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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Monika Derflinger, Neidlingen, DE;
Dietmar Mirsch, Kirchheim-Nabern, DE;
Assignee:
Ballard Power Systems AG, Kircheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell system has a fuel cell unit with at least one fuel cell and a gas generation system, which supplies the fuel cell unit with hydrogen from an operating medium, and at least one ion exchanger unit for removing ions from water. The at least one ion exchanger unit is arranged in a flow path for the operating medium, between a condensate separator and the gas generation system and is acted on by a mixture of water and the operating medium.