CN1910803A

CN1910803A - Fuel cell power and management system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same

Info

Publication number: CN1910803A
Application number: CNA2005800029352A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 格伦·M·邓恩; 保罗·格彻尔; 邓肯·D·麦格雷戈; 辛克莱·D·麦格雷戈; 肯尼思·E·皮尔逊
Original assignee: Jadoo Power Systems Inc
Current assignee: Jadoo Power Systems Inc
Priority date: 2004-01-22
Filing date: 2005-01-18
Publication date: 2007-02-07

Abstract

There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as techniques for controlling and/or operating such systems. The fuel cell power management system (and method of controlling and/or operating same) actively monitors, manages and/or controls one or more operating parameter(s) of the fuel cell system. For example, the system monitors, manages and/or controls the consumption and/or the rate of consumption of fuel by the system, and in response thereto, may provide and/or alert the user to amount of fuel remaining, consumed, the rate of consumption and/or the time (or estimation thereof remaining until all of the fuel is spent. In this way, the user may schedule or plan accordingly.

Description

Fuel battery power and management system and control thereof and/or operating technology

The cross reference of related application

It is that " Integrated Fuel ManagementSystem for Fuel Cells ", sequence number are the priority of 60/538,646 U.S. Provisional Application (hereinafter referred to as " provisional application ") that the application requires the title that on January 22nd, 2004 submitted to.Content whole with this provisional application is incorporated into this by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to fuel battery power and management system and control thereof and/or operating technology; Particularly, the present invention relates to fuel battery power and management system in one aspect, for example based on the system of hydrogen and/or methyl alcohol and be used for this system parts, element and/subsystem.

Background technology

Generally speaking, miniature portable electricity equipment and electronic equipment usually utilize battery as power source.Yet the energy storage capacity of conventional batteries is limited, and must abandon or recharge after they have exhausted its limited energy storage capacity.If throw away, then conventional batteries is because the toxic material that uses when making battery can attract environmental hazard.If recharge, then the process that recharges of conventional batteries expends time in, and along with increase the service life of these batteries, becoming more and more is difficult to determine the charged state of battery.In this, its life-span becomes unpredictable and unreliable, thereby the user usually abandoned battery before finishing useful life, and this just causes the surcharge that the user has to carry additional battery.Running time more of a specified duration running time that can provide than conventional batteries usually is provided such as application such as professional camera, kneetop computer and cell phones.

Except that the system based on battery, fuel cell system also can be used to provide portable electric power source.In one embodiment, fuel cell system for example utilizes hydrogen, hydrogen-rich gas, the hydrogen-containing compound maybe can be from the material (as the hydride storage box) that wherein extracts hydrogen as required.Such fuel cell system generally includes: anode tap is used for hydrogen atom is divided into electronics and proton; The current load part is for electronics provides the path; The medium of proton exchange membrane for example is for proton provides the path; And cathode terminal, be used for electronics and proton being attached to hydrone again existing under the situation of oxygen.If the fuel in the storage container (for example hydrogen) upgrades termly, the conventional fuel battery usually produces electricity (for example referring to U.S. Patent number 5,683,828 than conventional batteries in the time period more of a specified duration; 5,858,567; 5,863,671; And 6,051,331).

Summary of the invention

There are the many aspects and the embodiment of many inventions and these inventions to be described and illustrated in this.First main aspect in, the present invention is a kind of fuel cell management system based on hydrogen, comprising: based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen, in order to the fuel of storage based on hydrogen; And power cell, be coupled to fuel cassette, in order to generate electrical power from fuel based on hydrogen based on hydrogen.Of the present invention in this respect in, comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen: fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen; Memory is in order to the data of storage representative based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen; And control circuit system (for example microprocessor or microcontroller).Power cell comprises: based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be suitable for receiving based on the fuel of hydrogen and from its generation electrical power.

At least one operating parameter can be the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In one embodiment, the control circuit system time quantity that can use fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen monitors the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In another embodiment, control circuit system uses the data represent the pressure and temperature of fuel in the fuel container to monitor the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

At least one operating parameter can be a power cell to the wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.In one embodiment, control circuit system uses one or more transducers to come the monitoring power unit to the wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen, and transducer provides the data of the temperature of fuel in the pressure of representing fuel in fuel flow rate, the container and the container.

In one embodiment, memory is also stored the data of representative based on one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.One or more unique feature based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen can comprise the fuel type that holds in fuel cassette sequence number, fuel cassette build date, fuel cassette assembling date, the fuel container, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of times of fuel cassette of fuel cassette.

Note that memory also can store the data of representative based on the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

In one embodiment, the fuel cassette based on hydrogen also can comprise in order to visually to show the display of the information of representing at least one operating parameter.

The control circuit system of fuel cassette can be determined at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores the data of representative based at least one parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly in memory.In one embodiment, memory is arranged on the identical integrated circuit (IC) apparatus with control circuit system.

Power cell also can comprise in order to determine the control circuit system (for example quantity based on the fuel of hydrogen that has consumed from fuel container) based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.In this embodiment, the control circuit system of power cell can be determined at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores the data of representative based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly in the memory of fuel cassette.

In one embodiment, when at least one operating parameter was the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container, the time quantity that the control circuit system of power cell can use the fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen was determined the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In another embodiment, the control circuit system of power cell uses the data represent the pressure and temperature of fuel in the fuel container to determine the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

The present invention's fuel cassette based on hydrogen in this respect also can comprise the communication circuitry that will be provided to the external circuit system based on the data of at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to representing.Communication circuitry can use wireless communication technology.

In aspect another is main, the present invention is a kind of fuel cell management system based on hydrogen, comprising: based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen, in order to the fuel of storage based on hydrogen; Power cell is coupled to the fuel cassette based on hydrogen, to generate electrical power from the fuel based on hydrogen; And refill unit, be suitable for being connected, in order to provide fuel to fuel cassette based on hydrogen to be stored in the fuel container with fuel cassette based on hydrogen.Of the present invention in this respect in, comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen: fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen; Memory is in order to the data of storage representative based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen; And control circuit system (for example microprocessor or microcontroller).Power cell comprises: based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be suitable for receiving based on the fuel of hydrogen and from its generation electrical power.

At least one operating parameter can be the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In one embodiment, power cell comprises the control circuit system of determining the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container in order to the time quantity of using fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen.The time quantity that the control circuit system of power cell can use the fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen monitors the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In another embodiment, on behalf of the data of the pressure and temperature of fuel in the fuel container, the control circuit system of power cell can monitor the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.At least one operating parameter can be a power cell to the wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.

Memory can be stored representative based on one or more unique feature of the fuel cassette of hydrogen and/or based on the data of the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.One or more unique feature based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen can comprise the fuel type that holds in fuel cassette sequence number, fuel cassette build date, fuel cassette assembling date, the fuel container, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of times of fuel cassette of fuel cassette.

In one embodiment, the fuel cassette based on hydrogen can comprise in order to visually to show the display of the information of representing at least one operating parameter.

Power cell can comprise in order to determine the control circuit system based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.In fact, the control circuit system of power cell can be determined at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores the data of representing at least one parameter off and on, continuously or termly in the memory of fuel cassette.

Refill unit can comprise in order to determine the control circuit system based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.In this, the control circuit system of refill unit can be determined at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores the data of representing at least one parameter off and on, continuously or termly in the memory of fuel cassette.When at least one operating parameter was the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container, the control circuit system of refill unit can be used based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen and receive the quantity of determining remaining fuel based on hydrogen the fuel container based on the time quantity of the fuel of hydrogen from refill unit.In addition or replace, the control circuit system of refill unit can use the data of representing the pressure and temperature of fuel in the fuel container to determine the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.Note that the quantity that at least one operating parameter can be have in particular consumed from fuel cassette based on the fuel of hydrogen.

In aspect another is main, the present invention is a kind of fuel cell management system based on hydrogen, comprising: based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen, in order to the fuel of storage based on hydrogen; Power cell is coupled to the fuel cassette based on hydrogen, in order to generate electrical power from the fuel based on hydrogen.This on the one hand in, comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen: fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen; Pod interface comprises mechanical interface; The box valve module; Control circuit system; And memory, in order to the data of storage representative based on a plurality of operating parameters of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.The present invention's power cell in this respect comprises: power unit interface comprises the mechanical interface in order to the mechanical interface that is mechanically connected to pod interface; And the power cell valve module, in order to engage the box valve module and with so that flow to power cell from fuel cassette based on hydrogen based on the fuel of hydrogen.Power cell also comprises: based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be coupled to the power cell valve module and generate electrical power to receive from fuel cassette based on the fuel of hydrogen and from it.

In one embodiment, at least one in a plurality of operating parameters is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in the fuel container.In another embodiment, at least one in a plurality of operating parameters is power cell to the wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.

Memory can be stored representative based on the data of one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen and/or based on the data of the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.One or more unique feature based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen comprises the fuel type that holds in fuel cassette sequence number, fuel cassette build date, fuel cassette assembling date, the fuel container, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of times of fuel cassette of fuel cassette.

In one embodiment, the fuel cassette based on hydrogen also comprises in order to visually to show the display of information one or more in a plurality of operating parameters of representative based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

In one embodiment, power cell comprises in order to determine off and on, continuously or termly based on one or more control circuit system in a plurality of operating parameters of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.The control circuit system of power cell can be stored one or more data in a plurality of operating parameters of representative off and on, continuously or termly in the memory of fuel cassette.

Equally, there are the many aspects and the embodiment of many inventions and these inventions to be described and illustrated in this.The not exhaustive scope of the present invention of summary of the invention.In addition, this summary of the invention is not intended to limit the present invention, and should not explain in this mode.Although some embodiment of the present invention, feature, attribute and advantage are described in this summary of the invention, but should be appreciated that it is obvious according to appended description, diagram and claim many other and different and/or similar embodiment, feature, attribute and/or advantage of the present invention being arranged.

Description of drawings

In detailed description process subsequently, will carry out reference to accompanying drawing.These illustrate different aspect of the present invention, and in suitable part, have shown that at different picture in pictures the label of analog structure, parts, material and/or element is a mark in addition similarly.Should be appreciated that except that specifically illustrating, described structure, parts, material and/the various combinations of element also are expected and within the scope of the present invention.

