Patent ID: 11867092
Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  C  Y | IPC C  F

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
providing the system according to claim 1:
burning the fuel in said combustion power plant;
forming the hot offgases in the combustion of the fuel;
removing the hot offgases by using the offgas conduit;
feeding thermal energy of the hot offgases from said offgas conduit to said electrolyzer;
producing hydrogen in said electrolyzer by using the thermal energy from the hot offgases;
providing the system with an open-loop controller configured to control a rate of heat transfer from said offgas conduit to said electrolyzer;
supplying power to said electrolyzer; and
compensating for any fluctuation in an operating temperature of said electrolyzer resulting from any fluctuation in the power supplied to said electrolyzer by control exerted by said open-loop controller.