Cooling Devices for a Fuel Cell System
AssigneeDaimier AG
InventorsOliver Harr, Cosimo Mazzotta, Armin Muetschele, Holger Richter, Hans-Joerg Schabel
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Abstract
A cooling device for a fuel cell system includes at least one cooling circuit, through which a fuel cell can be cooled. The fuel cell system also includes a component with at least an electric drive area and a gas delivery area. A gas can be delivered to the fuel cell through the gas delivery area and the component is actively cooled. The cooling of the component takes place together with the cooling of the fuel cell in a cooling circuit.
Claims18
1-16. (canceled)
A cooling device for a fuel cell system, comprising:
- a cooling circuit through which a fuel cell can be cooled;
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- at least one component comprising at least an electric drive area and a gas delivery area, wherein a gas can be delivered through the gas delivery area to the fuel cell, and wherein the at least one component is actively cooled,
- wherein the at least one component and the fuel cell are arranged in the same cooling circuit.
A method of operating a cooling device, comprising cooling, using at least one cooling circuit, a fuel cell and at least one component comprising at least an electric drive area and a gas delivery area, wherein a gas is delivered through the gas delivery area to the fuel cell, wherein the component is actively cooled, and wherein the at least one component and the fuel cell are cooled by the same cooling circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.