WO2004025752A3 - Battery-boosted, rapid startup of frozen fuel cell - Google Patents

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WO2004025752A3
WO2004025752A3 PCT/US2003/012488 US0312488W WO2004025752A3 WO 2004025752 A3 WO2004025752 A3 WO 2004025752A3 US 0312488 W US0312488 W US 0312488W WO 2004025752 A3 WO2004025752 A3 WO 2004025752A3
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Abstract

A fuel cell stack (7) has an auxiliary load (30) in series with a battery (29) which can selectively (25) be connected across the fuel cell stack in place of a main load (24). A method includes connecting the battery and auxiliary load across the fuel cell stack while providing fuel (13) to the anode flow fields (8,10); in one embodiment, oxidant (17) is provided to the cathode flow fields (16) initially; in a second embodiment, oxidant is withheld from the cathode flow for a predetermined time or until a threshold voltage is reached.
PCT/US2003/012488 2002-05-01 2003-04-23 Battery-boosted, rapid startup of frozen fuel cell WO2004025752A2 (en)

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JP2004535391A JP2005531916A (en) 2002-05-01 2003-04-23 Battery-accelerated quick start of a frozen fuel cell
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