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US 11,309,562 B2Granted
Method for operating a fuel cell device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMartin Hering, Stefanie Wahl
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell device (10), wherein the fuel cell device (10) is operated in accordance with a quality characteristic of a fuel that is used. According to the invention, the quality characteristic is determined from a partial analysis of the constituents of the fuel that is used. The invention further relates to a fuel cell device (10) that is operated by means of such a method.
Claims10
A method for operating a fuel cell device (10), the method comprising:
- operating the fuel cell device (10) via a controller (46) and in accordance with a quality characteristic of a fuel which is used,
- determining via the controller (46), and a detecting device (44), the quality characteristic from a partial analysis of constituents of the fuel which is used,
- determining via the controller (46) an electron configuration of the fuel which is used from the quality characteristic, and
- controlling via the controller (46) a compressor (40, 50) of the fuel cell device (10) using the electron configuration of the fuel which is used.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.