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Title: Fuel-cell based power generating system having power conditioning apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1016150

A power conditioner includes power converters for supplying power to a load, a set of selection switches corresponding to the power converters for selectively connecting the fuel-cell stack to the power converters, and another set of selection switches corresponding to the power converters for selectively connecting the battery to the power converters. The power conveners output combined power that substantially optimally meets a present demand of the load.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-02NT41574
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
7,808,129
Application Number:
12/084,021
OSTI ID:
1016150
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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