Osaka Gas Company Limited

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Tokyo Gas Company Limited

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

Shigeto Nakagawa

Hiroyoshi Uematsu

Satoshi Hatori

Kazunori Kobayashi

Hiromasa Morimoto

Kenichi Shinozaka

Tomoji Hikita

The power generation system includes a reformer and two fuel cell stacks. The reformer and the fuel cell stacks are provided in series. Fuel gas produced by the reformer is introduced to a first anode of the first fuel cell stack. Gases discharged from the first anode are directly introduced to a second anode of the second fuel cell stack. Air is introduced to a first cathode of the first fuel cell stack. Gases discharged from the first cathode are cooled by a cooling device and then introduced to a second cathode of the second fuel cell stack. Gases discharged from the second anode and gases discharged from the second cathode are introduced to a heating chamber of the reformer. Gases discharged from the heating chamber are introduced to a steam generator to produce steam used for reformation and then recirculated to the first cathode.

Power generation system using fuel cells

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Tokai, Japan

Shigeto Nakagawa