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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Jan Hendrik Ohs, Leonberg, DE;
Sebastian Maass, Renningen-Malmsheim, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04225 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/04302 (2016.01); H01M 8/2457 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04791 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04302 (2016.02); H01M 8/04097 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.02); H01M 8/04231 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 8/04798 (2013.01); H01M 8/2457 (2016.02); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method () for starting up a fuel cell (), wherein hydrogen is introduced into an anode chamber () of the fuel cell (), and at the beginning of the start-up process oxygen is present in the anode chamber () of the fuel cell (). According to the invention, at the beginning of the hydrogen introduction stage enough hydrogen is introduced to ensure that upon entry into the anode chamber () hydrogen and oxygen are present in no more than a stoichiometric ratio.