CA2392881A1 - Fuel cell system with load management - Google Patents

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CA2392881A1
CA2392881A1 CA002392881A CA2392881A CA2392881A1 CA 2392881 A1 CA2392881 A1 CA 2392881A1 CA 002392881 A CA002392881 A CA 002392881A CA 2392881 A CA2392881 A CA 2392881A CA 2392881 A1 CA2392881 A1 CA 2392881A1
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Abstract

A fuel cell system having partial and/or total redundancy of at least one operational component, such as a redundancy of fuel cell stacks and/or fuel processors. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a plurality o f fuel cell stacks adapted to deliver the same maximum rated power output as a comparative fuel cell system having only a single fuel cell stack. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks adapted to deliver more than the maximum rated power output of the comparati ve fuel cell system. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks having at least n+1 (or total) redundancy compared to a fuel cell system having only a single fuel cell stack. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a control system and/or structure adapted to limit the applied load to the system.
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