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Compressor arrangement for the operation of a fuel cell system

US6720098B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 15, 2002
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A compressor arrangement for the operation of a fuel cell system, wherein a compressed air flow can be delivered from the compressor arrangement, which is driven by an electric motor, to the fuel cell system and wherein the compressor arrangement and optionally the electric motor are at least partly surrounded by a sound insulation, is characterized in that the sound insulation is permeable to air and is provided within a housing which at least partly surrounds the compressor and preferably also the electric motor, and in that at least a part of the air intake flow for the compressor arrangement can be directed through the air permeable sound insulation before it enters into the compressor inlet.

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