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US 2003/0152818 A1Published application
Method for separating carbon dioxide out of a mixture of water and fuel, and corresponding device
OwnerWalter Preidelinventor
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Abstract
Carbon dioxide is removed from a water/fuel mixture, especially in a fuel cell. To this end, a separation installation that works according to the principle of the fuel cell is used for removing the carbon dioxide with the help of a fuel- and water-permeable membrane. The corresponding device has a fuel cell unit that is used as the separation installation and that forms part of the entire installation.
Claims12
A method of separating carbon dioxide out of a mixture of water and fuel, which comprises:
- conducting a mixture of water and fuel into a separation unit operating according to the principle of a fuel cell with an anode and a cathode;
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- separating carbon dioxide out of the mixture of water and fuel.
A device for separating carbon dioxide out of a mixture of water and fuel, comprising:
- an inlet for receiving a water/methanol mixture;
- a separation unit receiving the water/methanol mixture from said inlet and separating carbon dioxide out of the water/methanol mixture, said separation unit having an anode and a cathode and operating according to the principle of a fuel cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.