摘要 |
A fuel cell stack (7) has an auxiliary load (30) in series with a battery (29) which can selectively (25) be connected across the fuel cell stack in place of a main load (24). A method includes connecting the battery and auxiliary load across the fuel cell stack while providing fuel (13) to the anode flow fields (8, 10); in one embodiment, oxidant (17) is provided to the cathode flow fields (16) initially; in a second embodiment, oxidant is withheld from the cathode flow for a predetermined time or until a threshold voltage is reached.
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