公开(公告)号：US08658320B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-25

申请号：US13265491

申请日：2010-05-10

申请人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura

发明人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura

IPC分类号： H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/0662 ,  C01B3/34 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/16 ,  C01B2203/1695 ,  H01M8/04686 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  H01M8/0675 ,  Y02P20/128

摘要： A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes: a deodorizing device (20) configured to remove an odor component contained in a raw material gas; a reformer (32) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through reforming reaction using the raw material gas that is discharged from the deodorizing device; a fuel cell (1) configured to generate power by using the hydrogen-containing gas that is discharged from the reformer; at least one on-off valve (21a, 21b, 3a, 3b, 28, 29) provided on the combustible gas passage which is downstream from the deodorizing device and which extends through the reformer; and a stuck-state checker (13, 18, 7) configured to perform a stuck-state check on the on-off valve by supplying the raw material gas to the combustible gas passage.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的燃料电池系统包括：除臭装置（20），其构造成除去原料气体中所含的气味成分; 重构器（32），被配置为使用从除臭装置排出的原料气体通过重整反应产生含氢气体; 燃料电池（1），被配置为通过使用从所述重整器排出的含氢气体来发电; 设置在可除臭气体通道上的至少一个开关阀（21a，21b，3a，3b，28,29），其位于除臭装置的下游并延伸通过重整器; 以及卡止状态检查器（13,18,7），被配置为通过将原料气体供应到可燃气体通道来对开关阀执行卡止状态检查。

公开(公告)号：US20120077097A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13376538

申请日：2011-01-26

申请人： Hirofumi Kokubu ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

发明人： Hirofumi Kokubu ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

IPC分类号： H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/04156 ,  H01M8/04388 ,  H01M8/04395 ,  H01M8/04776 ,  H01M8/04955 ,  H01M2008/1095 ,  Y02E60/50

摘要： A fuel cell system of the present invention includes: a fuel cell apparatus; an exhaust gas passage through which an exhaust gas from the fuel cell apparatus is discharged; and a water tank configured to store water present within the exhaust gas. The water tank includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, and a communication part which is configured to allow the first reservoir and the second reservoir to communicate with each other at a lower part of the water tank. The second reservoir of the water tank is provided with a drain outlet which is disposed above the communication part. The exhaust gas passage is connected to the first reservoir of the water tank. The exhaust gas passage is configured such that: in cases where a flow of the exhaust gas within the exhaust gas passage is not blocked at any position downstream from the water tank, the exhaust gas is discharged to the atmosphere from the exhaust gas passage; and in cases where the flow of the exhaust gas within the exhaust gas passage is blocked at a position downstream from the water tank, the exhaust gas is discharged to the atmosphere through the drain outlet of the water tank.

摘要翻译： 本发明的燃料电池系统包括：燃料电池装置; 来自燃料电池装置的废气通过排气通道排出; 以及配置成存储废气中存在的水的水箱。 水箱包括第一储存器，第二储存器和连通部件，其构造成允许第一储存器和第二储存器在水箱的下部彼此连通。 水箱的第二储存器设置有设置在连通部上方的排水口。 废气通道连接到水箱的第一储存器。 废气通道被构造成：在废气通道内的废气流未在水箱下游的任何位置处被阻塞的情况下，废气从废气通道排放到大气中; 并且在废气通道内的废气流在水箱下游的位置处被阻塞的情况下，排气通过水箱的排水口排出到大气中。

公开(公告)号：US20140050996A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-20

申请号：US14114186

申请日：2013-01-15

申请人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Hirofumi Kokubu

发明人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Hirofumi Kokubu

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  C01B3/58 ,  H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/0675 ,  C01B3/38 ,  C01B3/58 ,  C01B2203/0244 ,  C01B2203/025 ,  C01B2203/0283 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0811 ,  C01B2203/1235 ,  C01B2203/127 ,  C01B2203/148 ,  C01B2203/1609 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04776 ,  H01M8/04955 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  Y02E60/50

