Method of removing water of reaction during fuel cell operation
Abstract
Abstract A PROCESS AND A FUEL CELL BATTERY COMPRISING POROUS GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES WHICH IS OPERATED TO REMOVE WATER OF REACTION BY PASSING ONE OR BOTH GAS MIXUYRES CONTAINING GASEOUS REACTANTS AND INERT GAS THROUGH A FIRST GROUP OR GROUPS OF INTERCONNECTED GAS SPACES OF ELECTRODES OF EQUAL POLARITY, DEHUMIDIFYING A PORTION OR ALL OR THE EFFLUENT GAS MIXTURE CONTAINING GASEOUS REACTANT, RECYCLING DEHUMIDIFIED GAS TO THE FIRST GROUP OF GAS SPACES AND PASSING A PORTION OF THE EFFLUENT GAS FROM THE FIRST GROUP OF GAS SPACES TO A SECOND GROUP OF GAS SPACES CONNECTED IN SERIES FOR GAS FLOW, AND VENTING THE INERT GASES FROM THE LAST GAS SPACE IN THE SERIES WITH A MINIMUM LOSS OF THE REACTANT GASES.
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- 👤 August Winsel
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