Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system and method of operating the fuel cell system
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Application No.: US11919730Application Date: 2006-05-23
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Publication No.: US08404394B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Yukihisa Kanao , Tomio Miyazaki
- Applicant: Yukihisa Kanao , Tomio Miyazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
- Agent Anthony A. Laurentano
- Priority: JP2005-149344 20050523
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/310612 WO 20060523
- International Announcement: WO2006/126701 WO 20061130
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/06

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes a first heating mechanism and a second heating mechanism. The first heating mechanism supplies a reformer with some of an exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack as a heat source for directly heating the reformer. The second heating mechanism supplies the remaining exhaust gas to the heat exchanger and utilizes the heat generated in the heat exchanger as a heat source for indirectly heating the reformer. Temperature sensors are attached to the reformer. An open/close valve is adjusted based on the temperatures detected by the temperature sensors to control the ratio between the amount of heat supplied from the first heating mechanism to the reformer and the amount of heat supplied from the second heating mechanism to the reformer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090047554A1 Fuel cell system and method of operating the fuel cell system Public/Granted day:2009-02-19
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