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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Brauchle, Biberach/Riss, DE;
Matthias Wolfsteiner, Kirchheim, DE;
Assignee:
XCELLSIS GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
Abstract
A chemical reactor for a fuel cell system includes a reaction chamber containing at least two reaction partial chambers arranged parallel to one another. The effective reaction chamber cross section on the input side is adjustable by opening or closing the reaction partial chambers. A first reaction partial chamber type is open when the system is started is warmed up more rapidly under comparable operating conditions than the second reaction partial chamber.