Figure 1A is according to the portable fuel cell power that comprises fuel cassette and power cell of first aspect present invention and the block representation of management system;

Figure 1B is according to the portable fuel cell power that comprises fuel cassette (rechargeable type), power cell and refill unit of second aspect present invention and the block representation of management system;

Fig. 2 is the block representation according to the mechanical organ of the selection of the fuel cassette of an aspect of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 A and 3B are respectively perspective view and the cross-sectional views according to the fuel container of the fuel cassette of an aspect of one embodiment of the invention, comprise the exemplary dimensions (referring to Fig. 3 B) of some aspect that relates to fuel container;

Fig. 3 C is the cross-sectional view according to the fuel container of the fuel cassette of an aspect of an embodiment that combines with box valve module and box neck assembly;

Fig. 4 A illustrates the perspective exploded view of carrying (poppet) assembly according to an aspect of one embodiment of the invention, and wherein rupture disk separates with all the other elements that retainer and this are carried assembly;

Fig. 4 B illustrates the perspective assembled view of the exemplary poppet assembly of Fig. 4 A;

Fig. 4 C illustrates the end view of the exemplary poppet assembly of Fig. 4 B;

Fig. 4 D illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the exemplary poppet assembly of Fig. 4 C of line A-A intercepting;

Fig. 4 E illustrates (from far-end) end-view of the exemplary poppet assembly of Fig. 4 B;

Fig. 5 A illustrates the perspective exploded view according to the box valve module of an aspect of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 B illustrates the perspective assembled view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 5 A;

Fig. 5 C illustrates the end view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 5 B;

Fig. 5 D illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 5 C of line A-A intercepting, and wherein the box valve module is in closure state;

Fig. 5 E illustrates (from far-end) end-view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 5 B;

Fig. 6 A illustrates the perspective view according to the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 5 B of an aspect of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 B illustrates the cross-sectional view of some parts of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 6 A when described valve is in closure state;

Fig. 6 C illustrates the cross-sectional view of some parts of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 6 A when valve is in open mode;

Fig. 7 A illustrates the decomposition diagram of the box valve module of another embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention;

Fig. 7 B illustrates the perspective assembled view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 7 A;

Fig. 7 C illustrates (from far-end) end-view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 7 B;

Fig. 7 D illustrates the end view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 7 B;

Fig. 7 E illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 7 D of line A-A intercepting, and wherein the box valve module is in closure state;

Fig. 7 F illustrates along the cross-sectional view of the exemplary cartridge valve module of Fig. 7 D of line A-A intercepting, and wherein the box valve module is in open mode;

Fig. 8 A and 8B illustrate the exploded view and the perspective view of the fuel cassette of an embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention respectively, and wherein fuel cassette comprises box neck assembly;

Fig. 9 A and 10A illustrate the decomposition diagram of the box neck assembly that combines with the several portions of pod interface, box electronic device and box display;

Fig. 9 B and 10B illustrate the perspective view according to the box of embodiment neck assembly that combines with pod interface and box display;

Figure 11 A is the perspective view according to the electrical interface of the pod interface of an embodiment that combines with the part (if being suitable for) of the electrical interface of box neck assembly and power cell or refill unit, and wherein the contact of power cell or refill unit engages with the contact mat of the electrical interface of the pod interface of fuel cassette;

Figure 11 B is the perspective view of the electrical interface of an exemplary embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention;

Figure 12 is the perspective view according to the mechanical interface of the pod interface of an embodiment that combines with the part (if being suitable for) of the electrical interface of box neck assembly and power cell or refill unit;

Figure 13 A illustrates the perspective exploded view according to some parts of the box electronic device of the fuel cassette of an exemplary embodiment and box display;

Figure 13 B illustrates the perspective assembled view of some parts of the exemplary cartridge electronics of Figure 13 A and box display;

Figure 13 C illustrates the exemplary cartridge electronics of Figure 13 B and the end view of box display;

Figure 14 A, 14B and 14C are the schematic block diagram according to the box electronic device that combines with the box display of the exemplary embodiment of one aspect of the invention;

Figure 14 D, 14E and 14F are the schematic block diagram according to the box electronic device of other exemplary embodiment of one aspect of the invention;

Figure 15 illustrates the schematically showing of parts of the box electronic device of another exemplary embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention and box display;

Figure 16 A illustrates combining with fuel cassette and be coupled to the side perspective view in order to the power cell of the port (port) that receives fuel cassette of having of this fuel cassette according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention;

Figure 16 B illustrates the perspective view of port of the power cell of Figure 16 A, and wherein this port comprises electrical interface and the mechanical interface in order to reception, joint and fixed fuel box;

Figure 17 A, 17B, 17C, 17D and 17E are exemplary embodiment and the power unit display power box of some aspects according to the present invention and the schematic block diagram of the power unit electronic that electrical interface (inter alia) combines;

Figure 18 A illustrates four perspective views that recharge the refill unit of port that have of according to an aspect of the present invention an exemplary embodiment;

Figure 18 B illustrates the perspective view that recharges port of the refill unit of Figure 18 A;

Figure 19 A, 19B, 19C, 19D and 19E are the schematic block diagram according to the refill unit electronic device that combines with the electrical interface power box (inter alia) exemplary embodiment of some aspects of the present invention; And

Figure 20 illustrates the perspective partial cross-sectional view of the box valve module that comprises the temperature sensor-relief port assembly according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Embodiment

There are many inventions to be described and illustrated in this.On the one hand, the technology that present invention is directed at a kind of portable fuel cell power and the management system system of hydrogen and/or methyl alcohol (for example based on) and parts and/or element and be used to control and/or operate such system.One or more operating parameters of fuel battery power management system (and control and/or method of operation) (actively) supervision on one's own initiative, management and/or control fuel cell system.For example, this system monitoring, management and/or control system be to the consumption and/or the wear rate of fuel, and can be to user provide and/or report to the police residual fuel quantity, consume fuel quantity, wear rate and/or remaining time before all fuel are used up (or its estimation) in response to this.In this way, the user can correspondingly dispatch or plan.

In one embodiment, the present invention includes fuel cassette and power cell.Fuel cassette hold by power cell use from wherein generating the fuel of electricity.Fuel cassette be connected to power cell with fuel is provided in the power cell or on fuel cell.In one embodiment, fuel is hydrogen or methyl alcohol.Yet, the present invention can with no matter now known any fuel and the fuel cell system of still developing be later on implemented in combination, with regard to this point, all portable feulcell prototype systems (whether rechargeable) all are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.Usually be expressed under the situation of hydrogen or methanol fuel although note that the application, be to be understood that the present invention can be applicable to other fuel and associate management system.

As mentioned above, fuel battery power management system of the present invention (and monitor, management and/or control and/method of operation) monitor on one's own initiative, manage and/one or more operating parameters of control fuel cell system.These operating parameters can for example be any mistake/faults (for example fuel leak, machinery, electricity and/or electrical interface fault) of fuel consumption and/or its speed, (for example fuel cassette) temperature, (for example fuel in the fuel cassette) pressure, electric power consumption (voltage and current that for example comprises power cell generates and/or output thus and/or current drain) and/or system or its parts, element and/or subsystem.

Note that fuel cassette and/or power cell can monitor, manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cell system on one's own initiative.In this, fuel cassette and/or power cell can be enabled and/or dispose in order to monitor, to manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cell system.Distributing to supervision, management and/or the control procedure of fuel cassette and/or power cell can (on the spot or on the contrary) be fixed, presets, is scheduled to, programmes and/or be configurable.In one embodiment, (via wireless and/or wire communication) user or external device (ED) can enable, deenergize, supervision, management and/or the control operation of the operating parameter of the fuel cassette of sequencing and/or configuration fuel cell system and/or power cell.

In another embodiment, the present invention also comprises the refill unit in order to additional in fuel cassette and/or fuel-in-storage.In this, fuel cassette can be connected to refill unit or regularly, intermittently and/or with need ground additional and/or fuel-in-storage in the storage container of fuel cassette.Except that fuel cassette or replace, refill unit can monitor, manages and/or control one or more operating parameters of the process of recharging.In fact, except that fuel cassette and/or power cell (or replacing), refill unit also can be used for enabling, deenergize by user or external device (ED), the operating parameter of other subsystem (for example power cell or fuel cassette) of sequencing and/or configuration fuel cell system.Equally, in this embodiment, fuel battery power and management system are portable and rechargeable, and fuel cassette, power cell and/or refill unit can monitor, manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cell system on one's own initiative.

With reference to Figure 1A, in one embodiment, fuel battery power of the present invention and management system 10 comprise fuel cassette 100 and power cell 200.Fuel cassette 100 comprise pod interface 102 and help fuel cassette 100 and power cell 200 between the box valve module 104 that transmits of fuel.Pod interface 2 comprises the mechanical interface that " cooperates " with the interface of power cell 200.Combine with the mechanical interface of pod interface 102, box valve module 104 help fuel from fuel cassette 100 to power cell 200 controlled exchange.

In one embodiment, fuel cassette 100 also comprises box electronic device 106 and box display 108.Box electronic device 106 comprises in order to monitor, to manage, to control and/or to store for example one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100.For example the box display 108 of LCD or light-emitting diode display can suitably be arranged on the fuel cassette 100 or in the information that helps for example one or more operating parameter states from box electronic device 106 to the user or operator's exchange.In this way, user or operator can visually check such information.Note that fuel cassette 100 can comprise that also (except that box display 108 or replace) in order to can be provided to such information user or operator's audible indicator (not shown) with listening.

Power cell 200 comprises power unit interface 202 and power cell valve module 204, and this assembly is in order to engage securely with fuel cassette 100 or to be connected and to receive fuel from fuel cassette 100.Power unit interface 202 comprises the mechanical interface that " cooperates " with the mechanical interface of fuel cassette 100.Power cell valve module 204 help fuel from fuel cassette 100 to power cell 200 safety and controlled exchange.

In one embodiment, flexible pipe or tubular type material can be inserted between fuel cassette 100 and the power cell 200 to help from fuel cassette 100 to power cell 200 fuel to flow.This flexible pipe or tubular type material can comprise suitable connecting interface or be suitable for being connected to suitable connecting interface with provide thus suitable fluid between fuel cassette 100 and the power cell 200 (and/or) transmit.

In one embodiment, power cell 200 also comprises power electronic device 206 and power unit display 208.Power unit electronic 206 comprises the Circuits System in order to the one or more operating parameters that monitor, manage, control and/or store fuel cassette 100 for example and/or power cell 200.

For example the power unit display 208 of LCD or light-emitting diode display can suitably be arranged on the power cell 200 or in (for example in recessed mode) to allow user or operator from power unit electronic 206 and/or fuel cassette electronic device 106 acquired informations, for example state of one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200.In this, this information can be calculated, be determined and/or measure and/or be provided to power unit display 208 by fuel cassette electronic device 106 via the electrical interface of pod interface 102 and power unit interface 202 by power unit electronic 206.

Note that as power unit display 208 box display 108 can provide the state of one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200.In this, information to be shown can be calculated, be determined by fuel cassette electronic device 106 as mentioned above and/or measure and/or be provided to box display 108 by power unit electronic 206 via the electrical interface of power unit interface 202 and pod interface 102.In this way, except that power unit display 208 or replace, user or operating value also can use box display 108 visually to check one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200.

The same with fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 also can comprise (except that power unit display 208 or replace) in order to can listen one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200 are provided to user or operator's audible indicator (not shown).

Power cell 200 also comprises the fuel cell 210 that converts electrical power in order to the fuel that fuel cassette 100 is provided to.Fuel cell 210 is provided to external device (ED) for example camera or computer via the electrical interface of power unit electronic 206 with electrical power.Note that fuel cell 210 generally comprises: anode tap is used for hydrogen atom is divided into electronics and proton under the situation based on the fuel cell of hydrogen; The current load part is for electronics provides the path; Such as the medium of proton exchange membrane, for proton provides the path; And cathode terminal, be used for when having oxygen, electronics and proton being attached to hydrone again.Below fuel cell 210 will be described quite in more detail.

Fuel container 110: in one embodiment with reference to figure 2,3A, 3B, fuel cassette 100 comprises and being used at the pressure fuel-in-storage that the promotes fuel container 110 of hydrogen or methyl alcohol for example.Container 110 preferably is designed to have the cylinder of following thickness, the typical pressure at place when this thickness is enough to withstand the special fuel storage.For example, under the situation of hydrogen, box 100 can be usually to reach the pressure storage hydrogen of 5,500 pound per square inches (PSI).The nominal operation pressure of the fuel container 110 of housing hydrogen is about 250PSI, and maximum operating pressure is about 600PSI, and the nominal test pressure is about 2,200PSI, and the nominal burst pressure is 5,100PSI.

Continue with reference to figure 3A, 3B and 3C, in one embodiment, the material of fuel container 110 is an aluminium, such as 6061 aluminium.Container 110 is the conventional shapes that comprise the zone 112 that is shrunk to the neck shape, and this zone has internal thread 114, and these screw threads are used for the tightening member of box valve module 104.

