Patent ID: 6641943
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H01M,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
A method of operating a metal-air fuel cell battery system having a discharging mode of operation, said method comprising the steps of:(a) supplying metal-fuel material to a discharging head assembly within a metal-air fuel cell battery system having a discharging mode of operation, wherein said metal-fuel material has a plurality of zones demarcated along said metal-fuel material and each said zone is indexed with a code uniquely identifying said zone; (b) generating electrical power from said discharging head assembly during said discharging mode of operation; (c) reading said code along each said zone of said metal-fuel material during the discharging of said zone during said discharging mode of operation; (d) detecting a set of discharge parameters during the discharging of each said zone of metal-fuel material during said discharging mode of operation; (e) correlating each detected set of discharge parameters with the code associated with the zone from which said set of discharge parameters have been detected; (f) processing said set of discharge parameters detected at each said zone; and (g) generating control data signals for controlling one or more discharge parameters while said zone is being discharged.