Title:
FUEL CELL POWER PLANT HAVING A FUEL CONCENTRATION SENSOR CELL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004091279
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A fuel cell power plant (10) having a fuel concentration sensor cell (54) is disclosed for detecting a concentration of fuel in a fuel cell (12) of the plant (10). A portion of a fuel exhaust stream is directed to flow through the sensor cell (54) adjacent to a membrane electrode assembly (60) of the sensor cell (54). A power circuit (62) may or may not deliver an electrical current to the cell (12), while changes in voltage across the cell (12) that are proportional to changes in hydrogen concentrations within the fuel exhaust stream are detected by a detector (68) which communicates the changes to a controller (108) for controlling a rate of fuel supply to the fuel cell (12). A porous sensor water transport plate (74) cools, humidifies delivers and removes liquid from the sensor cell (12).
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Inventors:
BALLIET RYAN J (US)
JARVI THOMAS D (US)
PEDERSEN LARS M (US)
PERRY MICHAEL L (US)
REISER CARL (US)
JARVI THOMAS D (US)
PEDERSEN LARS M (US)
PERRY MICHAEL L (US)
REISER CARL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/009345
Publication Date:
May 06, 2005
Filing Date:
March 26, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UTC FUEL CELLS LLC (US)
BALLIET RYAN J (US)
JARVI THOMAS D (US)
PEDERSEN LARS M (US)
PERRY MICHAEL L (US)
REISER CARL (US)
BALLIET RYAN J (US)
JARVI THOMAS D (US)
PEDERSEN LARS M (US)
PERRY MICHAEL L (US)
REISER CARL (US)
International Classes:
H01M4/92; H01M8/00; H01M8/04; H01M8/10; (IPC1-7): H01M8/00; H01M8/04
Foreign References:
| US3964930A | 1976-06-22 | |||
| US6630260B2 | 2003-10-07 |
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