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US 7,022,148 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for supplying fuel to a gas-generating system
AssigneeNuCellSys GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Lück, Martin Schäfer, Erik Theis
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Abstract
An apparatus for supplying fuel to a gas-generating system to generate hydrogen-rich gas in a fuel cell system includes two gas-generating components; a metering device, which can supply fuel by a valve-controlled distribution to each of the two gas-generating components; and a fuel storage basin. The fuel basin which supplies fuel to one of the gas-generating components during a changeover or connecting process between the gas-generating components.
Claims2
An apparatus for generating hydrogen-rich gas for a fuel cell system, comprising:
- at least first and second gas-generating components;
- a common metering apparatus that can supply fuel to each of the first and second gas-generating components;
- a fuel storage basin;
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- a valve system operable to permit supply of fuel from the fuel storage basin to the second gas generating component while the first gas-generating component continues to be supplied with fuel by the common metering apparatus and while the first and second gas-generating devices are operated in parallel, and to terminate supply of fuel from the storage basin and to the first gas-generating component when the second gas-generating component reaches its operating temperature.
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