Fuel container 110 also comprises the neck attachment mechanism 116 that is illustrated as screw thread.Neck attachment mechanism 116 helps to lead assembly 118 to be connected to fuel container 110 (referring to Fig. 3 C) in box via the screw thread of the reciprocal screw thread of box neck assembly 118 and neck attachment mechanism 116.As discussed in more detail below, box neck assembly 118 is in order to box electronic device 106 and box display 108 are attached to the mechanism of fuel container 110.

Under the fuel cell system situation based on hydrogen, within the 110a of the chamber of fuel container 110 will be unshowned hydride material particle, and these particles absorb hydrogen to help storage hydrogen and/or to improve the memory capacity of hydrogen in container 110.

Box valve module 104: the fuel that box valve module 104 allows fluid forms is 200 controlled exchange from fuel cassette 100 to power cell.Box valve module 104 can be fixed firmly to fuel container 110 (for example referring to Fig. 3 C) via the screw thread with the screw-internal thread fit of fuel container 110.In operation, box valve module 104 comprises at least two states, comprises first or state of activation, and fuel can flow out or flow into the chamber 110a of fuel cassette 100 thus.Second or unactivated state in, box valve module 104 prevents or forbids fuel stream that fuel is contained within the 110a of chamber like this.Box valve module 104 comprises valve seal 128, and sealing is designed to prevent that fluid from leaking (for example referring to Fig. 3 C) from the chamber 110a of fuel cassette 100.

Note that fluid flows out fuel cassette 110 when for example fuel cassette 100 is used as the fuels sources that is used for power cell 200.Under fuel cassette 100 rechargeable situations, in fuel can be when for example fuel cassette 100 be filled or recharging (for example regularly, intermittently or with need ground) the inflow fuel cassette 100.

With reference to figure 3C and 4A-4D, in one embodiment, box valve module 104 comprises carries assembly 122.Carry assembly 122 and comprise far-end 122a and near-end 122b.In operation, flange 124 allows gas flow (i.e. flowing around flange 124) with respect to the position of box valve module 104.In this embodiment, flange 124 is polygon, is included in edge at least one flat limit 124a on every side of flange 124.The number that note that the limit can be that any number is still generally greater than two.In this illustrative embodiment, flange 124 comprises that three flat limits are together with three bent limit 124b.Note that and consider this specification that other design is suitable and will will be tangible for those skilled in the art.For example, can implement recess hole, scallop hole and/or boring design.

Carry assembly 122 and also comprise internal fluid channels 126.In this illustrative embodiment, internal fluid channels 126 extends the length of carrying assembly 122.Consider this specification, other design of internal fluid channels 126 is suitable and will will be tangible for those skilled in the art.Other embodiment of internal fluid channels 126 in fact, has been discussed below.

Carry assembly 122 and also can comprise sealing ring 128, the sealing ring is in order to strengthen or to provide the sealing of abundance when carrying combined setting of other element of assembly 122 and box valve module 104.

Fluid line 126a fluid passage 126 internally extends to the outer surface at the far-end 122a place of carrying assembly 122.Rupture disk 130 is positioned at the near-end 122b place of carrying assembly 122 and is kept in position by retainer 130a, and this retainer can ad hoc design or be suitable for rupture disk 130.Note that rupture disk 130 and retainer 130a can be separating components or can be fabricated to single part.By means of with retainer 130a on the reciprocal screw thread of internal thread or according to this specification tangible other device to those skilled in the art, retainer 130a is assembled on the near-end 122b that carries assembly 122." circle " scolder can be arranged on the rupture disk 130, and retainer 130a is assembled on the screw thread at the near-end 122a place that mentions assembly 122, and is heated subsequently so that rupture disk 130 and retainer 130a further are fixed to the near-end of assembly 122 122b is provided.Rupture disk 130 also can be secured to the near-end of assembly 122 122b is provided by retainer 130a being crimped onto suitable position.

Note that rupture disk 130 also can play the effect of pressure-release assembly.In this, rupture disk 130 can be designed to open and reduce to predetermined pressure closure when following at pressure in preset pressure.In one embodiment, rupture disk 130 can be defined the level in the demarcation of some pound per square inch, and this demarcation is less than the demarcation (Fig. 3 A-3C illustrates) that is used for fuel container 110.Generally speaking, rupture disk 130 can be defined the level to from 500-3, and 000lbs per square inch.

With reference to figure 5A-5E, box valve module 104 also comprises the valve module shell 132 with far-end 132a and near-end 132b.Extend on the length of the valve module shell 132 that elongates in assembly shell chamber 134.Valve module shell 132 comprises the radially extension flange 136 at the far-end 132a place that is positioned at shell 132.The outer surface 132c of valve module shell 132 comprises the screw thread (via as the illustrated internal thread 114 of Fig. 3 C) that is used for box valve module 104 is fixed to fuel container.Interior shoulder in the valve module shell 132 has limited inner chamber 134 with the sealing ring 128 that helps to carry assembly 122 firm " taking one's seat " and/or place.

Box valve module 104 also comprises spring 138, and this spring assembles and push flange 124 against carrying assembly 122.The fastener 140a that is illustrated as clasp in this example assembles packing ring-spring is carried 134 inside, shell chamber that assembly and sealing ring 128 remain in valve module shell 132 against packing ring 140b and spring 138.In case clasp is in place, polygon flange 124 assembles against the shoulder of valve module shell 132, makes sealing ring 128 be positioned to the inner section of seal box valve module 104.

Particle filter 142 can be positioned the near-end 132b place (in when assembling) of valve module shell 132, and this filter design is used for keeping and/or keeps any particulate matter among the chamber 110a of fuel container 110.Particle filter 142 allows the fuel (for example hydrogen or methyl alcohol) of fluid form to flow through when any solid being remained in container 110 inside (for example hydride).

Note that far-end 132a inside that one or more sealing rings 144 (144a among Fig. 7 A and 144b) can be positioned shell chamber 134 is to strengthen box valve module 104 in the integrality when combined with other parts of fuel cassette 100.In this way, the fuel between the fuel cassette 100 and power cell 200 when engaging or connect (or recharge station 300, if be suitable for) or the sealing of fluid path have been strengthened.

With reference to figure 6B, in operation, when the flange 124 of carrying assembly 122 pushed the interior shoulder in shell chambeies 134 with sealing ring 128 by spring 138, box valve module 104 was in the closure state.With this understanding, prevent that the fuel (being fluid) that holds among the chamber 110a of cartridge vessel 110 from flowing among the 110a of chamber or the 110a of delivery chamber.Near-end 132b is assemblied in container 110 inside.Be used for allowing fluid to flow particle filter 142 settings, location and design and still prevent and/or minimize any particulate matter disengaging container 110.

With reference to figure 6C, when forcing or push the flange 124 of carrying assembly 122 and sealing ring 128 (promptly at the far-end 122a place of carrying assembly 122) when leaving the interior shoulder in shell chamber 134, box valve module 104 is in (fluid can flow into or the 110a of delivery chamber thus) in the open mode.In this way, space 146 is formed between the interior shoulder in flange 124/ sealing ring 128 and shell chamber 134, allow thus fuel or fluid (for example hydrogen) flow under pressure (flowing into or the 110a of delivery chamber) between the inner chamber 134 of particle filter 142, shell 132, spring 138, around gap 148, flow in the spaces 146 and and flow to internal fluid channels 126 through fluid line 126a.

Note that in operation the far-end 122a that carries assembly 122 is by the pushing of the pin (not shown) of power cell 200 or refill unit 300, these pins are projected in the box valve module 104 on the front surface of flange 136.This action or operation will at length be described below and be illustrated.

The box valve module can use many different designs to implement.Such alternative design is intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.In fact, all types of box valve modules all are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

Note that the exemplary cartridge valve module to Fig. 4 A-4E, 5A-5E and 6A-6C can carry out many remodeling.Such remodeling is intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.For example, with reference to figure 7A-7C, in an alternative design, box valve module 104 comprises carries assembly 122, this assembly has the internal fluid channels by cap 150 closures, make this passage not extend the entire length of carrying assembly 122, but this passage still is communicated with fluid line 126a.In addition, flange or take on 152 and be positioned at the far-end 122a place of carrying assembly 122.

The box valve module 104 of this embodiment also comprises the spring 154 that is assemblied on the top 150 of carrying assembly 122.Spring 154 is designed to the spring than spring 138 " weak ", and spring 154 compresses with bigger ratio before spring 138 and than spring 138 with regard to trending towards like this.When assembling, cap 158a is assemblied on the spring 154 and clasp 156 is assemblied in around the spring 154.

With reference to figure 7E and 7F, because spring 138 is better than spring 154, so closure state or position will be physical slot or the disable state that adopted by box valve module 104.In this, in operation, spring 138 will push or force that 128 of sealing rings stay temporarily carries the shoulder of assembly 122 against valve module shell 132, prevent effectively that thus fluid from passing through any mobile of shell chamber 134.

With reference to figure 7F, when via the front surface 158b of the cap 158a that engages box valve module 104 by the pin or the cutting back parts (not shown) (as described in detail later) of power system 200 or refill unit 300 in the shell chamber 134 at the far-end 132a place of valve module shell 132, box valve module 104 places open mode.Adaptably, spring 154 is compressed and forces or push cap 158a and be compressed at the end (bottom out) on the clasp 156 of valve module 104.In addition, pin or cutting back parts (not shown) also have and extend or finger, and this extension or finger extend from its top and have and will extend through the diameter of the opening on the front surface 158b of cap 158a.Strength against cap 158a and top 150 is enough to poppet valve 122 is moved on to as illustrated position among Fig. 7 F.In this way, flow through passage 148 from the fluid (for example gas) of box valve module 104 and flow out space 146 and arrive in the shell chamber 134 at far-end 132a place of valve module shells 132.

In operation, when fuel cassette 100 was connected to power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300, box valve module 104 was by automatically being opened in the connection of power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300.In this, the far-end 132a place that positive type on the interface of power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 extends in box valve module 104 combines with the cloudy type recipient of the mechanical interface 102b of fuel cassette 100, with engage, activate and/or pushing carry assembly 122 from make position or state (for example referring to Fig. 6 B and 7E) to open position or state (for example referring to Fig. 6 C and 7F).When mechanical interface 102b when the mechanical interface of power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 disconnects, box valve module 104 is automatically closed to seal thus and/or to keep fluid/fuel in container 110 and keep the suitable pressure of fuel in fuel cassette 100.

Particularly, the pin of power cell valve module 204 or refill unit valve module 304 or cutting back parts (following discussed about power cell 200 and refill unit 300 respectively) have two sections, locate at one section top against cap 158a, and finger or the opening that extends on the front surface 158b then pass cap 158a assemble, can obtain several advantages, comprise: (1) is because the existence of cap 158a protects this valve to exempt from dust etc.; (2) cap 158a is designed to have such distance, even make and to push it by foreign object downwards as a top, a top does not still reach carries top 150; And (3) even sharp thing is inserted in the valve 104 such as folder, still do not have in order to contact circular carry top 150 time open its sufficient leverage (bringing the security feature that stops inappropriate fuel to discharge thus).

Box neck assembly 118: box neck assembly 118 is mechanisms of pod interface 102, box electronic device 106 and box display 108 being fixed or be attached to fuel container 110.With reference to figure 8A and 8B, in one embodiment, box neck assembly 118 is attached to the zone that is shrunk to the neck shape 112 of fuel container 110.Electrical interface 102a, mechanical interface 102b and display are contained on the box neck assembly 118, in the box neck assembly 118 and/or install to box neck assembly 118, to help communicating by letter to other parts of fuel battery power and management system 10.In addition, when being fixed to fuel container 110, the opening in the box neck assembly 118 exposes box valve module 104 and transmits to allow the fluid between box valve module 104 and for example power cell 200 and/or the refill unit 300.

