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Solid electrolyte high temperature fuel cell module and method for its operation

US5952116A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ludger Blum · Emmelshausen, DE
Horst Greiner · Forchheim, DE
Wilhelm Kleinlein · Fürth, DE
Reinhard Roth · Baiersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 1997
Grant date	Sep 14, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

In a solid electrolyte high temperature fuel cell module and a method for operating the same, a plurality of fuel cells are stacked on one another for receiving an operating medium necessary for operating the fuel cells. Heat produced in the fuel cells during a combustion process is used for heating the operating medium before it is fed into the fuel cells.

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