Patents by Inventor Hans Bettermann

Hans Bettermann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for monitoring and/or regulating fuel cells
    Patent number: 9030665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring and/or regulating fuel cells, in particular comprising determining the composition of the operating gases of the fuel cells. The method comprises the following steps: introducing the gas mixture to be analyzed into a measuring cell (1); producing an arc in the measuring cell (1); absorbing the radiation emitted by the arc; optical filtering of the emitted radiation and/or spectral decomposition of the emitted radiation; converting the emitted radiation into an electric signal; evaluating the electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
    Inventors: Hans Bettermann, Peter Fischer, Arno Goedecke Reichelt, Irmgard Buder, Volker Peinecke
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AND/OR REGULATING FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20120236311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring and/or regulating fuel cells, in particular comprising determining the composition of the operating gases of the fuel cells. The method comprises the following steps: introducing the gas mixture to be analyzed into a measuring cell (1); producing an arc in the measuring cell (1); absorbing the radiation emitted by the arc; optical filtering of the emitted radiation and/or spectral decomposition of the emitted radiation; converting the emitted radiation into an electric signal; evaluating the electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: HEINRICH-HEINE UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF
    Inventors: Hans Bettermann, Peter Fischer, Arno Goedecke Reichelt, Irmgard Buder, Volker Peinecke