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Fuel cell system and corresponding operating process

US9853315B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EBERSPÄCHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Reiners · Eßlingen, DE
Sven Wenzel · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2012
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2036

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 (1), especially for motor vehicles, is provided with at least one fuel cell (2), which has at least two electrodes (3), to which at least one electric user (4) can be connected. The electrodes (3), especially the anode (4), are protected if a temperature-measuring device (8) measures the electrode temperature of at least one of the electrodes (3) and if a control (24) sets the water fed into the fuel cell (2) by a water feed device (11), preferably before the reformate gas enters the fuel cell (2), as a function of the measured electrode temperature.

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