Method for monitoring and/or regulating fuel cells

US9030665B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf · DE

Inventors

• Hans Bettermann · Neuss, DE
• Peter Fischer · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
• Arno Goedecke Reichelt · Goldkronach, DE
• Irmgard Buder · Duisburg, DE
• Volker Peinecke · Neheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2010
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for monitoring and/or regulating fuel cells, in particular comprising determining the composition of the operating gases of the fuel cells. The method comprises the following steps: introducing the gas mixture to be analyzed into a measuring cell (1); producing an arc in the measuring cell (1); absorbing the radiation emitted by the arc; optical filtering of the emitted radiation and/or spectral decomposition of the emitted radiation; converting the emitted radiation into an electric signal; evaluating the electric signal.