Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – Having magnetic field feature
Patent
1998-08-26
1999-11-16
Kalafut, Stephen
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
Having magnetic field feature
429 20, 429 22, 429 24, 429 26, H01M 806
Patent
active
059854740
ABSTRACT:
An integrated system includes a fuel cell assembly for supplying electrical power to a building, a furnace having a heating chamber and a heat exchanger for supplying heat to the building, and a reformer for providing a supply of reformate directly to the furnace and the fuel cell assembly. The system may include a controller for apportioning the supply of reformate to the fuel cell assembly and to the furnace in response to heating and electrical power needs of the building. In another embodiment, an integrated system includes a fuel cell assembly for providing electrical power to a building, a reformer/furnace unit comprising a chamber and a heat exchanger for providing heat to a building, and wherein fuel is reformed/oxidized in a fuel-rich environment in said chamber to produce a supply of reformate for said fuel cell assembly, and in a fuel-lean environment in said chamber for releasing heat. The system may also include a controller for operating the chamber between a fuel-rich and a fuel-lean environment in response to heating and electrical power needs of the building.
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Author unknown; "Beyond Fuel Cells," Popular Science, Sep. 1998, p. 44.
Acker William P.
Chen Jeffrey S.
Huang Wenhua
Kalafut Stephen
Plug Power L.L.C.
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