SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OR UTILITY VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR THE SAME

The invention relates to a system (10) for storing natural gas as fuel, in particular for a motor vehicle or utility vehicle, wherein the system (10) has at least one storage tank (11) for the fuel. It is provided according to the invention that the storage tank (11) is assigned at least one fuel ce...

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Main Author WACH, Achim
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 25.01.2017
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Summary:The invention relates to a system (10) for storing natural gas as fuel, in particular for a motor vehicle or utility vehicle, wherein the system (10) has at least one storage tank (11) for the fuel. It is provided according to the invention that the storage tank (11) is assigned at least one fuel cell (12), wherein natural gas that has changed into the gaseous state can be fed from the storage tank (11) to the fuel cell (12) in order to be at least partially converted into electrical energy, wherein the storage tank (11) and the fuel cell (12) interact by way of a control unit (13). In this case, the fuel cell (12) is in the form of a solid oxide fuel cell.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150703748