OPERATING PROCESS FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM OPERATING PROCESS FOR A FUEL CELL

摘要

A process for starting up a fuel cell system (1) is provided wherein the fuel cell system (1) has a fuel cell (2), a reformer (33) and an auxiliary burner (20). The fuel cell air is preheated with the auxiliary burner (20) and fed to a cathode side (8) of the fuel cell (2). Residual gas is circulated from an anode side (6) of the fuel cell (2) to the reformer (33) and from the reformer (33) to the anode side (6).