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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Christian Lucas, Braunschweig, DE;
Rune Staeck, Gifthorn, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A fuel cell system () in which a water separator () for separating liquid water from an exhaust gas () of a fuel cell () of the fuel cell system () is fluid-mechanically coupled into an exhaust gas path () of the fuel cell system. A water recirculator () is fluid-mechanically coupled into the fuel cell system (), with the aid of which at least a portion of the water of the water separator () is once again providable to the fuel cell (). Moreover, a method for recirculating water in a fuel cell system (), in which liquid water of a fuel cell supply () of the fuel cell system () is withdrawn at a removal site at/in the fuel cell supply (). The water upstream from the removal site is provided to the same fuel cell supply () and/or to some other fuel cell supply () of the fuel cell system ().