Should be noted that many technology and framework are in order to be fixed to fuel container 110 with pod interface 102, box electronic device 106 and/or box display 108 (or any other parts).Here the box neck assembly 118 that illustrates and describe is the example technique/frameworks as compact, light and efficient design.Be intended in order to pod interface 102, box electronic device 106 and/or box display 108 (and/or any other parts) are fixed to all technology and the framework of the fuel container 110 of fuel cassette 100, no matter now known or later exploitation, all fall within the scope of the present invention.In fact, the one or more parts in such parts need not to be fixed under those situations of fuel container 110 for example, and for single and/or integrated fuel cassette 100 is provided, box neck assembly 118 may not be essential and/or favourable.

With reference to figure 8A, 8B, 9A and 9B, in one embodiment, pod interface 102, box electronic device 106 and box display 108 are arranged on the box neck assembly 118, box is led in the assembly 118 and/or be set to box neck assembly 118.In this, box display 108 can be visualization of information display (for example LCD or a LED matrix), and this display provides the ability of the various parameters of other unit of checking fuel cassette 100 for example and/or fuel battery power and management system 10 for user or operator.Over cap or film 108a can be arranged on the box display 108.In addition, contact-making switch 108b (for example contact button) can be used for display 108 not continuously under those situations of " lead to " (for example, when fuel cassette 100 be in " power-saving " pattern and/or when fuel cassette 100 leaves unused) activation box display 108.

In one embodiment, power source 160 (for example battery) can be used for power is provided to for example Circuits System of box electronic device 106 and box display 108.Power source 160 can be can abandon, non-renewable or renewable.Cover plate 162 is protected battery from damage, power source 160 is fixed to box neck assembly 118 or is fixed in box lead in the assembly 118, and help its dismounting and replacing under the situation of battery.In addition, battery compression pad 162a can be used for that power source 160 is maintained at suitable position and guarantee or strengthen fully electrically contacting between other circuit of power source 160 and fuel cassette 100.

With reference to figure 8A, 8B, 9A and 9B, electrical interface 102a comprises that circuit board 164 (being illustrated as annular printed circuit board (PCB) in this example) is in order to the electrical connection between the Circuits System that fuel cassette 100 is provided.Circuit board 164 can be mounted a plurality of electrical pickofves (being illustrated as electrical contact pad 166) to help the telecommunication to the device of fuel cassette 100 outsides.In the exemplary embodiment, three equally spaced distances are arranged around circuit board 164.Assembling has " excision " zone of suitable location or the circuit board cover 164a of opening 164b, makes that contact 166 is exposed when circuit board cover 164a is arranged on the circuit board 164.

In addition, (electrical interface 102a's) electrical contact pad 166 is provided with and is positioned and is exposed to outer (for example referring to Figure 11 B) on the circuit board 164 and via the opening in the box neck assembly 118.In this way, the contact plug of the electrical interface 202a of power cell 200 and

refill unit

300 and 302a can engage respectively and electrically contact 166 suitable telecommunication therebetween to be provided and/or to be connected (for example referring to Figure 11 A, 16B and 18B).

In this embodiment, circuit board 164 is included in three positions on the circuit board 164 or the three set of contact pads 166 (for example referring to Figure 11 B) at place, location.These positions or location are consistent with the compounding practice of the mechanical interface of power cell 200 and refill unit 300 or be consistent.Yet,, those skilled in the art will recognize that a set of contact pad 166 is enough to provide the telecommunication between fuel cassette 100 and the power cell 200 (or refill unit 300) according to the disclosure.

In one embodiment, in order to be easy to contact, contact mat 166 is gold-plated.For security consideration, ground connection first contact configuration may be favourable; Then, other layout also is fit to.

Note that retaining ring can use screw, click spring and ball to be attached to adapter guide.Adapter guide and retaining ring can press-fit and be assigned in the box neck assembly 118, " sandwich " fuel container 110 and box then and lead between the assembly 118.In this way, various parts (for example circuit board 164 and circuit board cover 164a) can hold securely and/or remain within the box neck assembly 118.

As mentioned above, fuel cassette 100 comprises that also mechanical interface 102b " cooperates " (for example when fuel cassette 100 is rechargeable type) to help fuel controlled, continuous and/or continual exchange of (if perhaps be suitable for then from refill unit 300 to fuel cassette 100) from fuel cassette 100 to power cell 200 in order to the mechanical interface with power cell 200 or refill unit 300.In one embodiment, mechanical interface 126b is arranged in the box neck assembly 118 so that the design of relative compact to be provided, and this design helps adhere to (for example referring to Figure 12,16B and the 18B) of fuel cassette 100 (and particularly fuel cassette 110 and box valve module 104) to for example power cell 200 or refill unit 300.Adapter guide 168 as a box mechanical interface 102b part can be assembled in the box neck assembly 118 to help to be fixed to power cell 200 or refill unit 300 in fuel cassette 100.

With reference to Figure 12, box mechanical interface 102b comprises that cloudy type recipient is in order to engage the positive type mechanical interface 202b and the mechanical interface 302b of power cell 200 and refill unit 300 respectively.Although will go through below, exemplary male type mechanical interface comprises " ear " with bevel edge, and this edge is assembled in the depression of cloudy type recipient mechanical interface 102b." ear " and edge designs particularly in the slope become and the shoulder of cloudy type recipient mechanical interface 102b adapts.After this, about 1/4th commentaries on classics are fixed to fuel cassette 100 in power cell 200 or the refill unit 300.This Interface design requires very little twist motion and strength to be orientated with the arbitrary position that fuel cassette 100 is fixed in power cell 200 or the refill unit 300 and be designed in three positions.Like this, this design has prevented pushing back of before opening the box valve module 104 of fuel cassette 100 fuel cassette 100 by the cloudy type recipient of engage mechanical interface 102b mechanically.

The mechanical interface 102b that note that fuel cassette 100 comprises some elements, and these elements help " smoothly " interface of fuel cassette 100 and power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300.In this, mechanical interface 102b is " the cloudy type recipient " that the box valve module 104 with fuel cassette 100 matches in this embodiment.Mechanical interface 102b is designed to the public affairs of received power unit 200 and/or refill unit 300 and extends, as illustrating among Figure 12.The cloudy type recipient of mechanical interface 102b provides in order to aim at, insert, catch and to keep the mode of fuel cassette 100 in power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300.In addition, the design of mechanical interface 102b also helps the actuating of box valve module 104 to allow or to prevent that fluid from flowing into or outflow fuel cassette 100.

More go through as following, what be associated with the cloudy type recipient of mechanical interface 102b is that the positive type of the mechanical interface 302b of the mechanical interface 202b of power cell 200 and refill unit 300 extends (for example referring to Figure 12).The positive type of the mechanical interface 202b of power cell 200 and/or the mechanical interface 302b of refill unit 300 extends the cloudy type recipient of the mechanical interface 102b that is designed to engage fuel cassette 100 to be provided for aiming at therein, insert, catching and keep the device of fuel cassette 100.

Electrical interface 102a and box electronic device 106: with reference to figure 11B, 13A-13C, in one exemplary embodiment, box display 108 and box electronic device 106 are installed on the circuit board 164.Circuit board 164 comprises electric trace in order to the various assemblies that interconnect, and comprises box display 108, box electronic device 106 and electrical interface 102a.

The connector 170 that is shown the 4-circuit connector is positioned on the downside of circuit board 164.Connector 170 can be used for, inter alia, the parts of testing cassete display 108 and feature, and box electronic device 106 is installed on the circuit board 164.

Power source contact 172 engages power source 160 (for example battery) suitable voltage and current is provided to Circuits System and the parts that interconnect by the electric trace on the circuit board 164.

With reference to figure 14A, in one embodiment, box electronic device 106 comprises that control circuit system 174 is in order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or fuel battery power and management system 10.Control circuit system 174 can be the combination of discrete parts or can be integrated circuit, microprocessor, microcontroller, state machine and/or the field programmable gate array (" FPGA ") of for example one or more suitable programmings (on the spot or before configuration).The electrical power that control circuit system 174 receives from power source 160 (for example rechargeable or not rechargeable battery).

In one embodiment, box electronic device 106 also comprises memory 176, for example SRAM, DRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM and/or EEPROM.In this embodiment, represent the data of one or more operating parameters and/or microcode or information for example can be stored among SRAM, DRAM, ROM or the EEPROM.Represent the data or the information of one or more operating parameters can comprise current state and/or historical data.Should be noted that memory 176 can by discrete parts form or can reside at carry out other non-storage operation integrated circuit for example on the control circuit system 174 or in.

In one embodiment, one or more attributes of associated fuel cartridge 100 can be stored or keep to box memory 176.For example, box memory 176 can be stored the data of representing associated fuel cartridge 100 uniquely (for example, relating sequence number, make and/or assembling date, data, the fuel capacity relevant with the supplier of one or more parts of fuel cassette 100, recharge correction or the series and/or the fuel type of number of times (if suitable) and date thereof, electronic device/software) and/or more usually represent the data of associated fuel cartridge 100 (for example type numbering).In addition, box memory 176 also can comprise the filling algorithm that is used for box 100.In this way, when box 100 was connected to refill unit 300 or power cell 200, box memory 176 can obtain the unique and general features (for example fuel capacity and type) of box 100 can confirm, verifies or guarantee correct operation and integrated power cell 200, refill unit 300 (if being suitable for) or user/operator to be provided to.

As mentioned above, one or more operating parameters can be determined, monitor, manage and/or be controlled to control circuit system 174, for example temperature and pressure, the external temperature of fuel container 110a and the mode of operation (for example whether having registered any fault or mistake) of fuel cassette 100 of the fuel among residue and/or consume fuel quantity, fuel consumption rate, the fuel container 110a.For example, be connected to and provided fuel to power cell 200 and/or be connected to refill unit 300 and receive the time quantity of fuel (wherein fuel cassette 100 is rechargeable types) from refill unit 300 based on fuel cassette 100, residue and/or the quantity of fuel and the fuel consumption rate that consume can be calculated, determine and/or be monitored to control circuit system 174.This state can upgrade termly and/or be stored in the memory 176 so that for example access of power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300.

With reference to figure 14B, in addition or replace, control circuit system 174 can be on being arranged at box container 110a, box valve module 104 and/or pod interface 102, or near transducer 178 (for example temperature, pressure and/or flow velocity type transducer) receive, sample and/or obtain data.Control circuit system 174 can be used to the data of autobiography sensor 178 and come one or more operating parameters of computing fuel box 100 to use mathematical relationship and/or modeling.For example, control circuit system 174 can obtain to represent the data of the temperature and pressure of fuel in cartridge vessel 110a, and based on this calculate/estimate from cartridge vessel 110a, consume with this container in remaining quantity of fuel.In fact, control circuit system 174 can obtain to represent the data through the rate of flow of fluid of box valve module 104, and service time, data were come remaining quantity of fuel among the computing fuel box container 110a and the time quantity before all fuel are used up from fuel cassette 100.

Transducer 178 can be a discrete component, such as one or more micro electronmechanical (" MEMS ") device, or be integrated in box container 110a, box valve module 114 and/or the pod interface 102 or its parts (for example being integrated into and being arranged within the wall of box container 110a or the one or more temperature element (TEs in the valve module shell 132) in transducer.Note that the transducer (for example MEMS) of any kind, no matter known now or exploitation later on, can here implement.

In one embodiment, control circuit system 174 can be from fuel cassette 100 circuit external systems, for example via external device (ED) (computer or PDA) from user or operating value, and/or, receive instruction and/or data from power cell 200 or refill unit 300.In this, can indicate control circuit system 174 one or more operating parameters of for example determining, measure, sample, and control and/or manage the operation (for example, adjusting and/or revise the fuel consumption rate of fuel container 110a and/or external temperature (and adjust indirectly and/or revise among the fuel container 110a fuel temperature)) of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200 subsequently by engaging the cooling unit that is provided with on the power cell 200.

