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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
James H. Kralick, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
Plug Power Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
Abstract
A system for humidifying reactant gas for a fuel cell includes a supply line for supplying reactant gas to a fuel cell, a mist humidifier for producing liquid droplets in the reactant gas, and an evaporator for evaporating the liquid droplets. The evaporator may use a portion of the heat generated by operation of the fuel cell for evaporating the liquid droplets.