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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Applicants:
Vishal Onkarmal Mittal, Kanagam Chennai, IN;
Robert Mason Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);
Inventors:
Vishal Onkarmal Mittal, Kanagam Chennai, IN;
Robert Mason Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04082 (2013.01); H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 8/04097 (2013.01); H01M 8/04291 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.02); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method of controlling fluid distribution within a fuel cell includes adjusting a flow of a reactant moving within a fuel cell to increase water within a portion of the fuel cell. Another example method of controlling fluid distribution within a fuel cell includes adjusting a flow of fuel entering a fuel cell, a velocity of air entering the fuel cell, or both, so that a first amount of water exiting the fuel cell in a fuel stream is about the same as a second amount of water exiting the fuel cell in an airstream.