摘要： A hydrogen generator (100) includes: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction using a material gas; a hydro-desulfurizer (2) configured to remove a sulfur compound in the material gas; a recycled gas passage (9) through which the hydrogen-containing gas added to the material gas before the material gas flows into the hydro-desulfurizer (2) flows; a first on-off valve (3) disposed on the recycled gas passage (9); a material gas passage through which the material gas supplied to the reformer (1) flows; a second on-off valve (5) disposed on a portion of the material gas passage, the portion being located downstream of a connection portion where the material gas passage and the recycled gas passage (9) are connected to each other; and a controller (6) configured to open the first on-off valve (3) after the generation stop of the hydrogen-containing gas to supply the material gas to the recycled gas passage (9), and the controller (6) closes the second on-off valve (5) when it opens the first on-off valve (3).

摘要翻译： 氢发生器（100）包括：重构器（1），其通过使用原料气体的重整反应产生含氢气体; 构造成去除所述原料气体中的硫化合物的加氢脱硫剂（2）; 在材料气体流入加氢脱硫器（2）之前，再循环气体通道（9）通过该再循环气体通道（9）加入到原料气体中的含氢气体; 设置在再循环气体通道（9）上的第一开关阀（3）; 供给到重整器（1）的原料气体流过的原料气体通路; 第二开关阀（5），其设置在原料气体通道的一部分上，该部分位于材料气体通道和再循环气体通道（9）彼此连接的连接部分的下游; 以及控制器（6），其构造成在所述含氢气体的产生停止之后打开所述第一开闭阀（3），以将所述原料气体供给到所述再循环气体通路（9），并且所述控制器（6） 第二开关阀（5）当其打开第一开关阀（3）时。

公开(公告)号：US20120115052A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US13380453

申请日：2011-03-03

申请人： Hirofumi Kokubu ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

发明人： Hirofumi Kokubu ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/02

CPC分类号： H01M8/04358 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04044 ,  H01M8/04067 ,  H01M8/04156 ,  H01M8/04723 ,  H01M8/04768

摘要： A fuel cell system of the present invention is a fuel cell system including a fuel cell (101) and includes a medium circulation passage (71), a heat medium tank (102), a first circulator (105), a recovered water tank (104), a water circulation passage (72), a second circulator (108), a water purifier (109), a temperature detector (111), and a controller (110). The heat medium circulation passage (71) and the water circulation passage (72) are configured so as to realize heat exchange between a heat medium and water. The controller (110) executes a circulation operation in which when the temperature detector (111) detects a temperature lower than a first temperature capable of sterilizing microorganisms, the second circulator (108) is caused to operate such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector (111) becomes the first temperature or higher. The controller (110) forbids the operation of the second circulator (108) when the temperature detector (111) detects a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is lower than a temperature at which heat deterioration of the water purifier (109) occurs.

摘要翻译： 本发明的燃料电池系统是包括燃料电池（101）的燃料电池系统，包括介质循环通道（71），热介质箱（102），第一循环器（105），回收水箱 104），水循环通道（72），第二循环器（108），净水器（109），温度检测器（111）和控制器（110）。 热介质循环通道（71）和水循环通道（72）构成为实现热介质与水的热交换。 控制器（110）执行循环操作，其中当温度检测器（111）检测到低于能够对微生物灭菌的第一温度的温度时，使第二循环器（108）操作，使得由温度检测器检测到的温度 （111）成为第一温度以上。 当温度检测器（111）检测到等于或高于低于净水器（109）的热劣化的温度的第二温度时，控制器（110）禁止第二循环器（108）的操作， 发生。

公开(公告)号：US20120021320A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13259592

