Fuel cell system and method for operating the fuel cell system
US6723460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fuel cell system has a fuel cell unit with at least one fuel cell and a gas generation system, which supplies the fuel cell unit with hydrogen from an operating medium, and at least one ion exchanger unit for removing ions from water. The at least one ion exchanger unit is arranged in a flow path for the operating medium, between a condensate separator and the gas generation system and is acted on by a mixture of water and the operating medium.
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