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Operation method and purging system for a hydrogen demand/delivery unit in a fuel cell system

US7354669B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 2004
Grant dateApr 8, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention pertains to a process for preventing the freezing of water in a structural component containing at least one moving part in the anode cycle of a fuel cell system, characterized by the fact that at the time of a switching-off process the structural component is scavenged by a dry scavenging gas in order to remove a quantity of water present there.

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