Vehicle having a driving internal-combustion engine and having a fuel cell system for the power supply to electric consuming devices of the vehicle and method for operating such a vehicle
US6311650A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method of operating a vehicle having a driving internal-combustion engine and a fuel cell system which has a reforming reactor with a shift reactor connected on the output side, in a cold-starting phase, hydrogen-containing gas from the electrically warmed-up reforming reactor is fed together with the fuel to the internal-combustion engine for reducing the pollutant emission. After the warming-up of the shift reactor, the gas is supplied to the fuel cell whose anode exhaust gas together with the fuel is supplied to the internal-combustion engine for reducing pollutants.
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