for powering vehicles. The load management system operates such that under normal load conditions air is provided as the oxidizing agent for the hydrogen fuel. At high output conditions ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5334463 | Hybrid fuel battery system and the operation method thereof A hybrid fuel cell system including a fuel cell for generating electric power by reacting fuel gas and oxidant gas, current restricting structure for restricting an output current of the fuel cell, a storage cell connected parallel to a series circuit com... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5316870 | Heat supply and electric power-generating fuel cell A heat supply and electric power-generating fuel cell, has a water-circulation system including a fuel cell body with a water flow path for controlling the temperature of a cell reaction to a proper temperature. A water vapor separator cools water passed ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5310608 | Temperature difference storage battery The temperature difference battery includes a solution 2 which contains redox ion couples having a temperature-dependent redox potential. A low-temperature (LT) electrode 1 and a high-temperature (HT) electrode 3 are disposed in the solution 2. A membrane... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5306574 | Method of low temperature operation of an electrochemical cell array In the method of operating an electrochemical cell generator apparatus containing a generator chamber (20) containing an array of cells (12) having interior and exterior electrodes with solid electrolyte between the electrodes, where a hot gas (F) contact... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5302471 | Compact phosphoric acid fuel cell system and operating method thereof Disclosed is an operating method of a compact phosphoric acid fuel cell system whose operation is started and stopped repeatedly, comprising a lamination of a plurality of cell units each of which has an electrolyte matrix impregnated with a phosphoric ac... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5290641 | Method of controlling operation of fuel cell power supply A fuel cell power supply in which the flow rates of reactant gases are set at flow rates required for a steady state operation plus predetermined extra amounts when an output power increase command is issued. This increase in the flow rates of the reactan... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5200278 | Integrated fuel cell power generation system An integrated fuel cell power generation system comprises a fuel cell stack having a humidification section and an electrochemically active section. The humidification section imparts water vapor to an inlet hydrogen containing fuel stream and an inlet ox... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5187024 | Fuel cell generating system A fuel cell generating system allows temperature control so that the temperature of a fuel cell is kept constant. When the fuel cell is cooled, first and second reaction portions are controlled so that endothermic reaction of the circulating reaction gas ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5154986 | Shut-off device for fuel cell system A device for shutting-off a fuel cell system includes a main power switch and a parallel latching switch circuit. The latching switch circuit remains closed until all operations necessary to safely shut down the system have been carried out and verified.... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5085949 | Fuel cell generation system A fuel cell generation system comprises a cell stack consisting of a plurality of cells, said cell having a fuel electrode, an oxidizer electrode, and an electrolyte layer located between said both electrodes, a fuel cell main body having a plurality of c... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5023151 | Power plant cogeneration control Fuel cell coolant loop (2) is to be controlled to maintain set point 38 temperature of the return coolant. Waste heat heat exchanger 10 is controlled to maintain set point 22 temperature in the waste heat fluid. Heat rejection heat exchanger removes addit... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5009967 | Fuel cell power plant fuel control Fuel cell current is sensed (30) and during a transient, a feed forward demand signal (50) sent to the fuel flow regulator (58). A nominal desired reformer temperature is established for the new fuel cell current. This desired temperature signal (62) is d... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5006425 | Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a reforming reaction catalyst A method and an apparatus for controlling the temperature of a reforming reaction catalyst in which a reforming gas to be supplied to a fuel cell is produced by allowing it to react against a catalyst so that the fuel cell can provide output power to be s... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4824740 | Fuel cell stack cooling system Fuel Cell stack coolant water is processed by moving the two-phase water/steam coolant exhaust through a steam separator wherein the water phase is separated from the steam phase. The water phase is then moved through a heat exchanger where its temperatur... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4741978 | Fuel cell generator control system There has been provided a fuel cell generator control system to control the operation of a fuel cell generator that includes a fuel cell body, a fuel supply section for supplying fuel to the fuel cell body, and an air supply section for supplying air to t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4722873 | Fuel cell power generating system A fuel cell power generating system is disclosed in which fuel cells are able to operate with satisfactory and stable cell characteristics for a long period of time even at a high fuel utilization ratio, and which has a high power generating efficiency an... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4640873 | Temperature control system for fuel cell powerplant A temperature control system for a fuel cell powerplant comprising two or more fuel cell stacks to which cooling gas and process gases are separately supplied, that comprises temperature detectors each being arranged in a fuel cell stack; stack dampers ea... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4554223 | Fuel cell apparatus In a shift converter for catalytically converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen through exothermic reaction in a phosphoric acid fuel cell apparatus, the heat generated at the shift reaction is absorbed in vaporization of a liqu... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4464444 | Fuel cell power generation system and method of operating the same A fuel cell power generation system in which the temperature of fuel cells is held constant irrespective of the load level of the cells, and waste energy is effectively recovered, that is, heat generated by fuel cells or a hydrogen producing device is tem... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4436793 | Control system for hydrogen generators A control system for a hydrogen generator having a consumable anode, a cathode and an aqueous electrolyte therebetween. The system includes a circuit means which enables electrical current to pass between the anode and cathode in addition to the electroly... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4393123 | Fuel cell temperature control assembly A fuel cell temperature control assembly comprising inner and outer valve members, the outer valve member having first and second ports adapted to receive fresh supply gas and heated flue gas, respectively, and a third port displaced from the first and se... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4310604 | Fuel cell system and temperature control therefore A fuel cell system wherein incoming process gas to the cell is provided by adjustably combining respective amounts of outgoing heated process gas and fresh supply gas via a means responsive to the temperature of the former gas to maintain the fuel cell at... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4192906 | Electrochemical cell operation and system Thermal control in fuel cell operation is affected through sensible heat of process gas by providing common input manifolding of the cell gas flow passage in communication with the cell electrolyte and an additional gas flow passage which is isolated from... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4046956 | Process for controlling the output of a selective oxidizer The output from a selective oxidizer is controlled by modifying the rate of oxidant input in accordance with the operating temperature of the selective oxidizer. In a preferred embodiment, wherein the selective oxidizer has a slow temperature response, gr... | 09/06/1977 |