In one embodiment, control circuit system 174 provides and/or transmits through measurement, sampling, sensing and/or definite operating parameter to power cell 200, refill unit 300 and/or user or operator.For example, control circuit system 174 can be determined occupied state or the residual fuel quantity (using above-mentioned technology) among the fuel container 110a, and will represent the data of this operating parameter to be provided to power cell 200 subsequently.In response, power cell 200 can be adjusted the one or more of its operating parameter, for example reduces rate of power/fuel consumption.

As alternative, operator or user (or external device (ED)) can receive occupied state or the residual fuel quantity data of representing the fuel container 110a from fuel cassette 100, and revise or change the operating characteristics (directly or remotely) of power cell 200 in response to these data.In this way, can revise and/or change one or more operating parameters (for example reduce fuel consumption and/or electrical power output/generation or engage cooling unit) to influence the temperature of fuel container 110a.

To the modification of the operating characteristics of power cell 200 or change can preset, predetermined and/or pre-programmed.In this way, this response is preset, is scheduled to and/or pre-programmed based on condition, operating characteristics and/or the operating parameter of power cell 200 and/or fuel cassette 100.As alternative or in addition, defined and to have sent or to provide (for example the user determines appropriate modification or change based on one or more considerations, factor, constraint and/or target) by operator, user or external device (ED) the modification of operating characteristics or the instruction of change.

With reference to figure 14C, such instruction and/or data can receive or send via communication circuitry 180.In this, communication circuitry 180 can utilize known wired (for example serial input/output end port) and/or wireless technology (for example infrared, radio frequency, cell phone, Bluetooth technology).In fact, instruction and/or data can be come long-range providing via wireless technology.Note that the communication technology known or later exploitation all is intended to fall within the scope of the present invention now.

In one embodiment, communication circuitry 180 can be used for sending data and/or order power cell 200, refill unit 300 and/or other external device (ED) (for example arriving the Local or Remote computer).Data can be represented one or more operating parameters (determining through transducer 178 measurements, sampling, sensing and/or control circuit system 174), such as the fuel consumption rate of temperature, pressure, power cell 200 and/or the residual fuel quantity in the fuel cassette 100.These data also can be represented the integrality of fuel cassette 100.As mentioned above, communication circuitry 180 can utilize wired or wireless technology.

With reference to figure 14D, in another embodiment, box electronic device 106 comprises the data that memory 176 is provided by power cell 200, refill unit 300 and/or 10 circuit external systems of system in order to storage and/or maintenance.In this embodiment, power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 (where applicable) can, inter alia, determine, monitor and/or control one or more operating parameters, for example quantity of fuel, fuel consumption rate and/or fuel temperature and the pressure of residue among the fuel container 110a and/or consumption.Power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 (where applicable) can be regularly or data of the one or more operating parameters of storage representative in memory 176 off and on.In this, the state of fuel cassette (for example residual fuel quantity) remains within the memory (being memory 176) of fuel cassette, makes that it can be used for calling of power cell 200, refill unit 300 and/or 10 circuit external systems of system.Note that comprising communication circuitry 180 so that help the visit to memory 176 may be favourable (for example referring to Figure 14).

Note that control circuit system 174 carries out or carry out routine or the program that particular task described herein and/or operation are implemented.The function of routine or program can be combination or distribute.Such programming is well known to those skilled in the art, particularly under according to situation of the present disclosure.In order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or the one or more operating parameters of control fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 and/or all programming techniques and the enforcement thereof of feature, no matter now known or later exploitation, all be intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

With reference to Figure 15, in one embodiment, control circuit system 174 is microcontroller integrated circuits of the wherein resident EEPROM of having.Power source 160 is the battery that electrical power is provided to the Circuits System/device of box electronic device 106 (for example microcontroller) and box display 108 (for example LCD or light-emitting diode display) in this embodiment.When implementing LCD display, comprise that 108c backlight may be favourable, this is backlight to provide suitable luminous when ambient light may be not enough.Contact-making switch 108b enables backlight 108c.Just, when depressing contact-making

switch

108b, 108c backlight will illuminate LCD display.

The example components of fuel cassette 100: utilize at fuel cassette under the situation of hydrogen material, after making fuel container 110, suitable hydride material can be placed in one.Such material is known in the art.Subsequently, box valve module 104 can be inserted and fixed to container 110 (for example referring to Fig. 8 A) via the corresponding screw thread 132c on internal thread 114 and the valve module shell 132.Box neck assembly 118 can be fixed to container 110 via neck attachment mechanism 116 (for example being screwed on the box container 110 by high-ranking military officer's assembly 118).

After this or before, box electronic device 106 can dispose the one or more operating parameters (for example in order to characterize the occupied state of fuel cassette 100) that are used for determining, monitor, managing and/or control fuel battery power and management system 10.For example, box electronic device 106 can dispose and is used on the spot (promptly at the scene or when arranging) and determines, monitors, manages and/or control one or more operating parameters.

Power cell 200: in one aspect of the invention, fuel battery power and management system 10 comprise that power cell 200 is stored in fuel cassette 100 in order to use and generate from the fuel that fuel cassette 100 provides.Power cell 200 comprises interface and valve module, and this assembly is connected to or is matched with the corresponding component of one or more fuel cassettes 100.In this way, the fuel (for example hydrogen or methyl alcohol) of storage supplies to the power cell 200 that therefrom generates electricity under pressure in the fuel container 110.

With reference to Figure 1A and 16B, in one embodiment, power cell 200 comprises power unit interface 202 and the power cell valve module 204 that is configured to be connected to or be matched with fuel cassette 100.Power cell 200 also comprises power unit electronic 206 and power unit display 208.In brief, power unit electronics 206 comprises in order to determine, monitor, to control and/or to store the Circuits System of one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100 for example and/or power cell 200.For example the power unit display 208 of LCD or light-emitting diode display can be positioned at easily on the shell 212 with the observation that helps the user and/or with the information of user's exchange from box electronic device 106 and/or power unit electronic to user or operator, for example state of one or more operating parameters.In this way, user or operating value can for example be checked following data, the state of one or more operating parameters of this is data represented fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell (fuel temperature and the pressure among residue and/or consume fuel quantity, fuel consumption rate, the fuel container 110a for example, and the mode of operation of fuel cassette 100, for example any fault or mistake wherein).

Note that power cell 200 can comprise that (except that display 208 or replace) audible indicator (not shown) can be provided to user or operator in order to the information of the state that will represent one or more operating parameters with listening.

Power cell also comprises fuel cell 210.Fuel cell 210 utilizes this fuel (for example hydrogen, hydride or methyl alcohol) to generate.Fuel cell 210 comprises fuel cell pack.Can implement in the fuel cell 210 at power cell 200 in the 10/328th, No. 709 (by reference its integral body being incorporated into this) middle description of U.S. Patent application and illustrated fuel cell pack that on December 24th, 2002 submitted to.In addition, United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 683, No. 828, the 5th, 858, No. 567, the 5th, 863, No. 671 and the 6th, 051, describe in No. 331 (by reference its whole integral body being incorporated into this) and illustrated fuel cell pack and fuel cell stack technology also can in fuel cell 210, implement (by or less than retrofiting).Operation for fuel cell pack and fuel cell stack technology has many designs, framework and pattern.In fact, now known or all fuel cell packs of later exploitation all are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

Note that certain preferred fuel battery power system is the fuel battery power system of describing for the 10/328th, No. 709 at the U.S. Patent application of submitting on December 24th, 2002 as mentioned above (as mentioned above, by reference this application integral body being incorporated into this).In brief, this application has been described a kind of ventilation fuel cell system especially, wherein be provided with air moving device, configuration is used for towards the cathode terminal guiding atmospheric air of a plurality of fuel cells, along with it supplies to cathode terminal convection current ground cooled fuel cell with atmospheric air, this has helped electric generation thus.

With reference to figure 16A and 16B, in one embodiment, power cell 200 comprises the shell that has in order to the box port 214 that receives fuel cassette 100.The power cell 200 of this embodiment (electricity and/or mechanically) be fastened or connected to reception from power cell 200 (with by generation) the external device (ED) (not shown) of electrical power.

The electrical interface 202a and the mechanical interface 202b of power unit interface 202 are arranged in the box port 214.Electrical interface 202a is designed to be connected with the electrical interface 102a of fuel cassette 100.Particularly, in one embodiment, the conductivity contact plug 216 that is arranged at the electrical interface 202a on the shell 212 engages the contact 166 (for example referring to Figure 11 A) of electrical interface 102a.In this way, the control circuit system 174 of box electronic device 106 and/or memory 176 can communicate (data of the one or more operating parameters of representative for example are provided and/or determine, monitor, manage and/or control one or more operating parameters) with for example power unit electronic 206 (control circuit system (if there is) and/or memory (if there is)) and/or power unit display 208.

Note that in this example embodiment power cell 200 comprises that only a box port 214 is in order to receive a fuel cassette 100.Yet as mentioned above, power cell 200 can comprise that a plurality of box ports 214 are in order to hold and to receive more than a fuel cassette 100.

Contact plug 216 preferably has microsprings pogo (pogo) the pin pattern of sizable circulatory life-time (for example more than 100,000 circulations).In one embodiment, electrical interface 202a comprises five pins so that a plurality of signals of telecommunication to be provided, and comprises power supply and ground connection, thermistor (temperature) sensor output signal and provides data via serial line interface.It is " logical (on) " when fuel cassette 100 is in the power cell 200 that box electronic device 106 and power unit electronic 206 are designed to.

Note that provides the operation of triple contact mat configurations of fuel cassette 100 in order to support that many orientations are inserted and are easy to combine with conductivity contact plug 216.Like this, contact plug 216 can engage any in last three contact mats of electrical interface 102a of fuel cassette 100.

Mechanical interface 202b is designed to hold, keeps and engages at least one fuel cassette 100.In this way, power cell valve module 204 can connect that the fluid of (and particularly the fuel cell pack of fuel cell 210) transmits in order to provide from fuel cassette 100 to fuel cell 210.Continue with reference to figure 16B, mechanical interface 202b comprises the cloudy type recipient of positive type interface in order to the box mechanical interface 102b of joint fuel cassette 100.Exemplary male type mechanical interface comprises " ear " or the protuberance 220 with bevel edge 220a, and it is assembled in the depression of cloudy type recipient mechanical interface 102b (for example referring to Figure 12).The one-tenth bevel edge 220a of protuberance 220 cooperates with the shoulder of cloudy type recipient mechanical interface 102b.Subsequently, about 1/4th commentaries on classics are fixed to fuel cassette 100 in the power cell 200.Note that this design had prevented before opening the box valve module 104 of fuel cassette 100 cloudy type recipient by engage mechanical interface 102b mechanically and pushing back fuel cell 100.

Continue with reference to figure 16B, in the mechanical interface 102b while (for example referring to Figure 12) of mechanical interface 202b joint fuel cassette 100, actuator pin 222 engages the far-end 122a (for example referring to Fig. 7 E and 7F) that (for example pushing) carries assembly 122 by being projected in the box valve module 104 on the front surface of flange 136.As mentioned above, this action or operation place open mode with box valve module 104.In case fuel cassette 100 is located in the power cell 200 securely, allows fuel to flow to power cell 200 then and operate to allow fuel cell 210 from box 100.

Note that power cell 200 comprises the pipeline that extends to fuel cell 210 from power cell valve module 204.Power cell valve module 204 comprises the valve with adjuster, and this adjuster is connected to pipeline with mobile to the fuel cell pack of fuel cell 210 of fuel metering pressure and/or control fuel.Adjuster is selected and fuel metering pressure, comprises the parameter that is used for the fuel that fuel cassette 100 holds is fed to fuel cell pack.Therefore, when fuel can flow after fuel cassette 100 is located in the power cell 200 securely under pressure, the adjuster in the power cell valve module 204 was regulated the pressure of the fuel that is fed to fuel cell 210.

