CA2374359A1 - System and method for controlling the operation of a fuel processing system - Google Patents

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CA2374359A1
CA2374359A1 CA002374359A CA2374359A CA2374359A1 CA 2374359 A1 CA2374359 A1 CA 2374359A1 CA 002374359 A CA002374359 A CA 002374359A CA 2374359 A CA2374359 A CA 2374359A CA 2374359 A1 CA2374359 A1 CA 2374359A1
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Thomas G. Herron
William A. Pledger
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Abstract

A system and method for controlling a fuel processing system (10) is disclosed. The control system (26) automates the operation of a fuel processing system by monitoring operating parameters via communication pathways (62) and automatically controlling the operation of the system in response to the monitored parameters, predefined subroutines and/or inputs from a user interface (58).
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