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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of improving start performance in a low-temperature environment by effectively draining produced water in a fuel cell while suppressing increase of a fuel consumption amount. SOLUTION: This fuel cell system 1 is equipped with the fuel cell 20, a fuel gas supply source 30, an oxidation gas supply source 40, anode system passage (hydrogen supply passage 74 and the like) and a cathode system passage (air supply passage 71 and the like) for guiding the fuel gas and the oxidation gas supplied from the fuel gas supply source 30 and the oxidation gas supply source 40, respectively, to the fuel cell 20. The fuel cell system is provided with: a fuel shutoff means (a control part 50 and a hydrogen shutoff valve H100) for shutting off the supply of the fuel gas from the fuel gas supply source 30 to the fuel cell 20 through the anode system passage; and an oxidation gas introduction means (an air introduction passage 78 and an air shutoff valve H24) for guiding the oxidation gas supplied from the oxidation gas supply source 40 to the fuel cell 20 through the cathode system passage to the anode system passage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insulator for a fuel cell with light weight and high strength, made of glass fiber-containing FRP, and integrally fixed with a gasket to prevent the dissolution of glass fibers in produced water. SOLUTION: In the insulator 13 interposed between a current collector arranged at both ends of a cell stack and an end plate, an insulator body 13A in which an opening part 23 for passing through fluid is formed and the gasket 22 formed in the opening part 23 are installed in a flat substrate made of glass fiber-containing FRP, and the gasket 22 is constituted by integrally bonding a seal member 27 having an almost U-shaped cross section continuously extending over the back and front circumferential parts and an internal circumferential surface of the opening part 23 and covering the opening part 23 to the opening part 23 with an adhesive. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gasket for a fuel cell stack component without requiring the gasket to be fitted to the fuel cell stack component. SOLUTION: (1) This gasket 1 for a fuel cell stack component is mounted between the fuel cell stack component 21 with reaction gas manifolds formed by piercing therein and the reaction gas manifolds 30 and 31, and formed into a shape without overlapping the fuel cell stack component 21 in the cell stacking direction. (2) The fuel cell stack component is an insulator 1. (3) The material of the gasket is fluorine rubber. (4) The gasket is a single gasket mounted to the plurality of manifolds. (5) The gasket is a single gasket mounted to a single manifold and the single gasket has a plurality of holes 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove a fine dust contained in gas flowing in the gas passage communicated to a fuel cell. SOLUTION: The fuel cell system is provided with the fuel cell 20 to generate power by receiving gas supply and a filter device 10 to remove impurities in the gas by being arranged in an air supply passage 71, a fuel supply passage 74, a hydrogen circulation passage 75, and a purge passage 76. The filter device 10 has a spongy matter impregnated with antifreeze 13 as a filter. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cell voltage monitoring device for a fuel cell capable of improving the workability of mounting the cell on a terminal, and a method of mounting the same on the cell. SOLUTION: (1) The cell voltage monitoring device for a fuel cell 1 comprises a plurality of conductive wires 3, and a soft resin sheet 4 in which the plurality of conductive wires 3 are embedded. (2) The method of mounting the cell voltage monitoring device for a fuel cell 1 on the fuel cell stack 23 comprises a process of simultaneously inserting tip end part 2a of respective cell voltage monitoring terminals 2 into terminal mounting holes 5 of a stacked module, and a process of mounting respective cell voltage monitoring terminals 2 into terminal mounting holes 5 of corresponding modules. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gasket for a fuel cell passing through gas or produced water without causing dissolution of glass fibers nor corrosion of metal in a constituting element such as an insulator. SOLUTION: The gasket 22 for the fuel cell which is a constituting element of the fuel cell and used in the insulator 13 in which a fluid passage 118 is formed is constituted with a separate component comprising a core material 23 having a fitting means for being detachably fit to a base which is an end part faced to the fluid passage 18 in the insulator 12, and a seal member fixed to the core material 23 so as to shut off the insulator 13 from the fluid passage18. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To materialize a load-displacement characteristic with small hysteresis in a laminated disc spring laminated in parallel. SOLUTION: A plurality of disc springs 10 are laminated in parallel. The surface roughness of the contact surface of respective disc springs 10 is set within the range from Rmax 1.0 or more to 2.0 or less. A dissimilar material layer is provided between respective disc springs 10. When the surface roughness is within the range, the power loss by rubbing caused by the friction between the disc springs is reduced. When providing the dissimilar material layer between respective disc springs 10, the characteristic is not deteriorated even by long term use. Therefore, a load-displacement characteristic with small hysteresis is obtained over a long period of time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a load-diplacement characteristic with small hysteresis, in a heavy Belleville spring piled up in parallel. SOLUTION: A plurality of belleville springs 10 are piled up in parallel. The surface roughness of the mating surface of each Belleville spring 10 is within a range not less than Rmax 1.0 and not more than 2.0. A different material pile is prepared between each Belleville spring 10. If the surface roughness in this range, a loss of a force of the Belleville spring 10 dependent on rubbing can be made small. Moreover, if a different material pile is prepared between each Belleville spring 10, the characteristic is not deteriorated by the activity of a long time, either. By this, the load-displacement with characteristic small hysteresis can be obtained for a long period of time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of maintaining an excellent insulation and capable of suppressing the leakage of electricity. SOLUTION: The fuel cell system 1 is provided with a fuel cell 10 in which a fuel cell stack 13 in which cell modules 13a, 13b are installed in parallel so as to be fastened and supported between end plates 11, 12 is housed in a stack case 14. Terminals 15a, 15b are installed at the end plate 12 side, and a high voltage is supplied to an electric motor M. The fuel cell stack 13 is installed and supported at the bottom wall of the stack case 14 through a mount member 22 having insulating resistance. Furthermore, piping 2-7 which is formed of electrical insulating member and in which hydrogen gas, air, and cooling liquid are respectively supplied and discharged is connected to the end plate 11. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To handle as one body a plurality of rows of fuel cell stacks and to improve stability of installation fixing and installation precision of the piping that supplies and discharges the fluid. SOLUTION: A pair of end plates 24, 26 are arranged at the both ends of two rows of fuel cell stacks 22a, 22b so as to extend over two rows, and this pair of end plates 24, 26 are bridged over by four tension plates 28a, 28b. And a fuel or the like supply-and-exhaust piping 40 that supplies and discharges hydrogen, air, and cooling water to each fuel cell stack 22a, 22b is installed on the end plate 24 side, and a pressuring mechanism 50 that impresses pressure in the lamination direction on each fuel cell stack 22a, 22b is installed on the end plate 26 side. Since the two rows of fuel cell stacks 22a, 22b can be handled as one body by a pair of end plates 24, 26, the stability of installation fixing and installation work of the fuel or the like supply-and-exhaust piping 40 can be improved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO