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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Reiner Wilpsbaeumer, Wiesbaden, DE;
Sebastian Lienkamp, Budenheim, DE;
Andreas Voigt, Neu-Isenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Reiner Wilpsbaeumer, Wiesbaden, DE;
Sebastian Lienkamp, Budenheim, DE;
Andreas Voigt, Neu-Isenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, an anode reactant source and a shut-off valve that selectively prohibits anode reactant flow from the anode reactant source to the fuel cell stack through a conduit. A control module initiates closure of the shut-off valve to prohibit anode reactant flow through the conduit and determines a shutdown schedule based on a residual mass of the anode reactant within the conduit. The control module operates the fuel cell system using the residual mass and based on the shutdown schedule.