公开(公告)号：US20150270559A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US14407462

申请日：2014-02-20

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Shigenori Onuma ,  Kunihiro Ukai ,  Takehiro Maruyama

IPC: H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/06

CPC classification number: H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/04074 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  H01M8/0675 ,  Y02E60/50

Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through a power generation reaction by using fuel supplied to an anode and cathode air supplied to a cathode; a cathode air heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between a cathode exhaust gas which is air discharged after the air has been used in the fuel cell and the air to be supplied to the cathode to transfer a part of heat energy of the cathode exhaust gas to the air; a desulfurization unit configured to remove a sulfur component from a raw material supplied to the desulfurization unit; and a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas which is the fuel from steam and the raw material from which the sulfur component has been removed by the desulfurization unit; and the cathode exhaust gas which has lost a part of the heat energy by the heat exchange in at least the cathode air heat exchanger, is supplied to the desulfurization unit, to heat the desulfurization unit by the heat energy of the cathode exhaust gas.

Abstract translation: 燃料电池系统包括燃料电池，该燃料电池被配置为通过使用供应给供给阴极的阳极和阴极空气的燃料通过发电反应产生电力; 阴极空气热交换器，被配置为在燃料电池中使用空气之后排出的空气的阴极排气与供给阴极的空气之间进行热交换，以传递阴极排气的一部分热能 到空中 脱硫单元，被配置为从供给到脱硫单元的原料中除去硫成分; 以及重整器，其构造成从蒸汽和由脱硫单元除去了硫成分的原料产生作为燃料的重整气体; 至少在阴极空气热交换器中通过热交换而损失一部分热能的阴极废气被供给到脱硫单元，以通过阴极废气的热能来加热脱硫单元。