公开(公告)号：US20180105418A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15721961

申请日：2017-10-02

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： JIN ZHANG ,  SHIGENORI ONUMA ,  HIDENOBU WAKITA ,  YOICHIRO TSUJI ,  AKINORI YUKIMASA ,  HIROMI KITA ,  MASASHI MORITA

IPC: C01B3/24 ,  H01M8/22 ,  C07C5/373

CPC classification number: C01B3/24 ,  C01B3/38 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/0244 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0816 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/1241 ,  C01B2203/1247 ,  C01B2203/1258 ,  C01B2203/1604 ,  C01B2203/169 ,  C01B2203/1695 ,  C07C5/373 ,  C10J2300/0976 ,  C10J2300/1853 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  H01M8/22 ,  Y02P20/128

Abstract: A hydrogen generation system including: a reformer generating hydrogen-containing gas using a raw material and reforming water; a combustor combusting hydrogen-containing gas and air and generating exhaust gas; a first channel passing cooling water; a condenser generating condensed water by heat exchange between exhaust gas and cooling water; a tank storing condensed water as cooling water; a pump supplying cooling water from the tank to the condenser; a second channel branching at a branch between the pump and condenser in the first channel, and passing some cooling water to the reformer as reforming water; a heater provided downstream of the branch, and heating the first channel; a temperature detector detecting the temperature of the first channel; and a controller, in an activation operation mode, determining whether the second channel is filled with reforming water, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector after the heater has operated.