Patent ID: 9742196
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02B,Y02E

Claim:
1. An electrical power generating system, comprising: a fuel cell power plant configured to generate electrical power based on a chemical reaction; and a coolant network that is configured to carry fluid toward the fuel cell power plant where fluid in the coolant network can become heated fluid by absorbing heat from the fuel cell power plant, the coolant network including a thermal hydraulic engine that is configured to generate electrical power, a cooling station configured to reduce a temperature of fluid provided to the cooling station, a first portion configured to carry fluid from the cooling station toward a portion of the fuel cell power plant where fluid in the first portion can be heated, a second portion configured to carry the heated fluid from the first portion to a heated fluid inlet of the thermal hydraulic engine, the thermal hydraulic engine being configured to direct heated fluid from the inlet to a section of the thermal hydraulic engine where heat from the heated fluid can be used for generating electrical power, the thermal hydraulic engine including a fluid outlet that is configured to direct fluid from which heat has been used for generating electrical power away from the thermal hydraulic engine in a direction toward the cooling station, the cooling station being configured to reduce a temperature of fluid received from the thermal hydraulic engine before the fluid is provided to the first portion.