Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system and method for recirculating water in a fuel cell system
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Application No.: US15353385Application Date: 2016-11-16
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Publication No.: US10516178B2Publication Date: 2019-12-24
- Inventor: Christian Lucas , Rune Staeck
- Applicant: Volkswagen AG
- Applicant Address: DE Wolfsburg DE Ingolstadt
- Assignee: Volkswagen AG,Audi AG
- Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG,Audi AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Wolfsburg DE Ingolstadt
- Agency: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC
- Priority: DE102015222635 20151117
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/04291 ; H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/1018

Abstract:
A fuel cell system (1) in which a water separator (110) for separating liquid water from an exhaust gas (6, 4) of a fuel cell (10) of the fuel cell system (1) is fluid-mechanically coupled into an exhaust gas path (32, 22) of the fuel cell system. A water recirculator (120) is fluid-mechanically coupled into the fuel cell system (1), with the aid of which at least a portion of the water of the water separator (110) is once again providable to the fuel cell (10). Moreover, a method for recirculating water in a fuel cell system (1), in which liquid water of a fuel cell supply (30, 20) of the fuel cell system (1) is withdrawn at a removal site at/in the fuel cell supply (30, 20). The water upstream from the removal site is provided to the same fuel cell supply (30, 20) and/or to some other fuel cell supply (20, 30) of the fuel cell system (1).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170141417A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECIRCULATING WATER IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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