A carbon dioxide separation system for a fuel cell system having a small
volume and weight of a separation device and of a membrane, at
simultaneous increase of the separated volume of carbon dioxide,
comprises a separation device for containing a fluid phase, a carbon
dioxide phase, and a two phase fluid including fluid and carbon dioxide.
The separation device comprises a two phase fluid inlet, a fluid outlet,
a carbon dioxide outlet, a carbon dioxide separation membrane, and a flow
restrictor creating a backpressure which presses separated carbon dioxide
through the carbon dioxide separation membrane. The flow restrictor
comprises at least one narrow aperture, and is mounted downstream of the
separation device. The carbon dioxide separation membrane is positioned
in the separation device in such a manner that at least a part of the
total membrane area is arranged above a two phase fluid level and is in
touch with carbon dioxide contained in the separation device above the
two phase fluid level.