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US 2014/0227618 A1Published application
Fuel Cell System
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsMarkus Handgraetinger, Armin Muetschele, Holger Richter, Miriam Runde
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Abstract
A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell and a humidifying device for humidifying a supply air flow flowing to a cathode chamber of the fuel cell by an exhaust air flow discharged from the cathode chamber of the fuel cell. The supply air flow and the exhaust air flow are separated from one another by water vapor-permeable membranes. An anode water separator, through which exhaust gas from an anode chamber of the fuel cell flows, is integrated into the humidifying device.
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A fuel cell system, comprising:
- at least one fuel cell;
- a humidifying device structurally configured to humidify a supply air flow flowing to a cathode chamber of the fuel cell by an exhaust air flow discharged from the cathode chamber of the fuel cell, wherein the supply air flow and the exhaust air flow are separated from one another by water vapor-permeable membranes;
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- an anode water separator structurally configured so that exhaust gas from an anode chamber of the fuel cell flows through the anode water separator, wherein the anode water separator is integrated into the humidifying device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.