With reference to figure 17A, in one embodiment, power unit electronic 206 comprises that control circuit system 224 is in order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or fuel battery power and management system 10.The control circuit system 174 that control circuit system 224 can be similar to fuel cassette 100 is implemented and/or disposes.Therefore, relevant with feature, enforcement, embodiment, operation and the configuration of control circuit system 174 discussion is applicable to control circuit system 224 fully; Just, control circuit system 224 can be to implement with control circuit system 174 same or analogous modes or to dispose and/or execution and control circuit system 174 same or analogous operations.For succinct cause, these discussion will no longer repeat but only be summarized in conjunction with control circuit system 224 below.

Control circuit system 224 is determined, monitors, is managed and/or controls one or more operating parameters, for example external temperature and the mode of operation (for example whether having registered any fault or mistake) of fuel cassette 100 and/or the mode of operation of power cell 200 of fuel temperature among residue and/or consume fuel quantity, fuel consumption rate, the fuel container 110a and pressure, fuel container 110a.In one embodiment, use the relevant information of time quantity that is connected to and provides fuel to power cell 200 with fuel cassette 10, remaining quantity of fuel and fuel consumption rate in the fuel cassette 110 can be calculated, determine and/or be monitored to control circuit system 224.

In addition or replace, control circuit system 224 can be on being arranged at box container 110a, box valve module 104 and/or power cell valve module 204, or near transducer 178 and/or transducer 230 (for example temperature, pressure and/or flow velocity type transducer) receive, sample and/or obtain data (for example referring to Figure 17 B).Control circuit system 224 can be used to the data of autobiography sensor 178 and/or transducer 230 and calculate one or more operating parameters to use mathematical relationship and/or modeling.For example, control circuit system 224 can obtain to represent the data of the temperature and pressure of fuel in cartridge vessel 110a, and based on this calculate/estimate from cartridge vessel 110a, consume with this container in remaining quantity of fuel.In fact, control circuit system 224 can obtain to represent the data of the rate of flow of fluid that passes fuel cassette valve module 104, and service time, data were come remaining quantity of fuel among the computing fuel box container 110a and the time quantity before all fuel are used up from fuel cassette 100.

Note that control circuit system 224 can be the combination of discrete parts or can be integrated circuit, microprocessor, microcontroller, state machine and/or the FPGA of for example one or more suitable programmings (on the spot or arrange before).

In one embodiment, power unit electronic 206 also comprises memory 226, for example SRAM, DRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM and/or EEPROM.In this way, represent the data of one or more operating parameters and/or microcode or information (for control electronic device 224 used) for example can be stored among SRAM, DRAM, ROM or the EEPROM.Represent the data or the information of one or more operating parameters can comprise current state and/or historical data.Should be noted that memory 226 can by discrete parts form or can reside at carry out other non-storage operation integrated circuit for example on the control circuit system 224 or in.

With reference to figure 17B, transducer 230 can be a discrete component, such as one or more micro electronmechanical (" MEMS ") device, or be arranged near the box container 110a and/or be arranged in power cell valve module 204 and/or the pod interface 202 or its parts (for example being integrated into and being arranged at the one or more temperature element (TEs in the shell of valve module 204) in transducer.

In one embodiment, control circuit system 224 can for example receive instruction and/or data from user or operator.In this, can indicate control circuit system 224 for example to determine one or more operating parameters, and control and/or manage the operation (for example, adjusting and/or revise the fuel consumption rate of fuel container 110a and/or external temperature (and adjust indirectly and/or revise among the fuel container 110a fuel temperature)) of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200 subsequently by engaging the cooling unit that is provided with on the power cell 200.Like this, the efficient and/or the control of system 10 have been strengthened.

In one embodiment, control circuit system 224 provides and/or transmits through measurement, sampling, sensing and/or definite operating parameter and arrive user or operator.For example, control circuit system 174 can be obtained data from transducer 178 and/or transducer 230, and determines occupied state or residual fuel quantity among the fuel container 110a subsequently.Control circuit system 224 can be provided to the data of representing this operating parameter user or operator.In response, user or operator can adjust operating parameter one or more of power cell 200, for example reduce power/fuel consumption and/or minimizing or adjust the power output of fuel cell 210.

As alternative, operator or user (or external device (ED)) can receive occupied state or the residual fuel quantity data of representing the fuel container 110a (as calculating) from control circuit system 224 in this control circuit system, and come indicated horsepower unit 200 to revise or change its operating characteristics (directly or remotely) in response to these data, for example reduce fuel consumption and/or electrical power output/generation, perhaps engage cooling or heating unit with the temperature that influence fuel container 110a (for example, fuel temperature during operation may be inappropriate and/or be not under those situations of the best).To the modification of the operating parameter of power cell 200 or change can be by default, predetermined and/or pre-programmed.This modification or change also can be according to the instructions (for example, the user determines suitable modification or change based on one or more considerations, factor, constraint and/or target) that sends or be provided to control circuit system 224.

With reference to figure 17C, such instruction and/or data can receive or send via communication circuitry 228.In this, communication circuitry 228 can utilize known wired (for example serial input/output end port) and/or wireless technology (for example infrared technique).In fact, instruction and/or data can be come long-range providing via wireless technology.

In one embodiment, communication circuitry 228 can be used for sending data and/or order power cell 200, refill unit 300 and/or other external device (ED) (for example arriving the Local or Remote computer).Data can be (determining through transducer 178 measurements, sampling, sensing and/or control circuit system 224) one or more operating parameters, such as the fuel consumption rate of temperature, pressure, power cell 200 and/or the residual fuel quantity in the fuel cassette 100.These data also can be represented the integrality of power cell 200 and/or fuel cassette 100.

Note that from the viewpoint of cost and weight it may be favourable implementing control circuit system in fuel cassette 100 or power cell 200 rather than in both.For example, with reference to figure 17D, in one embodiment, power cell 200 comprises aforesaid power unit electronic 206 (for example referring to Figure 17 A, 17B and/or 17C), and fuel cassette 100 comprises the data that memory 176 (for example referring to Figure 14 D and 14E) is provided by power unit electronic 206 in order to storage and/or maintenance.In this embodiment, control circuit system 224 can monitor one or more operating parameters especially, the mode of operation of the external temperature of the temperature and pressure of fuel, fuel container 110a and/or fuel cassette 100 among the quantity of fuel that for example remains and/or consume, fuel consumption rate and/or the fuel container 110a (for example whether having registered any fault or mistake).Control circuit system 224 can be regularly or data of the one or more operating parameters of storage representative in memory 176 off and on.In this, the state of fuel cassette (for example residual fuel quantity) remains within the memory (being memory 176) of fuel cassette, make that it can be used for calling of power cell 200 (another power cell 200 that for example, does not have the state " history " of given fuel cassette 100) and/or refill unit 300.

Control circuit system 224 also can be determined, the further feature or the operation of supervision, management and/or power controlling unit, for example heat management, fuel leak detection, fuel removing, overcurrent protection and/or voltage-regulation.In this, control circuit system 224 can receive the information of the temperature of one or more elements (for example fuel cell 210) of having represented power cell 200, and adjusts and/or the operation of managing power unit 200 (for example adjusting the generation of fuel consumption quantity and/or electricity) in response to this information.

Transducer 230 can comprise that fuel leak sensors is provided to control circuit system 224 in order to the data with the integrality state (promptly whether having leakage) of fuel path.In response to these data, control circuit system 224 can be to report to the police leakage (maybe may leak) and/or can stop the operation of power cell 200 safely of user/operator.

As alternative, control unit 224 can be based on the existence of determining fuel leak (or potential fuel leak) from the data of transducer 230.Control circuit system 224 can be utilized as various technology well-known to those skilled in the art and assess whether fuel leak is arranged.Equally, control circuit system 224 can be reported to the police to user/operating value and be leaked (maybe may leak) and/or can be immediately and stop the operation of power cell 200 safely.

Control circuit system 224 also can monitor the state of the state of overcurrent protection and/or voltage-regulation with the power generation of assessment fuel cell 210.In one embodiment, control circuit system 224 can receive the information of representing current drain and/or voltage level from providing with generation and/or its transducer that consumes relevant information 230 of electricity.In response, control circuit system 224 can suitably be managed and/or the operation of power controlling unit 200.

Note that control circuit system 224 can carry out or carry out routine or the program that particular task described herein and/or operation are implemented.The function of routine or program can be combination or distribute.Such programming is well known to those skilled in the art, particularly under according to situation of the present disclosure.In order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or control fuel cassette 100 and/or the one or more operating parameters of power cell 200 and/or all programming techniques and the enforcement thereof of feature, no matter now known or later exploitation, all be intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

Refill unit: with reference to Figure 1B, in one embodiment, except that fuel cassette 100 and power cell 200, fuel battery power and management system 10 also comprise refill unit 300.In this, at fuel cassette is can recharge under those situations of type, (for example consumed by power cell 200) after fuel cassette 100 exhausts at some or all of fuel, fuel cassette can use refill unit 300 to fill with fuel (for example hydrogen, methyl alcohol or other hydrogen-containing compound).

In one embodiment, refill unit 300 comprises refill unit interface 302, refill unit valve module 304, refill unit electronic device 306 and refill unit display 308 (for example 24 characters of two row LD devices).In brief, with reference to Figure 1B, in one embodiment, refill unit interface 302 disposes in order to be connected cooperation (for example referring to Figure 11 A and 12) with the related or corresponding component of fuel cassette 100 with refill unit valve module 304.Configuration, framework and the design of refill unit interface 302 and refill unit valve module 304 can be identical with power cell valve module 204 with power unit interface 202 respectively.For succinct cause, will not repeat this discussion.

Refill unit 300 can be independent desktop type or wall mounted device, and this device for example is installed in a facility place or the vehicle and provides the ability of recharging for one or more fuel cassettes 100 thus.With reference to figure 18A and 18B, in one embodiment, refill unit 300 comprises that one or more ports 310 (illustrate four and recharge port) that recharge are in order to hold one or more fuel cassettes 100.As mentioned above, refill unit 300 replenishes one or more fuel cassettes that exhaust 100 and fuel cassette 100 is turned back to the state of filling more state or recharging fully in operation so that the use in power cell 200.

Comprise under those situations that recharge port 310 more than that at refill unit 300 each recharges port 310 and can be independent of other port and work and/or be operated.In this way, have that different fuel is filled and/or the fuel cassette 100 of capacity conditions can turn back to the state that filling is more or recharge fully independently.In addition, fuel cassette 100 can be installed on randomly and recharge in the port 310.

Recharging port 310 comprises be used for providing independent solenoid valve that fluid or fuel turn-offs and the switch that whether inserts in order to sensing fuel cassette 100 when not using.Solenoid/switch combination allows any semi-automatic startup and termination of inserting, recharging operation at random that recharges port 310, and provides the fluid of forward to supply with shutoff.Maybe advantageously refill unit 300 is maintained a position, fuel cassette 100 is relevant to the orientation of the central axis of fuel cassette 110a in common level thus.In this way, can prevent that foreign object is incorporated into valve module 304 and recharges in the zone of port 310 and reduce and/or minimize such possible breakdown that foreign object caused or to recharging in the port and near the damage of parts.

In one embodiment, refill unit 300 comprises that main fuel/fluid input port 314 is in order to be connected to main compressed fuel source (for example jar of " K " bottle size).Main fuel/fluid input port 314 can be positioned on the outer surface of shell 312 to help to be connected to main compressed fuel source.Main fuel/fluid input port 314 can provide local pressure to regulate for example 250PSI, and comprises that the fluid switching off device is in order to isolate the input of main compressed fuel source from refill unit 300 and/or fuel cassette 100.In addition, main fuel/fluid input port 314 also can provide passive overvoltage protection with prevent to can be arranged at wherein refill unit 300 and/or the casual overvoltage of fuel cassette 100 expose.

