HYDROGEN POWERED FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING CONDENSER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME USING PRESSURE CONTROL

A method of operating a fuel cell power system includes providing a fresh hydrogen fuel to power modules that each contain a heater and a stack of fuel cells, providing a fuel exhaust containing hydrogen and water from the stack to a condenser, removing water from the fuel exhaust to generate a recy...

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Hauptverfasser: WEINGAERTNER, David, HERCHEN, Harald, CHELDELIN, Brent, KRISHNADASS, Jayakumar
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method of operating a fuel cell power system includes providing a fresh hydrogen fuel to power modules that each contain a heater and a stack of fuel cells, providing a fuel exhaust containing hydrogen and water from the stack to a condenser, removing water from the fuel exhaust to generate a recycled fuel containing dewatered hydrogen, and pressurizing and recycling the recycled fuel output from the condenser to the power modules. The removed water may be vaporized in a stack cathode exhaust.