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Fuel cell system and method for operating a fuel cell system

US11799109B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN · DE

Inventors

Stephan Herrmann · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
Hartmut Spliethoff · Leinfelden, DE
Matthias Gaderer · Neukirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2018
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fuel cell system comprising at least one fuel cell arranged for a reformation of a hydrocarbon and a hydrocarbon generation unit connected to an anode outlet of the fuel cell for generating the hydrocarbon from carbon monoxide and hydrogen included in a partially unconverted exhaust stream of the anode outlet of the fuel cell, where the fuel cell is thermally decoupled from the hydrocarbon generation unit so that the exothermal hydrocarbon generation reaction and the endothermal reformation reaction proceed without one reaction thermally interfering the other.

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