摘要:
A fuel cell system (100) includes: a reformer (11) configured to generate a reformed gas using a raw material; a fuel cell (12) configured to generate electric power using the reformed gas; a raw material supply passage (13) through which the raw material supplied to the reformer (11) flows; a hydro-desulfurizer (10) configured to remove a sulfur component in the raw material supplied to the reformer (11); a recycle passage (14) through which a part of the reformed gas is supplied as a recycled gas to the raw material supply passage (13) provided upstream of the hydro-desulfurizer (10); a temperature detector (15) configured to detect a temperature of the hydro-desulfurizer 10; and a controller (30), wherein: when the temperature of the hydro-desulfurizer (10) reaches a predetermined temperature, the controller (30) increases a flow rate of the raw material from a predetermined flow rate by a flow rate corresponding to a flow rate of the recycled gas, and then, the controller (30) starts supplying the recycled gas to the recycle passage; and after the recycled gas reaches an upstream end of the recycle passage (14) through the raw material supply passage (13), the controller (30) returns the flow rate of the raw material to the predetermined flow rate.
摘要:
A solid oxide fuel cell system includes: an igniting portion (8) configured to ignite a raw material when starting up the solid oxide fuel cell system; a raw material supply portion (10) configured to supply the raw material; a reforming air supply portion (11) configured to supply reforming air; and an electric power generation air supply portion (12) configured to supply electric power generation air. When starting up the solid oxide fuel cell system, the raw material supply portion (10) supplies the raw material, and the electric power generation air supply portion (12) supplies the electric power generation air. The igniting portion (8) ignites the raw material. After the ignition, the preforming air supply portion (11) supplies the reforming air. With this, the safety can be increased in consideration of characteristics in respective phases from the start-up of the solid oxide fuel cell system until the electric power generation.
摘要:
A fuel cell system (100) includes: a reforming section (33) generating fuel from water for reforming and a raw reforming material; a raw reforming material feeding section (11a5) feeding the raw reforming material to the reforming section; a fuel cell (34) generating electricity using the fuel and an oxidant gas; a combusting section (36) combusting a combustible component from a fuel electrode of the fuel cell using the oxidant gas; an ignition device (36a2) causing the combustible component fed to the combusting section to be ignited; an oxygen proportion adjusting section adjusting an oxygen proportion of the gas introduced into the combusting section when the combustible component is ignited, to become a correction oxygen proportion allowing the combustible component to be ignited and combusted; and an oxygen proportion changing section changing the oxygen proportion from the correction oxygen proportion to a normal oxygen proportion when a defined condition is satisfied.
摘要:
The present invention provides a gas generator that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In one non-limiting embodiment, the gas generator may include a nitrogen generator structured to receive air, extract oxygen (O 2 ) from the air and discharge the balance in the form of a nitrogen-rich gas; a merging chamber structured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas and to discharge a feed mixture containing both the hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas; and a catalytic reactor structured to receive the feed mixture and to catalytically convert the feed mixture into a reducing gas.
摘要:
A fuel cell system (100) includes: a fuel cell (12) configured to generate electric power by causing a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas to react with each other; a casing (11) accommodating at least the fuel cell (12), the casing (11) including an air inlet (16) and an exhaust outlet (17) formed therein; a supply passage (18) connected to the air inlet (16), the supply passage (18) being configured to introduce external air into the casing from outside of the casing; an exhaust passage (19) connected to the exhaust outlet (16), the exhaust passage (19) being configured to exchange heat with the supply passage (18) and discharge at least air inside the casing to the outside of the casing; an air supply device (15) configured to introduce the external air into the casing through the supply passage (18); a temperature detector (20) disposed such that at least one of the inside of the casing (11), the supply passage (18), and the exhaust passage (19) is provided with the temperature detector (20), the temperature detector (20) being configured to detect a temperature; and a controller (21) configured to control at least the air supply device (15). If the temperature detected by the temperature detector (20) after the controller (21) has caused the air supply device (15) to operate is lower than or equal to a first predetermined temperature, the controller (21) reduces an amount of air supplied by the air supply device (15) and causes the air supply device (15) to continue operating.