Abstract: The present invention relates to a burner device (10) for a fuel cell system (100), having a burner housing (20) with a burner inlet (22) for admitting a fuel/air mixture (BL) and a burner outlet (24) for discharging a burner exhaust gas/air mixture (BAL), additionally having a catalyst body (30) within the burner housing (20) comprising a catalyst cavity (32) into which the burner inlet (22) opens, wherein the catalyst body (30) is gas-permeable and has a catalyst surface (34) with an at least partly catalytic coating (36), wherein a bypass volume (40) is formed between the catalyst surface (34) and the burner housing (20), said bypass volume opening into the burner outlet (24), wherein the catalyst body (30) additionally has a longitudinal axis (LA), and the catalyst surface (34) has a cross-sectional contour (QK) which deviates from a circular shape at least in some sections with respect to the longitudinal axis (LA).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective reformer device (10) for the protection of an anode section (112) of a fuel cell stack (110) against oxidizing damage during a heating-up process, having a gas duct (20) with a gas inlet (22) and a gas outlet (24) for conducting fuel gas from an anode feed section (120) of the fuel cell stack (110), wherein a catalytic converter section (30) is arranged in the gas duct (20) for a catalytic oxidation of at least part of the fuel gas into a protective gas for feeding to the anode section (112), wherein, furthermore, the gas duct (20) has a temperature control device (40) in thermally transmitting contact with the catalytic converter section (30) for an active temperature control of the catalytic converter section (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (10) comprising at least one fuel cell stack (11) having an anode section (12) and a cathode section (13), an ejector (14), a fuel mixture line (15) for conveying a fuel mixture—containing primary fuel and secondary fuel—from the ejector (14) to the anode section (12), a primary fuel line (16) for supplying the primary fuel to the ejector (14), and a recirculation line (17) for returning the secondary fuel from the anode section (16) to the ejector (14), wherein at least sections of the primary fuel line (16) extend through a heat exchange volume (18) within the recirculation line (17) for a heat-transmitting connection between the secondary fuel and the primary fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) comprising: at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode portion (3) and a cathode portion (4); a reformer-heat exchanger (5) with a cold side which is upstream of the anode portion (3) and forms a reformer (6) and a hot side which is downstream of the cathode portion (4) and forms a heat exchanger (7); and an afterburner (8) downstream of the heat exchanger (7) for combusting anode exhaust gas from the anode portion (3) and/or cathode exhaust gas from the cathode portion (4), the heat exchanger (7) being situated directly downstream of the cathode portion (4) and being in fluid communication with the cathode portion (4) by means of a cathode exhaust gas line (9) in order for the cathode exhaust gas to be fully conducted through the heat exchanger (7). The invention also relates to a method for controlling the temperature of a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1ce; 1d) according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100a, 100b, 100c) comprising a fuel cell stack (5) having an anode portion (5a) and a cathode portion (5b), a reformer (3) for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion (5a) of the fuel cell stack (5), and a fuel tank (1) for providing the fuel to the reformer (3), wherein downstream of the fuel tank (1) and upstream of the reformer (3) there is located a desulphurization unit (2) with an adsorber (2a) for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank (1) via the desulphurization unit (2) to the reformer (3), wherein the adsorber (2a) is provided with anodes (5a) and cathode portions (5b) and/or an internal combustion engine (11) of the fuel cell system (100a; 100b; 100c) is in fluid communication by means of a regeneration fluid line (12), wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line (12) can be conveyed from the anode portion (5a) and cathode portion (5b) and/or from the internal combustion engine (11) to the adso