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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Arendt, Hamburg, DE;
Harald Heinrich, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/04828 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04141 (2013.01); H01M 8/04164 (2013.01); H01M 8/04828 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell device () including an anode-gas path () and a method for operating a fuel cell device (). In order to wet an anode of the fuel cell device () in a simple manner, an anode-gas drainage section () of the fuel cell device () is connected to an anode-gas supply section () of the fuel cell device () in a water-conducting manner and water is added to an anode-gas that is carried to the fuel cell ().