Note that refill unit 300 can comprise that also auxilliary fuel/fluid output port 316 is in order to help the expansion and the operation of one or more additional refill units 30 under the situation that need not on-the-spot modification the (for example large-scale tanks supports the vertical standard (plumbing) on the refill unit 300 to revise to hold additional refill unit 300).Auxiliary fuel/fluid output port 316 can be provided with and/or be installed on the outer surface of shell 312 and be used to be connected to one or more additional refill units 300 (not shown).In this way, a succession of fluid connection can be the daisy chain from a refill unit to another refill unit and be connected to a large-scale tanks supply (for example jar of " K " bottle size).

Refill unit 300 can comprise: one or more input pressure adjusters, in order to accept low pressure adjustments of gas from pressure pan; The main solenoid valve that turn-offs with common closure of overvoltage protection; And gas distribution manifold, in order to provide fluid to a plurality of each that recharge in the port 300.A plurality of solenoid valves can be used in use providing turn-off capacity for each recharges port 310.Note that in one embodiment a plurality of electric pins can be used for sensing fuel cassette 100 in the given existence that recharges in the port 310.

In one embodiment, comprise that maybe advantageously ventilation or cooling unit 318 (for example active or passive unit) are recharging the heat that operating period produces or generates in order to remove from fuel cassette 100.In this, the temperature of the one or more fuel cassettes 100 of control can improve the efficient that recharges and reduce the time that recharges thus during recharging process.For example, cooling unit 318 can utilize one or more cool cycles fans, and these fans can suitably be provided with and be used for therefrom removing heat when one or more fuel cassettes 100 are connected to refill unit 300 and recharge just fully.

Note that refill unit 300 can comprise that heating unit (not shown) may be inappropriate and/or be not those best situations in order to satisfy the temperature recharge operating period.In this, heating unit can apply heat to fuel cassette 100 and recharges the efficient of operation and to reduce the time that recharges thus in order to for example to increase.

Refill unit 300 can use multiple technologies to be provided with power in electric mode, these technology comprise unadjusted external AC wall/desktop transformer (being connected to the DC power input port that is provided with on the outer surface of shell 312), battery and/or fuel cell, and this fuel cell has utilized the equal fuel that is used for replenishing one or more fuel cassettes 100.In one embodiment, requiring from the maximum preferred voltage of transformer output will be 12 volts of direct currents (VDC).Note that all technology that are used for to recharging unit 300 power supplies all are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment, refill unit electronic device 306 comprises that user interface 320 recharges operation in order to help supervision, management and control.In this, user interface 320 can comprise and is used for each a plurality of push-button switch that recharge port 310 and has polychrome ability a plurality of dual-colored LED 322 of (orange/green ability for example is used for indication and recharges (orange) or filling (green)).This dual-colored LED 322 can be arranged at and the corresponding state (for example referring to Figure 18 B) that recharges operation in the zone that port 310 is associated with reflection that recharges.

In addition, maybe advantageously comprise the power supply status of dual-colored LED 322 (for example red/green) for user interface 320 with reflection or indication refill unit 300.In this, power supply " is opened " and can be indicated by green, and power on alarm can be indicated by redness.

User interface 320 also allows user or operator to select, programme and/or the various functions for the treatment of by refill unit 300 realizations is set.For example, user or operator can use interface 320 to come the starting fluid box to recharge circulation, enable and/or be provided with the warning restriction, remove and report to the police, enable/deenergize to listen and report to the police and the activity of supervision fuel sensor.

Refill unit electronic device 306 can be enabled and be used for monitoring and recharge in the port 310 refill unit 300 that is provided with and/or the internal environment of one or more fuel cassette 100.For example, refill unit electronic device 306 can be measured the internal temperature (use internal ambient temperature sensor) of refill unit 300 or measure, detects or receive data, this data represented temperature that recharges the one or more fuel cassettes 100 that are provided with in the port 310.In response to the temperature that surpasses predetermined value or restriction, refill unit electronic device 306 can enable cooling unit 318.In addition, the refill unit electronic device comprises one or more gas detection sensors (for example hydrogen detecting sensor).In these cases, in incident of leakage, refill unit electronic device 306 can surpass the predetermined fuel concentration that limits by sensing.Triggering under the situation of reporting to the police, suitable warning message can be shown on the refill unit display 308.In addition or replace, can listen the warning can sounding.

Note that one or more I/O (I/O) port can be arranged on the outer surface of shell 310 of refill unit 300.The I/O port can be used for enabling some function, operation, programming and/or the test of refill unit 30 by user or operator.

Note that when fuel cassette 100 comprises Hydrogen fuel, maybe advantageously at about 30  to operation of fuel cells power and management system 10 between the relative humidity of the temperature of 125  (0 ℃ to+52 ℃) and 10% to 95%.Although the various parts of fuel battery power and management system 10 can be exposed to storage and/or operating environment above these scopes, under these conditions, may utilize suitable additional safeguard measure.

With reference to figure 19A, in one embodiment, recharge electronic device 306 and comprise that control circuit system 324 is in order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or control one or more operating parameters of fuel cassette 100, refill unit 300 and/or fuel battery power and management system 10.The control circuit system 224 that control circuit system 324 can be similar to the control circuit system 174 of fuel cassette 100 or be similar to power cell 200 is implemented and/or is disposed.Therefore, relevant with feature, enforcement, embodiment, operation and the configuration of the control circuit system of fuel cassette electronic device 106 and/or power unit electronic 206 discussion is applicable to control circuit system 324 fully; Just, control circuit system 324 can be to implement with control circuit system 174 and/or control circuit system 724 same or analogous modes or to dispose and/or carry out and they same or analogous operations.For simple and clear cause, these discussion will no longer repeat but only be summarized with control circuit system 324 below with being related.

One or more operating parameters can be determined, monitor, manage and/or be controlled to the control circuit system 324 that recharges electronic device 306, for example the mode of operation of the external temperature of the temperature and pressure of the residual fuel quantity among the fuel container 110a, the fuel among the fuel container 110a, fuel container 110a and/or fuel cassette 100 (for example whether having registered any fault or mistake).In one embodiment, control circuit system 224 can be calculated based on the data in the memory 176, determine and/or monitor that quantity of fuel, the fuel flow rate in the valve module 104 and/or 304 and/or fuel cassette 100 in the fuel cassette 110 have been connected to the time quantity of refill unit 300.

With reference to figure 19B and 19C, in addition or replace, control circuit system 324 can be on being arranged at box container 110a, refill unit valve module 304 and/or refill unit interface 302, or near transducer 178 and/or transducer 330 (for example temperature, pressure and/or flow velocity type transducer) receive, sample and/or obtain data.Control circuit system 324 can be used to the data of autobiography sensor 178 and/or transducer 330 and calculate one or more operating parameters to use mathematical relationship and/or modeling.For example, control circuit system 324 can obtain to represent the data of the temperature and pressure of fuel in cartridge vessel 110a, and with serve as that quantity of fuel among the cartridge vessel 110a is calculated/estimated on the basis.This information can be used for determining for the required time of refilling fuel box container 110a.

In addition, in response to the data of representing the fuel temperature among the cartridge vessel 110a (for example from transducer 178 or transducer 330), control circuit system 324 can engage the cooling unit 318 of refill unit 300.Cooling unit 318 (for example fan, radiator, thermoelectric device or refrigeration unit) can be used for removing heat from cartridge vessel 110a during recharging process.In this way, can strengthen the efficient of the process of recharging and reduce required time thus.

In one embodiment, refill unit electronic device 306 also comprises memory 326, for example SRAM, DRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM and/or EEPROM.Memory 326 can store the representative data of one or more operating parameters or information and/or microcode (for control electronic device 324 used) for example can be stored among SRAM, DRAM, ROM or the EEPROM.Should be noted that memory 326 can by discrete parts form or can reside at carry out other non-storage operation integrated circuit for example on the control circuit system 324 or in.

With reference to figure 19B and 19C, transducer 330 can be a discrete component, such as one or more micro electronmechanical (" MEMS ") devices or be integrated into refill unit valve module 304 and/or refill unit interface 302 in or transducer in its parts (for example being integrated into and being arranged at the one or more temperature element (TEs in the wall of valve module 304).

In one embodiment, control circuit system 324 can for example receive instruction and/or data from user or operator.In this, can indicate that control circuit system 324 is for example measured, sampling and/or the one or more operating parameters of sensing, and control and/or manage the operation (for example, adjust and/or revise the fuel of fuel container 110a and recharge speed and/or external temperature (and adjust indirectly and/or revise among the fuel container 110a fuel temperature)) of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 300 subsequently by engaging cooling unit 318.

In one embodiment, control circuit system 324 provides and/or transmits through measurement, sampling, sensing and/or definite operating parameter and arrive user or operator.For example, control circuit system 324 can indication sensor 178 and/or transducer 330 measurements, sampling, sensing and/or definite fuel container 110a in occupied state or residual fuel quantity.Subsequently, control circuit system 324 can be provided to the data of representing operating parameter the user and/or provide the representative expection to recharge the data of time.In response, user or operator can indicate refill unit 300 to revise or change one or more (directly or remotely) of its operating characteristics,, for example increase/minimizing fuel in the container 110 flow velocity and/or engage cooling unit 318 to influence the fuel temperature among the fuel container 110a.

Note that the modification of the operating parameter of refill unit 300 or change can preset, predetermined and/or pre-programmed.As alternative, this change or change can provide (for example, the user determines suitable change or change based on one or more considerations, factor, constraint and/or target) according to the instruction that is sent or by instruction.

In one embodiment, the data that provided by power unit electronic 206 and refill unit electronic device 306 can be stored and/or keep to memory 176, for example represents the data (for example referring to Figure 14 D, 14E and 19D) of one or more operating parameters such as the occupied state of fuel cassette 100.In this, control circuit system 324 can monitor one or more operating parameters especially, for example the residual fuel quantity among the fuel container 110a.Control circuit system 324 can be regularly or data of the one or more operating parameters of storage representative in memory 176 off and on.In this way, the state of fuel cassette (for example residual fuel quantity) remains within the memory (being memory 176) of fuel cassette, makes that it can be used for calling of power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300.

Note that control circuit system 324 can carry out or carry out routine or the program that particular task described herein and/or operation are implemented.The function of described routine or program can be combined or distribute.Such programming is well known to those skilled in the art, particularly under according to situation of the present disclosure.In order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or the one or more operating parameters of control fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 and/or all programming techniques and the enforcement thereof of feature, no matter now known or later exploitation, all be intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

In fact, the further feature or the operation of refill unit 300 also can be determined, monitors, manages and/or be controlled to control circuit system 324, and for example fuel leak detection and/or fuel are removed.In this, transducer 330 can comprise that fuel leak sensors is provided to control circuit system 324 in order to the data with the integrality state (promptly whether having leakage) of fuel path.In response to these data, control circuit system 324 can be to report to the police leakage (maybe may leak) and/or can stop the operation of refill unit 300 safely of user/operator.

As alternative, control unit 324 can be based on the existence of determining fuel leak (or potential fuel leak) from the data of transducer 330.Control circuit system 324 can be utilized as various technology well-known to those skilled in the art and assess whether fuel leak is arranged.Equally, control circuit system 324 can be reported to the police to user/operating value and be leaked (maybe may leak) and/or can be immediately and stop the operation of refill unit 300 safely.

