Treatment of hydrogen- and oxygen-containing residual gases of fuel cells
AssigneeSiemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFabian Straub, Michael Braunecker, Torsten Brandt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fuel cell assembly having a plurality of fuel cells amalgamated electrically and mechanically in a fuel cell stack, further including a residual gas treatment device for hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases of the fuel cells, wherein the residual gas treatment device includes a recombination fuel cell with catalyst and membrane that is led via a power circuit separate from the fuel cells, and to a method for treating hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases from fuel cells.
Claims10
A fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of fuel cells amalgamated electrically and mechanically in a fuel cell stack, further comprising a residual gas treatment device for hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases of the fuel cells, characterized in that the residual gas treatment device comprises a recombination fuel cell with catalyst and membrane that is led via a power circuit separate from the fuel cells.
A method for treating hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases from fuel cells, in which the residual gases from fuel cells amalgamated electrically and mechanically in a fuel cell stack are supplied to a recombination fuel cell which is led via a power circuit separate from the fuel cells.
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