Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fuel cell system for internal, thermally coupled reforming with reformate preparation. This system includes a fuel cell stack have an anode inlet, an anode outlet, a cathode inlet and a cathode outlet. In addition, a reformer device, which is thermally coupled to the fuel cell stack, is provided for preparing an anode fluid that comprises reformed fuel, said reformer device being connected upstream of the anode inlet. A preparation device for removing non-reformed fuel and/or harmful substances from the anode fluid is arranged between the reformer device and the anode inlet.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for increasing the service life of a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The device comprises an HT-PEM fuel cell with at least one cell. The cell is constructed in the following sequence: a feeding plate with an anode channel structure, an anode gas diffusion electrode, an electrolyte-containing polymer membrane, a cathode gas diffusion electrode, and a feeding plate with a cathode channel structure. Additionally, at least one acid reservoir is provided which is filled with acid, said acid reservoir being connected to a distributor channel which extends in the feeding plates approximately perpendicularly to the channel structures. The distributor channel is connected to at least one of the gas diffusion electrodes and/or the polymer membrane of at least one of the cells of the fuel cell stack such that at least one of the gas diffusion electrodes and/or the polymer membrane of at least one of the cells of the fuel cell stack can be supplied with acid.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for parallel condensation and evaporation for a fuel cell system having a condensation-evaporation device, wherein the condensation-evaporation device (KW) has a condensation chamber and an evaporation chamber, which are thermally coupled to each other by means of a heat exchanger apparatus in such a way that water vapor contained in an exhaust gas of a fuel cell stack is condensed in the condensation chamber in order to form water and a liquid fuel of a two-phase mixture comprising the liquid fuel and a gas phase is at least partially evaporated in the evaporation chamber in order to form fuel vapor, wherein the energy required for the evaporation is provided at least partially by waste heat from an exhaust gas of a fuel cell stack of a fuel cell and the associated energy removal from the exhaust gas of a fuel cell stack is used for the condensation. The invention is characterized in that the gas phase comprises a carrier gas, which is CO 2 .