| US 7,479,335 B2 | ||
| Anode humidification | ||
| David A. Leboe, Vancouver (Canada); Kenneth M. Flaherty, Delta (Canada); Adrian J. Corless, New Westminster (Canada); Kenneth W. Kratschmar, Vancouver (Canada); and John D. Usborne, Vancouver (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Plug Power Inc., Latham, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 28, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/823,552. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/806148, filed on Jun. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0014475 A1, Jan. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 429—13 [429/26; 429/30] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
providing a fuel flow to a fuel cell;
providing an oxidant flow to the fuel cell; and
humidifying an anode of the fuel cell, comprising saturating the oxidant flow and maintaining a temperature of the oxidant
flow above a temperature of the fuel cell such that excess water propagates from a cathode of the fuel cell to the anode.
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