Kyocera Corporation

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Masaaki Miyahara

Toshihiro Hashimoto

Ryuji Mori

Naotomo Miyamoto

Masaharu Shioya

Tadao Yamamoto

Kaoru Saito

Atsushi Ogasawara

Yoshihiro Basho

The invention relates to a reaction apparatus having an enhanced connection, and a fuel cell system and an electronic device that include such a reaction apparatus. A reaction apparatus () a reformer () in which a reforming reaction chamber () is formed, a CO remover in which a removing reaction chamber () where a chemical reaction is performed at a temperature lower than that in the reforming reaction chamber () is formed, and a connecting portion () having a communicating path that communicates between the reforming reaction chamber () and the removing reaction chamber (). The reformer () and the CO remover () are arranged spaced apart from each other, at least one of which () is configured by combining ceramic parts () and metal components (), and the ceramic parts () and the metal components () are connected with connecting members () interposed therebetween. The connecting members () have thermal conductivities higher than those of the ceramic parts ().

Reaction apparatus, fuel cell system and electronic device

The invention relates to a reaction apparatus that efficiently heats a reaction portion, and a fuel cell system and an electronic device that include such a reaction apparatus. A reaction apparatus () includes a reformer () in which formed are a reforming reaction chamber () and a reformer combustion chamber () that generates heat to be supplied to the reforming reaction chamber (), which () are adjacent to each other with a partition interposed therebetween; a CO remover () in which formed are a removing reaction chamber () where a chemical reaction is performed at a temperature lower than that in the reforming reaction chamber () and a remover combustion chamber () that generates heat to be supplied to the removing reaction chamber (), which () are adjacent to each other with a partition interposed therebetween; and a connecting portion () that connects the reformer () and the remover (). At least one of the reformer () and the CO remover () is configured by combining ceramic parts () and metal components (), and the ceramic parts () and the metal components () are connected with second members () interposed therebetween.

There are provided a fuel reformer housing container and a fuel reforming apparatus, which are capable of maintaining a level of vacuum inside the fuel reformer housing container favorably and which have less power generation loss. A fuel reformer housing container includes a base having a concave portion for housing a fuel reformer in which reformed gas containing hydrogen gas is generated from fuel, a discharge pipe for communicating inside of the concave portion with outside thereof to discharge the reformed gas from the fuel reformer, a supply pipe for communicating inside of the concave portion with outside thereof to supply the fuel to the fuel reformer, and a gas adsorbent housed in the concave portion, for adsorbing gas in the concave portion.

Fuel reformer housing container and fuel reforming apparatus

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Kirishima, Japan

Masaaki Miyahara