Note that control circuit system 324 can carry out or carry out routine or the program that particular task described herein and/or operation are implemented.The function of routine or program can be combination or distribute.Such programming is well known to those skilled in the art, particularly under according to situation of the present disclosure.In order to determine, monitor, to manage and/or the one or more operating parameters of control fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 and/or all programming techniques and the enforcement thereof of feature, no matter now known or later exploitation, all be intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

There are many inventions to be described and illustrated in this.Although described and illustrated some embodiment, feature, material, configuration, attribute and the advantage of invention, be to be understood that many other and different and/or similar embodiment, feature, material, configuration, attribute, structure and advantage of the present invention are significantly (for being possible the those skilled in the art that consider and/or examine after readding the disclosure) according to specification, accompanying drawing and claims.Like this, here describe and illustrated inventive embodiment, feature, material, configuration, attribute, structure and advantage and non exhaustive, and should be understood to of the present invention like this other, similar and different embodiment, feature, material, configuration, attribute, structure and advantage within the scope of the present invention.

For example, therefore wish a kind of hydrogen fuel cell electricity generating apparatus that can supply with electricity than conventional batteries in the time period more of a specified duration of exploitation.Also wish a kind of standardization hydride storage box of exploitation, this storage box can easily provide and be fixed to fuel cell system and be used to be transformed into the hydrogen of electricity and provide and be fixed to the hydrogen refill unit to be recharged with hydrogen apace with supply.And then a kind of providing the relatively accurate hydrogen box of reading of its occupied state is provided, how many energy make the user understand from the hydrogen box has to use.

In addition, those skilled in the art will recognize that according to the disclosure fuel cassette 100 can be integrated into the integrated modular BSP/MEA/ manifold plate that is used for fuel cell that discloses description in WO02/19451A2 number in the world that by reference it is incorporated into this and contact with compliance.In addition, the fault tolerant fuel cell network power system of No. the 10/382nd, 549, the U.S. Patent application of submitting on March 5th, 2003 also can instruction according to the present invention be modified as fuel cassette 100 of the present invention is included in the system described herein.For succinct cause, will not repeat these discussion.In fact, hydride box and other annexes can be integrated in No. the 10/402nd, 726, the U.S. Patent application that another fuel cell system wherein submits on March 28th, 2003 and describe to some extent.By reference these U.S. Patent application integral body are incorporated into this.

In addition, can carry out many remodeling to the box valve module.All such remodeling are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.For example, with reference to Figure 20, in one embodiment, temperature sensor-relief port assembly 194 can be integrated and/or be incorporated in the valve module shell 132 of box valve module 104.Temperature sensor-relief port assembly 194 is designed to provide passage 192 (and being released in the unacceptable pressure that may form gradually the fuel vessel cavity 110a thus) by the plug 194 that fusing or evaporation are made up of temperature sensing material from fuel vessel cavity 110a.In one embodiment, plug 194 is made up of the material based on scolder, and this material is thawing fully before the pressure within the fuel vessel cavity 110a reaches dangerous or unacceptable restriction.

In addition, other operations or the feature of fuel cassette 100 also can be determined, monitors, manages and/or be controlled to control unit 174, and for example fuel leak detection and/or fuel are removed.In this, transducer 178 can comprise that fuel leak sensors is provided to control circuit system 174 in order to the data with the sealing integrity state of box valve module 104 and/or fuel container 110.In response to these data, control circuit system 174 can be to report to the police leakage (maybe may leak) and/or can stop fuel cassette 100 safely and/or the operation of power cell 200 or refill unit 300 (if being suitable for) of user/operator.

As alternative, control circuit system 174 can be based on the existence of determining fuel leak (or potential fuel leak) from the data of transducer 178,230 and/or 330.Control circuit system 178 can be utilized as various technology well-known to those skilled in the art and assess whether fuel leak is arranged.Equally, control circuit system 178 can be to report to the police leakage (maybe may leak) and/or can be immediately and stop the operation of fuel cassette 100 and/or power cell 200 or refill unit 300 (if being suitable for) safely of user/operator.

Above embodiment of the present invention only is an exemplary embodiment.They be not intended to exhaustive or with the present invention be limited to disclosed exact form, technology, material and/configuration.Many remodeling, displacement and distortion are possible according to above instruction.For example, fuel cassette 100, power cell 200 and/or refill unit 300 can comprise or can not comprise one or more electricity or mechanical part, as for example display unit (referring to Figure 14 E, 17D and 19D).Therefore, be to be understood that and use other embodiment and can carry out operation change and do not depart from the scope of the present invention.Like this, presenting for the purpose of diagram and description exemplary embodiment of the present in preceding description.Many remodeling and distortion are possible according to above instruction.Be intended to the specification that scope of the present invention is not limited to this detailed description uniquely.

Note that the optional interconnections in the diagram represents with dashed-lines format.

Shall also be noted that term " circuit " is passable, inter alia, mean single or multiple parts (no matter with integrated circuit form or other forms), these parts be active and/passive and be coupled and provide or carry out expectation function.Term " Circuits System " can, inter alia, mean group, one or more processor, one or more state machine, one or more processors of implementing software or one or more circuit (integrated or other), one or more state machine, the one or more processor of circuit (integrated or other), such circuit and/or implement the combination of one or more processors of software.Term " data " can, inter alia, mean the curtage signal of analog or digital form.

Claims

1. the fuel cell based on hydrogen is managed system, comprising:

Based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen,, should comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to the fuel of storage based on hydrogen:

Fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen;

Memory is represented this data based at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to storage; And

Control circuit system; And

Power cell is coupled to this fuel cassette based on hydrogen, and this power cell comprises:

Based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be suitable for receiving this and generate electrical power based on the fuel of hydrogen and from it.

2. the system of claim 1, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

3. the system of claim 2, wherein this control circuit system time quantity of using this fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen monitors the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

4. the system of claim 2, wherein this control circuit system uses the data of representing the pressure and temperature of fuel in this fuel container to monitor the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

5. the system of claim 1, wherein this at least one operating parameter is that this power cell is to this wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.

6. the system of claim 5, wherein this control circuit system uses one or more transducers to monitor this power cell to this wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen, and described transducer provides the data of the temperature of fuel in the pressure of fuel in the flow velocity of representing this fuel, this container and this container.

7. the system of claim 1, wherein this memory is also stored the data of representative based on one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

8. the system of claim 7 wherein comprises the fuel type that holds in the assembling date, fuel container of build date, this fuel cassette of sequence number, this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of operations of this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette based on these one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

9. the system of claim 1, wherein this memory is also stored the data of representative based on the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

10. the system of claim 1 wherein should also comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to visually to show the display of the information of representing this at least one operating parameter.

11. the system of claim 1, wherein this control circuit system is microprocessor or microcontroller.

12. the system of claim 11, wherein this control circuit system is determined this this at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores in this memory off and on, continuously or termly and represent this data based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

13. the system of claim 11, wherein this memory is arranged on the identical integrated circuit (IC) apparatus with this control circuit system.

14. the system of claim 1, wherein this power cell also comprises in order to determine this control circuit system based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

15. the system of claim 14, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell is determined this this at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores in the memory of this fuel cassette off and on, continuously or termly and represent this data based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

16. the system of claim 14, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

17. the system of claim 16, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell time quantity of using this fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen is determined the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

18. the system of claim 16, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell uses the data of representing the pressure and temperature of fuel in this fuel container to determine the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

19. the system of claim 14, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity based on the fuel of hydrogen that consumes from this fuel container.

20. the system of claim 1 wherein should also comprise in order to will represent these data based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen to be provided to the communication circuitry of external circuit system based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

21. the system of claim 20, wherein this communication circuitry uses wireless communication technology.

22. the fuel cell management system based on hydrogen comprises:

Fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen;

Control circuit system; And

Based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be suitable for receiving this and generate electrical power based on the fuel of hydrogen and from it; And

Refill unit is suitable for and should be connected based on fuel cassette of hydrogen, in order to provide fuel to this based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen to be stored in this fuel container.

23. the system of claim 22, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this this fuel container based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

24. the system of claim 23, wherein this power cell comprises the control circuit system of determining the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container in order to the time quantity of using this fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen.

25. the system of claim 22, wherein this at least one operating parameter is that this power cell is to this wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.

26. the system of claim 22, wherein this memory is also stored the data of representative based on one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

27. the system of claim 26 wherein comprises the fuel type that holds in the assembling date, fuel container of build date, this fuel cassette of sequence number, this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of operations of this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette based on these one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

28. the system of claim 22, wherein this memory is also stored the data of representative based on the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

29. the system of claim 22 wherein should also comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to visually to show the display of the information of representing this at least one operating parameter.

30. the system of claim 22, wherein this power cell comprises in order to determine this control circuit system based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

31. the system of claim 30, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell is determined this this at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and the storage that will represent this at least one operating parameter off and on, continuously or termly is in this memory of this fuel cassette.

32. the system of claim 31, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container, and wherein this control circuit system of this power cell time quantity of using this fuel cassette based on hydrogen will be provided to power cell based on the fuel of hydrogen is determined the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

33. the system of claim 31, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell uses the data of representing the pressure and temperature of fuel in this fuel container to determine the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

34. the system of claim 31, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity based on the fuel of hydrogen that consumes from this fuel cassette.

35. the system of claim 22, wherein this refill unit comprises in order to determine this control circuit system based on this at least one operating parameter of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

36. the system of claim 35, wherein this control circuit system of this refill unit is determined this this at least one operating parameter based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen off and on, continuously or termly, and stores the data of representing this at least one operating parameter off and on, continuously or termly in this memory of this fuel cassette.

37. the system of claim 35, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container, and wherein this control circuit system of this refill unit uses this to receive the quantity of determining remaining fuel based on hydrogen this fuel container based on the time quantity of the fuel of hydrogen based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen from refill unit.

38. the system of claim 35, wherein this control circuit system of this refill unit uses the data of representing the pressure and temperature of fuel in this fuel container to determine the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen.

39. the system of claim 35, wherein this at least one operating parameter is the quantity based on the fuel of hydrogen that consumes from this fuel container.

40. the fuel cell management system based on hydrogen comprises:

Fuel container is suitable for storing the fuel based on hydrogen;

Pod interface comprises mechanical interface;

The box valve module;

Control circuit system; And

Memory is represented this data based on a plurality of operating parameters of the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to storage; And

Power unit interface comprises the mechanical interface in order to the mechanical interface that is mechanically connected to this pod interface;

The power cell valve module is in order to engage this box valve module and with so that can flow to this power cell from this fuel cassette based on hydrogen based on the fuel of hydrogen; And

Based on the fuel cell of hydrogen, be coupled to this power cell valve module and generate electrical power based on the fuel of hydrogen and from it to receive this from this fuel cassette.

41. the system of claim 40, wherein at least one in these a plurality of operating parameters is the quantity of remaining fuel based on hydrogen in this fuel container.

42. the system of claim 40, wherein at least one in these a plurality of operating parameters is this power cell to the wear rate based on the fuel of hydrogen.

43. the system of claim 40, wherein this memory stores representative is based on the data of one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

44. the system of claim 43 wherein comprises the fuel type that holds in the assembling date, fuel container of build date, this fuel cassette of sequence number, this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette, fuel capacity and elapsed at least one that recharges in the number of operations of this fuel cassette of this fuel cassette based on these one or more unique features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

45. the system of claim 43, wherein this memory stores representative is based on the data of the general features of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

46. the system of claim 40 wherein should also comprise based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen in order to visually to show the display of representing information one or more in these these a plurality of operating parameters based on the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

47. the system of claim 40, wherein this power cell also comprises in order to determine that off and on, continuously or termly this is based on one or more control circuit system in these a plurality of operating parameters of the fuel cassette of hydrogen.

48. the system of claim 47, wherein this control circuit system of this power cell is stored one or more data in a plurality of operating parameters of representative off and on, continuously or termly in this memory of this fuel cassette.