申请日：2010-03-09

申请人： Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda ,  Akinari Nakamura

发明人： Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda ,  Akinari Nakamura

IPC分类号： H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04723 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04052 ,  H01M8/04067 ,  H01M8/04358 ,  H01M8/04701 ,  H01M2008/1095

摘要： A fuel cell system (100) includes: a first circulation passage (2) through which circulates a primary cooling medium to recovery the exhaust heat of the fuel cell system (100); a heat storage unit (5) configured to store a secondary cooling medium which has recovered heat from the primary cooling medium; a heat exchanger (4) where heat exchange takes place between the primary cooling medium and the secondary cooling medium; a second circulation passage (30A), not passing through the heat storage unit (5), through which circulates the secondary cooling medium to exchange heat with the primary cooling medium; a first circulator (6) configured to cause the primary cooling medium to circulate through the first circulation passage (2); a second circulator (8) configured to cause the secondary cooling medium to circulate through the second circulation passage (30A); a heater (200) configured to heat the secondary cooling medium; and a controller (40) configured to perform, for inhibiting freezing of the primary cooling medium, a first process so that the heater (200) is operated and the first and the second circulators (6) and (8) are operated.

摘要翻译： 燃料电池系统（100）包括：第一循环通道（2），循环主冷却介质以回收燃料电池系统（100）的排热; 蓄热单元（5），其构造为存储从所述一次冷却介质回收了热量的二次冷却介质; 热交换器（4），其在主冷却介质和第二冷却介质之间进行热交换; 第二循环通道（30A），其不通过所述蓄热单元（5），所述第二循环通道使所述第二冷却介质与所述主冷却介质交换热量; 第一循环器（6），其构造成使所述主冷却介质循环通过所述第一循环通道（2）; 第二循环器（8），其构造成使所述第二冷却介质通过所述第二循环通道（30A）循环; 配置为加热所述二次冷却介质的加热器（200） 以及控制器（40），其被配置为执行用于抑制所述一次冷却介质的冻结的第一处理，使得所述加热器（200）被操作并且所述第一和第二循环器（6）和（8）被操作。

公开(公告)号：US20120021315A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13258978

申请日：2010-03-26

申请人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda

发明人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda

IPC分类号： H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/0618 ,  C01B3/384 ,  C01B3/48 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/0283 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/1217 ,  C01B2203/1235 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/04686 ,  H01M8/04955 ,  Y02P20/128

摘要： A fuel cell system (100) according to the present invention includes: a hydrogen generator (1) configured to generate a fuel gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw fuel; a fuel cell (7) configured to generate power by using the fuel gas; a combustor (2) configured to heat the hydrogen generator (1); at least one on-off valve (9A, 9B) configured to open/block a gas passage (9) through which the gas that is sent out from the hydrogen generator (1) is supplied to the combustor (2); and a combustion air supply device (4) configured to supply combustion air to the combustor (2); an ignition device (5) provided at the combustor (2), and a controller (30). The combustor (2) is configured to perform combustion during power generation of the fuel cell (7) by using the gas supplied through the gas passage (9). In a case where accidental flame extinction has occurred at the combustor (2) during the power generation of the fuel cell (7), the controller (30) performs an ignition operation of the ignition device (5) with the on-off valve (9A, 9B) kept opened.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的燃料电池系统（100）包括：氢发生器（1），其通过使用原燃料通过重整反应产生燃料气体; 配置为通过使用所述燃料气体来发电的燃料电池（7） 构造成加热氢生成器（1）的燃烧器（2）; 至少一个开关阀（9A，9B），其构造成打开/阻塞从所述氢发生器（1）输出的气体通过所述气体通道供应到所述燃烧器（2）; 和燃烧空气供给装置（4），其构造成向燃烧器（2）供给燃烧空气; 设置在燃烧器（2）的点火装置（5）和控制器（30）。 燃烧器（2）构造成通过使用通过气体通道（9）供给的气体在燃料电池（7）的发电期间进行燃烧。 在燃料电池（7）的发电期间在燃烧器（2）处发生意外的火焰熄灭的情况下，控制器（30）利用开闭阀（3）进行点火装置（5）的点火操作 9A，9B）保持打开。

