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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Gerhard Berger, Ebersbach, DE;
Jens Intorp, Ulm, DE;
Gerhard Konrad, Ulm, DE;
Arnold Lamm, Elchingen, DE;
Sven Schnetzler, Marburg, DE;
Gerhard Berger, Ebersbach, DE;
Jens Intorp, Ulm, DE;
Gerhard Konrad, Ulm, DE;
Arnold Lamm, Elchingen, DE;
Sven Schnetzler, Marburg, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for humidifying a gas stream includes a humidifier device having at least one membrane permeable to water vapor. The gas stream and a humid gas stream flow through a humidifier device, being separated from one another by the at least one membrane. The apparatus includes at least one bypass line configured to route at least part of one of the gas stream and the humid gas stream so that it does not come into contact with the membrane. In addition a method for humidifying a gas stream, includes flowing the gas stream through a humidifier having a membrane permeable to water vapor, flowing a humid gas stream through the humidifier separated by the membrane, and routing at least a portion of one of the gas stream and the humid gas stream using a bypass line so that it does not come into contact with the membrane, and varying a quantity of the portion so as to set a predetermined dew point in the gas stream.