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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.