公开(公告)号：US20120237840A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-20

申请号：US13513046

申请日：2010-11-30

申请人： Junji Morita ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

发明人： Junji Morita ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Akinari Nakamura ,  Takayuki Urata

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/04753 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04664 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  H01M8/0662

摘要： Included are: a power generation unit configured to generate electric power by consuming a raw material gas that has passed through a gas meter, the gas meter being configured to, if a state where continuously stopping a flow of the raw material gas for a reset period or longer is not performed has continued for a first upper limit period or longer, exert at least one of a function of outputting an abnormality indication signal and a function of blocking the flow of the raw material gas; a raw material gas supply device configured to supply the raw material gas to the power generation unit; and a controller. The controller is configured to: perform a raw material gas supply operation of supplying the raw material gas from the raw material gas supply device to the power generation unit in a case of performing normal stopping of a power generation operation; and stop the power generation operation, and stop the raw material gas supply operation until at least the reset period elapses, in a case where gas supply abnormality in which said state continues for a second upper limit period or longer has occurred, the second upper limit period being shorter than the first upper limit period.

摘要翻译： 包括：发电单元，其被配置为通过消耗已经通过燃气表的原料气体发电，如果在原料气体连续停止复位期间的状态下， 不再进行第一上限期间或更长时间，施加输出异常指示信号的功能和阻止原料气体流动的功能中的至少一个; 原料气体供给装置，其将原料气体供给到发电单元; 和控制器。 所述控制器构成为：在进行发电运转的正常停止的情况下，进行从所述原料气体供给装置向所述发电单元供给原料气体的原料气体供给动作; 停止发电运转，停止原料气体供给运转，至少经过了复位期间，在发生了上述状态持续第二上限期间的供气异常的情况下，第二上限 周期比第一上限周期短。

公开(公告)号：US20120064421A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

申请号：US13264689

申请日：2010-03-09

申请人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda ,  Akinari Nakamura

发明人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Shigeki Yasuda ,  Akinari Nakamura

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  B01J7/00

CPC分类号： H01M8/0618 ,  C01B3/323 ,  C01B3/384 ,  C01B3/48 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/0244 ,  C01B2203/0283 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0811 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/1217 ,  C01B2203/1223 ,  C01B2203/1229 ,  C01B2203/1241 ,  C01B2203/1247 ,  C01B2203/1604 ,  H01M8/0631 ,  H01M8/0662 ,  Y02E60/50 ,  Y02P20/128

摘要： A hydrogen generation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a hydrogen generator configured to generate a fuel gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw fuel; a combustor configured to heat the hydrogen generator; an on-off valve configured to open/block a gas passage through which the gas that is sent out from the hydrogen generator is supplied to the combustor; a combustion air supply device configured to supply combustion air to the combustor; an ignition device provided at the combustor; and a controller. In a case where flame extinction has occurred at the combustor during generation of a hydrogen-containing gas in a start-up process, the controller performs an ignition operation of the ignition device with the on-off valve kept opened.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的氢气生成装置包括：氢生成器，其被配置为通过使用原燃料通过重整反应产生燃料气体; 构造成加热氢发生器的燃烧器; 开闭阀，其构造成打开/阻塞从所述氢发生器输出的气体供给到所述燃烧器的气体通道; 燃烧空气供给装置，其构造成向燃烧器供给燃烧空气; 设置在燃烧器处的点火装置; 和控制器。 在启动过程中产生含氢气体期间在燃烧器处发生火焰熄灭的情况下，控制器在开关阀保持打开的情况下执行点火装置的点火操作。

