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Fuel cell system with a cooling device

US7482080B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 2005
Grant dateJan 27, 2009
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2025

Classification

  • 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 for generating electric current and/or thermal heat, a cooling device provided for cooling the fuel cell unit and having at least one first flow generator for generating a flow of a first cooling fluid, in particular a liquid coolant, and a second flow generator for generating a flow of a second cooling fluid, in particular a cooling air, in which a more-efficient temperature regulation is realized, compared to the prior art, with a control unit provided for comparison of a first operating parameter, or a change in the first operating parameter, of the first flow generator with a second operating parameter, or a change in the second operating parameter, of the second flow generator.

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