Supply assembly for coupling to a fuel cell device and fuel cell system having the supply assembly

US9054353B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Konrad · Ulm, DE
• Heiner Kunckel · Heroldstatt, DE
• Martin Heumos · Finning, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A supply assembly and a fuel cell system having a supply assembly that demonstrates a cost-effective and/or resilient design in operation. A supply assembly for coupling to a fuel cell device is proposed, having a gas-to-gas humidifier that is designed and/or arranged in order to humidify the oxidation means A for the fuel cell device by means of the humidity from the exhaust gases B of the fuel cell device has an exhaust gas region and an oxidation means region that are separated from one another by a separation layer. The separation layer enables a transmission of the humidity from the exhaust gas region into the oxidation means region for humidification of the oxidation means A, wherein the gas-to-gas humidifier has a monolithic honeycomb structure for fowling the exhaust gas region and the oxidation means region.