Title:
FUEL CELL START-UP METHOD, FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004001887
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel cell start-up method, said fuel cell comprising numerous cells which are supplied by a reformer (10). According to the invention, when the reformer is cold, reformates are supplied to a first sub-assembly (12) of cells of the fuel cell and, when the reformer is hot, reformates are supplied to the first and second sub-assemblies of cells of the fuel cell. The cells belonging to the first sub-assembly are optimised in order to operate with a cold reformer and the cells belonging to the second sub-assembly (13) are optimised to operate with a hot reformer.
Inventors:
KERETLI FAHRI (FR)
MARCHAND MARIELLE (FR)
MARCHAND MARIELLE (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/FR2003/001935
Publication Date:
February 03, 2005
Filing Date:
June 24, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RENAULT SA (FR)
KERETLI FAHRI (FR)
MARCHAND MARIELLE (FR)
KERETLI FAHRI (FR)
MARCHAND MARIELLE (FR)
International Classes:
H01M8/04; H01M8/06; H01M8/10; (IPC1-7): H01M8/06; H01M8/04; B60L11/18
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000030200A1 | 2000-05-25 | |||
| WO2002055433A2 | 2002-07-18 |
Foreign References:
| DE10010068A1 | 2001-09-13 | |||
| FR2829296A1 | 2003-03-07 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1995, no. 10 30 November 1995 (1995-11-30)
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