Patent ID: 11967743
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  F  Y | IPC B  F  H

Claim 15:
16. A propulsion system comprising:
a gas turbine engine comprising a combustion section having a combustor; and
a modular fuel cell assembly comprising
a first fuel cell string comprising a first processing unit and a first fuel cell stack, the first fuel cell stack comprising a first fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the first fuel cell to the combustor;
a second fuel cell string comprising a second processing unit and a second fuel cell stack, the second fuel cell stack comprising a second fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the second fuel cell to the combustor;
a control system comprising one or more sensors configured to sense gas composition data of a first fluid flow through the first fuel cell string and of a second fluid flow through the second fuel cell string, wherein the one or more sensors comprises one or more multi-gas sensors configured to sense the gas composition data in real time and operate with variable control parameters.