Kabushiki Kaisha Atsumitec

Atsumitec Co., Ltd.

Seigou Nakabayashi

Naoki Uchiyama

Yasuyuki Uchiyama

A power generatorincludes: a fuel electrodethat receives a supply of fuel gas; an air electrodethat receives a supply of air; an electrolyte layerdisposed in between the fuel electrodeand the air electrode; a gas flow channelthat circulates therein the fuel gas or the air, with the fuel electrodeor the air electrodebeing exposed to at least part of the gas flow channel; a porous bodyfilled in the gas flow channel; and a porous sheetpresent in contact with the porous bodyand the fuel electrodeor the air electrode, the porous sheetbeing made of a material having electrical conductivity, the material having pores formed to spread in a uniform manner, the pores being larger in diameter than pores formed in the porous body

Power generator

An electricity generation device includes: a tubular fuel cell having an electrolyte layer sandwiched between inside and outside electrodes to which a fuel gas is supplied, the fuel cell having an interior formed as an inside channel for the fuel gas; a cover pipe arranged around the fuel cell with a gap provided between the outside electrode and the cover pipe; a connecting member connecting the fuel cell and the cover pipe to each other and permitting an outside channel for the fuel gas to be formed around the fuel cell by making use of the gap; and a fuel gas pipe connected to each of opposite ends of the cover pipe and forming a flow path for the fuel gas in cooperation with the cover pipe.

Electricity-generation device

An electricity generation device () using a fuel cell () having a fuel electrode () and an air electrode () to which a fuel gas and air are supplied, respectively, includes: a fuel gas conduit () through which the fuel gas flows; a cover () configured to cover an outside of the fuel gas conduit () and cooperating with a peripheral wall () of the fuel gas conduit () to form an air passage () therebetween, the air passage extending along the fuel gas conduit (); an air inlet hole () formed through the cover () to allow air to flow into the air passage (); and an air outlet hole () provided downstream of the air electrode exposed to the air passage (), to cause the fuel gas conduit () and the air passage () to communicate with each other.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Seigou Nakabayashi