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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Avl List Gmbh, Graz, AT;
Nikolaus Soukup, Hamburg, DE;
Martin Hauth, Graz, AT;
Michael Seidl, Graz, AT;
Stefan Weissensteiner, Graz, AT;
AVL List GmbH, Graz, AT;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for heating a fuel cell system () comprising at least one fuel cell stack () with an anode portion () and a cathode portion (), and a reformer () upstream of the anode portion () for steam reforming using a fuel, the reformer () comprising a nickel-based catalyst, said method having the following steps: starting a heating process for heating the fuel cell system () with a heating device () and conducting a carbon-containing fluid and conducting steam through the nickel-based catalyst of the reformer () during the heating process. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system () which is designed to carry out a method according to the invention.