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Control system and method for controlling a gas generating system

  • US 6,051,192 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1997
  • Issued: 04/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A control system for controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel, wherein said fuel processing system uses a plurality of fuel processing elements, a fuel input and a waste gas input, each of said fuel processing elements having an individual output and said plurality of fuel processing elements having a collective output, and wherein the downstream process has a waste gas output and a dynamic load demand, comprising:

  • means for receiving communication from said downstream process indicative of said dynamic load demand; and

    means for controlling the collective output level of said gas in response to said dynamic load demand, wherein said means for controlling includes at least one of;

    means for substantially equally distributing said dynamic load demand among said plurality of fuel processing elements such that said individual outputs from each of said fuel processing elements are substantially equal to each other for forming said collective output, andmeans for most efficiently distributing said dynamic load among said plurality of fuel processing elements such that at least one of said individual outputs contributes to said collective output wherein said means for most efficiently distributing includes means for determining the most efficient combination of said individual fuel processing elements for forming said collective output in response to said dynamic load demand.

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