公开(公告)号：US20120034537A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-09

申请号：US13265491

申请日：2010-05-10

申请人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura

发明人： Yoshio Tamura ,  Koichi Kusumura

IPC分类号： H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/0662 ,  C01B3/34 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/16 ,  C01B2203/1695 ,  H01M8/04686 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  H01M8/0675 ,  Y02P20/128

摘要： A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes: a deodorizing device (20) configured to remove an odor component contained in a raw material gas; a reformer (32) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through reforming reaction using the raw material gas that is discharged from the deodorizing device; a fuel cell (1) configured to generate power by using the hydrogen-containing gas that is discharged from the reformer; at least one on-off valve (21a, 21b, 3a, 3b, 28, 29) provided on the combustible gas passage which is downstream from the deodorizing device and which extends through the reformer; and a stuck-state checker (13, 18, 7) configured to perform a stuck-state check on the on-off valve by supplying the raw material gas to the combustible gas passage.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的燃料电池系统包括：除臭装置（20），其构造成除去原料气体中所含的气味成分; 重构器（32），被配置为使用从除臭装置排出的原料气体通过重整反应产生含氢气体; 燃料电池（1），被配置为通过使用从所述重整器排出的含氢气体来发电; 设置在可除臭气体通道上的至少一个开关阀（21a，21b，3a，3b，28,29），其位于除臭装置的下游并延伸通过重整器; 以及卡止状态检查器（13,18,7），被配置为通过将原料气体供应到可燃气体通道来对开关阀执行卡止状态检查。

公开(公告)号：US20120021321A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13260844

申请日：2010-04-01

申请人： Shigeki Yasuda ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Yoshio Tamura

发明人： Shigeki Yasuda ,  Koichi Kusumura ,  Kiyoshi Taguchi ,  Yoshio Tamura

IPC分类号： H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04037 ,  H01M8/04225 ,  H01M8/04253 ,  H01M8/04268 ,  H01M8/04303 ,  H01M8/04492 ,  H01M8/04522 ,  H01M8/04664 ,  H01M8/04716 ,  H01M8/04731 ,  H01M8/04768 ,  H01M8/04776 ,  H01M8/04843 ,  H01M2008/1095 ,  Y02E60/50

摘要： A fuel cell system (301) of the present invention comprises a fuel cell (1); a water circulating path (9) through which water associated with an operation of the fuel cell (1) circulates; a water circulator (10) for circulating water in the water circulating path (9); a heater (14) for heating the water circulating path (9); a first abnormality detector (29, 30) for detecting a first abnormality which is an abnormality relating to leakage of water from the water circulating path (9); and a controller (16); the fuel cell system being configured to cause the water circulator (10) to perform a water circulating operation for circulating the water in the water circulating path (9) and cause the heater (14) to perform a heating operation for heating the water circulating path (9), to suppress freezing in the water circulating path, wherein the controller (16) is configured to inhibit the water circulating operation for suppressing freezing and not to inhibit the heating operation for suppressing freezing, in a case where the fuel cell system (301) is shut down in response to detection of the first abnormality by the first abnormality detector (29, 30).

摘要翻译： 本发明的燃料电池系统（301）包括燃料电池（1）; 与循环燃料电池（1）的操作相关联的水的水循环路径（9）; 用于在水循环路径（9）中循环水的水循环器（10）; 用于加热水循环路径（9）的加热器（14）; 第一异常检测器（29,30），用于检测与来自水循环路径（9）的水的泄漏有关的异常的第一异常; 和控制器（16）; 所述燃料电池系统被配置为使所述水循环器（10）进行水循环操作，以使所述水循环路径（9）中的水循环，并使所述加热器（14）进行用于加热所述水循环路径 （9）中，为了抑制水循环路径中的冻结，其中，在燃料电池系统（1）的情况下，控制器（16）被配置为抑制用于抑制冷冻的水循环操作并且不抑制用于抑制冷冻的加热操作 301）响应于由第一异常检测器（29,30）检测到第一异常而关闭。