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AssigneeAVL List GmbH
InventorRaphael NEUBAUER
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The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100a, 100b, 100c) comprising a fuel cell stack (5) having an anode portion (5a) and a cathode portion (5b), a reformer (3) for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion (5a) of the fuel cell stack (5), and a fuel tank (1) for providing the fuel to the reformer (3), wherein downstream of the fuel tank (1) and upstream of the reformer (3) there is located a desulphurization unit (2) with an adsorber (2a) for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank (1) via the desulphurization unit (2) to the reformer (3), wherein the adsorber (2a) is provided with anodes (5a) and cathode portions (5b) and/or an internal combustion engine (11) of the fuel cell system (100a; 100b; 100c) is in fluid communication by means of a regeneration fluid line (12), wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line (12) can be conveyed from the anode portion (5a) and cathode portion (5b) and/or from the internal combustion engine (11) to the adsorber (2a). The invention also concerns a method for the thermal regeneration of desulphurization adsorbates and a motor vehicle equipped with the fuel cell system (100a, 100b, 100c) in accordance with the invention.
A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack having an anode portion a cathode portion, a reformer for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion of the fuel cell stack, and a fuel tank for providing the fuel to the reformer, wherein downstream of the fuel tank and upstream of the reformer there is located a desulphurization unit with an adsorber for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank via the desulphurization unit to the reformer, wherein the adsorber has at least an anode portion and cathode portion or an internal combustion engine of the fuel cell system is in fluid connection by means of a regeneration fluid line, wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line can be conveyed from at least the anode portion and cathode portion or from the internal combustion engine to the adsorber.
A method for performing a thermal regeneration of desulphurization adsorbates, which result from an adsorptive desulphurization of a fuel, in a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack having an anode portion and a cathode portion, a reformer for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion of the fuel cell stack, and a fuel tank for providing the fuel to the reformer, wherein downstream of the fuel tank and upstream of the reformer there is located a desulphurization unit with an adsorber for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank via the desulphurization unit to the reformer, wherein the adsorber has at least an anode portion and cathode portion or an internal combustion engine of the fuel cell system is in fluid connection by means of a regeneration fluid line, wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line can be conveyed from at least the anode portion and cathode portion or from the internal combustion engine to the adsorber, wherein the adsorber has at least an anode portion and cathode portion or an internal combustion engine of the fuel cell system is in fluid connection by means of a regeneration fluid line, wherein, for thermal regeneration of the desulphurization adsorbates, fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line is conveyed from at least the anode portion and cathode portion or from the internal combustion engine to the adsorber for heating the adsorber.
A motor vehicle having a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack having an anode portion and a cathode portion, a reformer for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion of the fuel cell stack, and a fuel tank for providing the fuel to the reformer, wherein downstream of the fuel tank and upstream of the reformer there is located a desulphurization unit with an adsorber for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank via the desulphurization unit to the reformer, wherein the adsorber has an anode portion and a cathode portion or an internal combustion engine of the fuel cell system is in fluid connection by means of a regeneration fluid line, wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line can be conveyed from the anode portion and cathode portion or from the internal combustion engine to the adsorber configured to perform a method for performing a thermal regeneration of desulphurization adsorbates, which result from an adsorptive desulphurization of a fuel, in the fuel cell system, wherein the adsorber has an anode portion and cathode portion or an internal combustion engine of the fuel cell system is in fluid connection by means of a regeneration fluid line, wherein, for thermal regeneration of the desulphurization adsorbates, fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line is conveyed from the anode portion and cathode portion or from the internal combustion engine to the adsorber for heating the adsorber.
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