Patent ID: 6083637
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: C01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
An energy generating system comprising:a reformate generating device which contains a hydrocarbon reforming reactor and generates a high-hydrogen reformate;a fuel cell arrangement having an input which receives reformate generated by the reformate generating device via a reformate feed line;at least one reformate quality indicating sensor arranged in a reformate flow path;a control unit;at least one reformate flow control valve in the reformate feed line, said at least one reformate flow valve being controllable by the control unit to selectively interrupt a flow of reformate from the reformate generating device into the fuel cell arrangement as a function of an output signal of the at least one reformate quality indicating sensor; anda supply air control valve in an air or oxygen supply line of the fuel cell arrangement which valve can be controlled by the control unit as a function of an output signal of the at least one reformate-quality-indicating sensor.