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1. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
- (a) a hydrogen generator;
(b) at least one zone controller for receiving and transmitting demands for hydrogen associated with at least one zone of the one or more buildings;
(c) a unit controller for processing said demands for hydrogen received from said at least one zone controller and controlling said hydrogen generator in accordance therewith.
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Abstract
A hydrogen energy system is provided for one or more buildings. The system includes a hydrogen generator; at least one zone controller for receiving and processing demands from at least one hydrogen user associated with at least one zone of the one or more buildings; and a unit controller for receiving and processing hydrogen demand data received from the at least one zone controller.
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1. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
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(a) a hydrogen generator; (b) at least one zone controller for receiving and transmitting demands for hydrogen associated with at least one zone of the one or more buildings; (c) a unit controller for processing said demands for hydrogen received from said at least one zone controller and controlling said hydrogen generator in accordance therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
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(a) a hydrogen generator; (b) a hydrogen storage apparatus for storing hydrogen received from said hydrogen generator; (c) a hydrogen conversion apparatus for converting hydrogen received from said hydrogen storage apparatus into a desired form of energy; and (d) a controller in communication with a plurality of zones associated with said one or more buildings for controlling the generation, storage and conversion of hydrogen by said hydrogen generator, hydrogen storage apparatus and hydrogen conversion apparatus in accordance with demands received from one or more of said plurality of zones. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
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(a) a hydrogen generator; (b) a hydrogen storage apparatus for storing hydrogen received from said hydrogen generator; (c) a hydrogen conversion apparatus for converting hydrogen received from said hydrogen storage apparatus into a desired form of energy; (d) a hydrogen dispenser for dispensing hydrogen from said hydrogen storage apparatus to one or more hydrogen powered vehicles; and (e) a controller in communication with at least one of said hydrogen generator, hydrogen storage apparatus, hydrogen conversion apparatus and hydrogen dispenser to control the generation and distribution of hydrogen and energy for one or more of said buildings and vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
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(a) a hydrogen generator; (b) a hydrogen storage apparatus for storing hydrogen received from said hydrogen generator; (c) a electrical energy conversion apparatus for converting hydrogen received from said hydrogen storage apparatus into electrical energy; (d) a thermal energy conversion apparatus for converting hydrogen received from said hydrogen storage apparatus into thermal energy (e) an electrical energy conduit for distributing electrical energy generated by said electrical energy conversion apparatus to one or more zones associated with said one or more buildings; (f) a thermal energy conduit for distributing thermal energy generated by said thermal energy conversion apparatus to one or more zones associated with said one or more buildings; and (g) a controller in communication with said hydrogen generator, said electrical energy conversion apparatus and said thermal energy conversion apparatus for controlling the generation and conversion of hydrogen and the distribution of electrical energy and thermal energy to said one or more zones. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109)
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110. A hydrogen energy system for one or more buildings, said system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of zone controllers for receiving and transmitting demands for hydrogen for a plurality of zones associated with said one or more buildings; and (b) at least one unit controller for processing said demands for hydrogen received from said plurality of zone controllers and controlling the generation and distribution of hydrogen in accordance therewith. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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