Control system and method for controlling a gas generating system
First Claim
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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Abstract
A control system and method for controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel, wherein the fuel processing system uses a plurality of fuel processing elements, a fuel input and a waste gas input, each of the fuel processing elements having an individual output and the plurality of fuel processing elements having a collective output, and wherein the downstream process has a waste gas output and a dynamic gas load demand. The control system includes a device for receiving communication from the downstream process indicative of the dynamic load demand and a device for controlling the collective output level of the gas in response to the dynamic load demand. The device for controlling is operative to at least one of substantially equally distribute the dynamic load demand among the plurality of fuel processing elements such that the individual outputs from each of the fuel processing elements are substantially equal to each other for forming the collective output and most efficiently distribute the dynamic load among the plurality of fuel processing elements such that at least one of the individual outputs contributes to the collective output.
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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:
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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, and means 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel, wherein said 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 gas load demand, comprising:
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receiving communication from said downstream process indicative of said load demand; controlling the collective output level of said gas in response to said communication, wherein said step of controlling includes at least one of; 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, and 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 step of most efficiently distributing includes the step of determining the most efficient combination of said individual fuel processing elements or forming said collective output in response to said dynamic load demand. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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