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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Andreas Kaupert, Esslingen, DE;
Valentin Notemann, Sonthofen, DE;
Karsten Reiners, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/102 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 11/1885 (2013.01); B60L 11/1887 (2013.01); B60L 11/1894 (2013.01); H01M 8/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 8/0631 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); H02J 7/34 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); H02J 2001/004 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 90/34 (2013.01); Y10T 307/516 (2015.04);
Abstract
A fuel cell system () has a fuel cell () and a reformer (). A careful operation of the fuel cell system (), in particular during a start-up of the fuel cell system (), is obtained when the fuel cell system () is equipped with a reformer heating burner (additional burner) (). The heat of reformer heating burner waste gas of the reformer heating burner () is fed to the reformer ().