摘要:
A solid oxide fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell unit including a solid oxide fuel cell and a mixer, the solid oxide fuel cell including an anode gas passage and a cathode gas passage, the mixer mixing an anode off gas discharged from the anode gas passage and a cathode off gas discharged from the cathode gas passage; a power-generating raw material supply device configured to supply a power-generating raw material to the fuel cell unit; a combustible gas passage, which extends from the power-generating raw material supply device to a downstream end of the anode gas passage; an oxidizing gas supply device configured to supply an oxidizing gas to the cathode gas passage; and a controller configured to, after electric power generation by the fuel cell unit is stopped, control the power-generating raw material supply device to supply the power-generating raw material in a volume more than or equal to a volume of the combustible gas passage to the combustible gas passage, and concurrently control the oxidizing gas supply device to supply the oxidizing gas to the cathode gas passage.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a reformer configured to reform an electric power generation raw material to generate a hydrogen-containing gas and supply the hydrogen-containing gas to an anode of the fuel cell; an electric power generation raw material supply unit configured to supply the electric power generation raw material to the reformer; a reforming material supply unit configured to supply at least one of reforming water and reforming air, utilized in a reforming reaction, to the reformer; an oxidizing gas supply unit configured to supply an oxidizing gas to a cathode of the fuel cell; a combustor including an ignitor configured to ignite an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; and a controller. In an operation stop process of the fuel cell system, the controller causes the oxidizing gas supply unit to supply the oxidizing gas to the cathode of the fuel cell, causes the electric power generation raw material supply unit and the reforming material supply unit to intermittently supply the electric power generation raw material and at least one of the water and the air to the reformer, and causes the ignitor of the combustor to perform an ignition operation.
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 solid-oxide fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell unit including a solid-oxide fuel cell including an anode gas channel and a cathode gas channel and a mixer configured to mix an anode off gas discharged from the anode gas channel and a cathode off gas discharged from the cathode gas channel; an electric power generation raw material supplier configured to supply an electric power generation raw material to the fuel cell unit; a combustible gas channel extending from the electric power generation raw material supplier to a downstream end of the anode gas channel; an oxidizing gas supplier configured to supply an oxidizing gas to the cathode gas channel; and a controller configured to, after electric power generation of the fuel cell unit is stopped, control the electric power generation raw material supplier to supply to the combustible gas channel the electric power generation raw material, the amount of which compensates for contraction of a gas in the combustible gas channel due to temperature decrease of the fuel cell unit and also control the oxidizing gas supplier to supply the oxidizing gas to the cathode gas channel in accordance with the supply of the electric power generation raw material.
摘要:
A power supply system according to the present invention includes a control device (110) which is configured such that if it is predicted that the sum of start-up power for a power generation system (101) and electric power consumed by an external electrical load (105) at start-up of the power generation system (101) and/or the sum of stopped-period power for the power generation system (101) and electric power consumed by the external electrical load (105) at stopping of power generation of the power generation system (101) exceed upper limit power, up to which an electric rate is kept to a relatively low unit price, and that the electric rate is to be changed to a relatively high unit price, then the control device (110) performs control of supplying electric power stored in an electrical storage unit (107) to at least one of the power generation system (101) and the external electrical load (105) in order to prevent the amount of electric power supplied from a power grid (104) from exceeding the upper limit power.
摘要:
The invention discloses a hydrogen generator (100A) comprising: a reformer (1) having a reforming catalyst (1a); a material gas supply device (13); an evaporator (3); a water supply device; and a controller (10) which controls the material gas supply device (13) and the water supply device to stop supplying of a material gas to the reformer (1) and supplying of water to the evaporator (3) and then controls the material gas supply device (13) to supply the material gas to the reformer (1) in a period during which residual water evaporates in at least either the evaporator (3) or the reformer (1).
摘要:
An energy supply system comprises an energy supply device (1a) for supplying at least one of electric power and heat, and a controller (6) configured to set first maximum operation time which is an upper limit value of operation time of the energy supply device in a first specified period shorter than a guaranteed operation period of the energy supply device such that operation time of the energy supply device does not reach operation time life before the guaranteed operation period lapses, and calculate and set second maximum operation time which is an upper limit value of the operation time of the energy supply device in a second specified period shorter than the first specified period based on the set first maximum operation time such that the operation time of the energy supply device within the first specified period does not exceed the first maximum operation time.
摘要:
A hydrogen generation apparatus (100) includes: a reformer (10) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material and steam; a raw material passage (21) through which the raw material that is supplied to the reformer (10) flows; a hydrodesulfurizer (13) provided downstream from a most downstream valve (11) on the raw material passage (21) and configured to remove a sulfur compound from the raw material; a sealer (15) provided on a passage (24) downstream from the reformer (10) and configured to block communication between the reformer (10) and the atmosphere; and a depressurizer (16) provided on the raw material passage (21) at a portion connecting the hydrodesulfurizer (13) and the reformer (10) and configured to release, to the atmosphere, pressure in the reformer (10) that has increased after the sealer (15) is closed.
摘要:
A fuel cell system (100) includes: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw material and steam; a raw material supply device (2) configured to supply the raw material to the reformer; a steam supply device (3, 4) configured to supply the steam to the reformer; a temperature detector (5) configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a fuel cell (7) configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; a combustor (6) configured to combust the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell to heat the reformer; and a controller (10) configured to, while controlling the raw material supply device such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector becomes a target temperature, control the steam supply device such that a change rate of a steam supply amount to the reformer becomes less than a change rate of a raw material supply amount to the reformer.