(EP975425-A1)      Control system for controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel, in which the fuel processing system uses several fuel processing elements, a fuel input and a waste gas input, each of the fuel processing elements having a collective output, and in which the downstream process has a waste gas output and a dynamic load demand, comprises: (a) means for receiving communication from the downstream process indicative of the dynamic load demand; and (b) means for controlling the collective output level of the gas in response to the dynamic load demand, in which the means for controlling includes, at least on of (c) means for equally distributing the dynamic load demand among the several fuel processing elements such that the individual outputs from each of the elements are equal to each other for forming the collective output; and (d) means for most efficiently distributing the dynamic load among several elements such that at least one of the individual outputs contributes to the collective output.    Also claimed is a method of controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel.    Preferably the means for controlling includes (i) means for sensing temperature within each of the fuel processing elements; (ii) means for increasing, decreasing and maintaining flow level of the fuel into each of the elements as required by the load demand; (iii) means for increasing, decreasing and maintaining flow of waste gas into each fuel element for processing the fuel to produce the gas, in which as the flow level of the fuel is increased into the fuel input, the temperature is increased within the temperature range by increasing flow of the waste gas into the waste gas input; and (iv) means for determining the sufficiency of the waste gas for reaching and maintaining the temperature as required to process the fuel at the collective output level mandated by the load dead; in which (e) if the waste gas is sufficient for reaching and maintaining the temperature as required to process the fuel at the flow level responsive to the load demand.    USE -   Control system and method for controlling a gas generating system.    ADVANTAGE -   The control system and method operates several individual fuel processing systems as a single unit, which is responsive both efficiently and rapidly, to the dynamic load demands of a downstream process, and which has a flexible operational range.    (US6051192-A)      Control system for controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel, in which the fuel processing system uses several fuel processing elements, a fuel input and a waste gas input, each of the fuel processing elements having a collective output, and in which the downstream process has a waste gas output and a dynamic load demand, comprises: (a) means for receiving communication from the downstream process indicative of the dynamic load demand; and (b) means for controlling the collective output level of the gas in response to the dynamic load demand, in which the means for controlling includes, at least on of (c) means for equally distributing the dynamic load demand among the several fuel processing elements such that the individual outputs from each of the elements are equal to each other for forming the collective output; and (d) means for most efficiently distributing the dynamic load among several elements such that at least one of the individual outputs contributes to the collective output.    Also claimed is a method of controlling a fuel processing system operational to produce a gas for a downstream process from a fuel.    Preferably the means for controlling includes (i) means for sensing temperature within each of the fuel processing elements; (ii) means for increasing, decreasing and maintaining flow level of the fuel into each of the elements as required by the load demand; (iii) means for increasing, decreasing and maintaining flow of waste gas into each fuel element for processing the fuel to produce the gas, in which as the flow level of the fuel is increased into the fuel input, the temperature is increased within the temperature range by increasing flow of the waste gas into the waste gas input; and (iv) means for determining the sufficiency of the waste gas for reaching and maintaining the temperature as required to process the fuel at the collective output level mandated by the load dead; in which (e) if the waste gas is sufficient for reaching and maintaining the temperature as required to process the fuel at the flow level responsive to the load demand.    USE -   Control system and method for controlling a gas generating system.    ADVANTAGE -   The control system and method operates several individual fuel processing systems as a single unit, which is responsive both efficiently and rapidly, to the dynamic load demands of a downstream process, and which has a flexible operational range.