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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2009
Applicant:

Volker Harbusch, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Volker Harbusch, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Siqens GmbH, Germering, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/06 (2016.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/1011 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04261 (2013.01); H01M 8/04708 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); Y02E 60/523 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a humidification unit for providing a carrier gas containing a fuel for supplying a fuel cell. This comprises a humidification chamber, which is designed for the storage of a liquid containing fuel, an inlet leading into the humidification chamber feed a liquid containing fuel, a further inlet leading into the humidification chamber to feed a carrier gas, in such a way that the carrier gas in the humidification chamber is in contact with the liquid, an outlet for the release of the carrier gas containing gaseous fuel, wherein a control unit is provided to keep the liquid containing fuel in the humidification chamber at a temperature below its boiling point.


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