公开(公告)号：US20180339759A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15983359

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: Lynntech, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan Reeh ,  Jady Stevens ,  Tiffany Jefferson ,  Justin McIntire ,  Chris Hadley ,  John Zbranek ,  Jeffrey S. Parkey ,  Ashwin Kumar Balasubramanian ,  Jibi Varughese ,  Geoffrey D. Hitchens ,  Marc w. Penny

IPC: B63H21/00 ,  B63H21/38 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/065 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  C01B3/06

CPC classification number: B63H21/00 ,  B63G8/08 ,  B63G2008/105 ,  B63H21/383 ,  B63H2021/003 ,  B63J4/006 ,  C01B3/065 ,  H01M8/0234 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04216 ,  H01M8/04291 ,  H01M8/04753 ,  H01M8/04761 ,  H01M8/04776 ,  H01M8/065 ,  H01M2008/1095 ,  H01M2250/20

Abstract: The present invention includes an underwater vehicle power unit and method of operating the same comprising: a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders that are volumetrically and gravitationally balanced during operation; a fuel reactor that generates hydrogen; a fuel cell capable of generating an electrical current when exposed to hydrogen; and a controller that controls the flow of fuel into the hydrogen generator, the flow of hydrogen into the fuel cell and the flow of waste from the hydrogen generator, and/or the fuel cell into the one or more waste storage bladders.