US 12,132,322 B2
Electrolyzer power conversion
Prasad Pmsvvsv, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Rakesh Roy, San Jose, CA (US); and Soma Depuru, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,964, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283081 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/38 (2006.01); C25B 9/65 (2021.01)
CPC H02J 3/381 (2013.01) [C25B 9/65 (2021.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02J 2300/26 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power control device for an electrolyzer that is configured to:
receive electrical current from a plurality of electrical power sources;
rectify alternating current from a first subset of the plurality of electrical power sources;
convert direct current from a second subset of the plurality of electrical power sources;
provide power from the first subset and the second subset of electrical power sources to an energy bus; and
receive, at the electrolyzer, power from the energy bus,
wherein different load elements of the electrolyzer have different priority in response to a reduction in available power.