CPC F01K 23/101 (2013.01) [C25B 1/04 (2013.01); C25B 15/08 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F01K 25/005 (2013.01); F05D 2220/72 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
a combustion power plant for generating power and an electrolyzer for producing hydrogen;
said combustion power plant having a combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel and an offgas conduit for leading off hot offgases formed in the combustion of the fuel;
said offgas conduit being thermally coupled to said electrolyzer;
an open-loop controller configured to control a rate of heat transfer from said offgas conduit to said electrolyzer; and
a closed-loop controller configured to compensate for any fluctuation in an operating temperature of said electrolyzer resulting from a fluctuation in a power supplied to said electrolyzer by control exerted by said open-loop controller.
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