摘要:
A method of operating fuel cell system includes generating electricity by a fuel cell using fuel gas and oxidizing gas and allowing cooling water to flow in the fuel cell and thereby cooling the fuel cell. The method includes transferring moisture from exhaust gas to supply gas using a first humidifier, the exhaust gas being discharged from the fuel cell, the supply gas being supplied to the fuel cell, and transferring moisture from the cooling water to the supply gas humidified using a second humidifier. The method includes at least one of detecting humidity of the supply gas humidified, detecting temperature of the cooking water, detecting the flow rate of the supply gas and detecting the amount of electricity generated by the fuel cell. The method also includes controlling the humidity of the supply gas humidified based on the value detected.
摘要:
It has heretofore been practiced upon the occurrence of abnormalities on the equipment to make tentative conditioned operation disregarding abnormalities on the assumption that the abnormalities shall be coped with by servicemen. Thus, troubles having insignificant contents of abnormality could not be readily coped with by a simple method. There are provided a fuel cell, a fuel gas supplying unit, an oxidizer gas supplying unit, a state detecting unit of detecting the temperature of the fuel gas supplying unit, an operation controlling unit of detecting abnormalities of predetermined functions performed by the fuel gas supplying unit utilizing the results detected by the state detecting unit and performing operation control in an operation mode corresponding to the contents of abnormalities, and an operation mode switching unit of switching to an operation mode corresponding to the contents of abnormalities.
摘要:
A fuel cell power generation system includes: a sensor unit (1) capable of sensing an abnormality in operation states; a protection controller device (2) configured to output a predetermined protective operation command signal based on at least an output signal from the sensor unit; a protective operation unit (4) configured to perform a predetermined protective operation based on the protective operation command signal that is output from the protection controller device; and a simulation signal generator (5) configured to output a simulation signal for causing the protection controller device to output the protective operation command signal; the fuel cell power generation system having an abnormality self-diagnostic function to check the protective operation of the protective operation unit by inputting the simulation signal into the protection controller device by the simulation signal generator and thereby causing the protection controller device to output the protective operation command signal; and the protection controller device including a failure determination unit (3) configured to determine a failure in the sensor unit; and the fuel cell power generation system having a failure self-diagnostic function to check the protective operation of the protective operation unit by outputting the protective operation command signal from the protection controller device if the failure determination unit determines a failure in the sensor unit, and to check the protective operation even if the failure determination unit determines no failure in the sensor unit.
摘要:
It has been difficult to reduce a waste of energy in a fuel cell power generating process when, for example, a temporary rise or drop of a power load occurs. A fuel cell power generation system includes: load detection means of detecting power requested by a load; and output control means of accumulating a time at which a detected power requested by the load is equal to or larger than a predetermined value when a fuel cell body does not generate power to be supplied to the load, and allowing the fuel cell body to start generating power to be supplied to the load according to a predetermined rule based on an accumulation result.
摘要:
A cogeneration system of the present invention includes: a power generation system equipped with a power generator; waste heat utilization system for recovering waste heat from the power generator, storing the heat, and utilize the waste heat as an effective output thermal energy; and a waste heat utilization promoting system for promoting utilization of the effective output thermal energy in the waste heat utilization system to avoid a stop of the system associated with a heat storage amount reaching a full amount. The waste heat utilization promoting system is equipped with a stop predicting function to predict an operation stop of the power generation system by comparing a current operating state with a reference pattern and computing an operation sustainable time, and a stop warning function to give the user a warning of the operation stop with an image or sound according to stop prediction information obtained.
摘要:
A method of operating a fuel cell cogeneration system comprises the steps of cooling a fuel cell by circulating an internal heat transfer medium through the fuel cell while the fuel cell is generating electric power, storing an external heat transfer medium in a heat utilization portion, detecting remaining calories of the heat utilization portion by a first detector provided at the heat utilization portion, increasing a temperature of the fuel cell to an operating temperature by carrying out a first temperature increasing operation, and increasing the temperature of the fuel cell to the operating temperature by carrying out a second temperature increasing operation.
摘要:
A method of operating a fuel cell system includes step a) of providing a package accommodating a fuel cell stack and a hydrogen-rich gas supply configured to supply hydrogen-rich gas, step b) of detecting leakage of a combustible gas, comprised of the hydrogen-rich gas or a raw fuel gas, using a combustible gas detector, step c) of injecting the combustible gas intermittently into the package through a combustible gas guide pipe, and step d) of determining whether or not detection sensitivity of the combustible gas is proper based on an output value of the combustible gas detector when step c) is preformed.
摘要:
A hydrogen generating apparatus or the like is able to detect an excess water state or an excess steam state in the interior of a shift converter or a selective oxidation device. The hydrogen generating apparatus (120) comprise a hydrogen generator (118) including a reformer (100) configured to generate a reformed gas from a material and steam; a shift converter (103) configured to cause the reformed gas supplied from the reformer (100) to be subjected to a shift reaction; and a selective oxidation device (105) configured to decrease a concentration of carbon monoxide in the reformed gas after the shift reaction to a predetermined concentration or less; a temperature sensor (116, 117) configured to detect one of a temperature of the shift converter (103) and a temperature of the selective oxidation device (105); and a controller (205) configured to determine that excess water or excess steam exists in an interior of the hydrogen generator (118) when an increasing rate of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is less than a predetermined threshold.
摘要:
A fuel cell system is disclosed, comprising, within a package, a fuel cell stack; a hydrogen-rich gas supply means configured to supply a hydrogen-rich gas; a combustible gas detector configured to detect leakage of a combustible gas which is the hydrogen-rich gas or a raw fuel gas which is a raw material of the hydrogen-rich gas within the package; a combustible gas guide pipe through which the combustible gas is guided into the package; and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to inject the combustible gas intermittently through the combustible gas guide pipe, and to perform a self-diagnostic process as to whether or not the combustible gas detector is functioning properly.
摘要:
A fuel cell power generation system hasinert gas supply means of supplying a particular inert gas at least to the reformer; andalternative gas supply means of supplying an alternative gas other than the particular inert gas at least to the reformer,wherein when the operation of the fuel cell is stopped, the alternative gas supply means is used to discharge hydrogen rich gas staying at least in the reformer if the stop of the operation of the fuel cell is an ordinary stop, and the inert gas supply means is used to perform the discharge if the stop of the operation of the fuel cell is an emergency stop.