US 2014/0178779 A1 · Fuel Cell System Comprising a Water Separator

Abstract

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell with an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. The fuel cell system also includes a recirculation device that recirculates anode exhaust gas to the anode input, which includes a discharge line for discharging liquid and/or gas from the region of the recirculation device, and an air conveying device for supplying the cathode chamber with a supply air flow. A water separator, which is connected to the discharge line and through which at least a portion of the supply air flow passes, is situated between the air conveying device and the cathode chamber in the area of the supply air flow.

Claims11

Dependent claims

1-10. (canceled)

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/237,116Filed 21 Jul 2012

Priority

DE 10 2011 109 644.65 Aug 2011

Published

26 Jun 2014

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

H01M 8/04156
With simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyte; Humidifying or dehumidifying: with product water removal
H01M 8/04164
With product water removal: by condensers, gas-liquid separators or filters
H01M 8/04231
During start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells: purging of the reactants
H01M 8/04111
Of gaseous reactants: using a compressor turbine assembly

Fuel Cell System Comprising a Water Separator

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Fuel Cell System Comprising a Water Separator

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Abstract

Claims11