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Fuel cell system with fuel cell unit having means for storing or dispensing electrical energy

US7670697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Binder · Leutenbach, DE
Eberhard Schoch · Stuttgart, DE
Ulrich Gottwick · Stuttgart, DE
Rainer Saliger · Freiberg, DE
Gunter Wiedemann · Ludwigsburg, DE
Frank Baumann · Hayward, US
Arthur Schaefert · Bühl, DE
Jens Intorp · Stuttgart, DE
Jan-Michael Graehn · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 19, 2005
Grant date	Mar 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fuel cell system has at least one fuel cell unit for generating electrical energy, a unit for storing or dispensing electrical energy, an electrical consumer for consuming electrical energy, a diagnostic unit for ascertaining a functional capability of the at least one fuel cell unit during a diagnosis phase, and a control unit for determining an electrical power generated at least during the diagnosis phase by the at least one fuel cell unit.

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