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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Baldauf, Erlangen, DE;
Walter Preidel, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/300 ;
Abstract
In a method for determining the alcohol concentration in the alcohol/water mixture of fuel cells that are operated with this mixture, in particular for direct methanol fuel cells, the alcohol/water mixture is pumped through a constriction. The differential pressure between the entry to and exit from the constriction and, if appropriate, the flow velocity of the mixture through the constriction are measured, and the alcohol concentration is determined therefrom.