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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Schuessler, Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
Ballard Power Systems AG, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/12 ;
Abstract
In a process for operating a fuel cell system with a water balance, a hydrogen-containing medium or a mixture of mediums is reformed in a reforming reactor with a water requirement, by adding water to a hydrogen rich reformate. The reformate is fed to an anode region of a fuel cell and reacts with oxygen from a cathode region of the fuel cell, forming water in the fuel cell. The the water required for the reforming reaction and/or the water balance of the fuel cell system is coupled directly to the oxidation rate of the partial combustion of the hydrogen-containing medium or the mixture of mediums in an oxidizing unit upstream of the reforming reactor.