Fuel cell device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsIan Faye, Ulrich Gottwick, Rainer Saliger, Jan-Michael Graehn
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Abstract
A fuel cell device has a fuel cell unit including at least two fuel cell elements which are coupled with one another in a way selected from the group consisting of a series coupling, a parallel coupling, and both, for conversion of chemical energy into an electrical energy, and an electronic control unit for controlling individual fuel cell elements of the fuel cell unit.
Claims13
A fuel cell device, comprising a fuel cell unit including at least two fuel cell elements which are coupled with one another in a way selected from the group consisting of a series coupling, a parallel coupling, and both, for conversion of chemical energy into an electrical energy;
- and an electronic control unit for controlling individual fuel cell elements of said fuel cell unit.
A vehicle, comprising a vehicle part;
- and a fuel cell device, said fuel cell device including a fuel cell unit having at least two fuel cell elements which are coupled with one another in a way selected from the group consisting of a series coupling, a parallel coupling, and both, for conversion of chemical energy into an electrical energy;
- and an electronic control unit for controlling individual fuel cell elements of said fuel cell unit.
A method of operating of a fuel cell device, comprising the steps of providing a fuel cell unit having at least two fuel cell elements for conversion of the chemical energy into electrical energy;
- coupling said at least two fuel cell elements by a connection selected from the group consisting of a serial connection, a parallel connection, and both;
- and controlling said fuel cell unit by an electronic control unit which controls individual ones of said fuel cell elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.