METHOD FOR STARTING A FUEL CELL APPARATUS UNDER COLD START CONDITIONS, AND FUEL CELL APPARATUS AND MOTOR VEHICLE

A method for starting a fuel cell device having a plurality of fuel cells under frost starting conditions is provided, which comprises: establishing the presence of frost starting conditions for the fuel cell device, anode-side supplying of a hydrogen-containing reactant and cathode-side supplying o...

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Hauptverfasser:	VALBUENA ENCINAS, Francisco Javier, LIPHARDT, Leonard, SUEMATSU, Keigo, DISSON, Sebastian
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRICITY PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for starting a fuel cell device having a plurality of fuel cells under frost starting conditions is provided, which comprises: establishing the presence of frost starting conditions for the fuel cell device, anode-side supplying of a hydrogen-containing reactant and cathode-side supplying of an oxygen-containing reactant in a sub-stoichiometric ratio with an oxygen deficit, maintaining the supply of the reactants in a sub-stoichiometric ratio for a given interval of time, after elapsing of the interval of time, causing the complete discharging of the fuel cells in a discharge phase, and then converting the fuel cell device to a normal mode with the supplying of the reactants according to the requirements for the given operating state and the power demand. A fuel cell device and a motor vehicle are also provided for carrying out such a method.