Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Tomonori Aso

Kunihiro Ukai

Kiyoshi Taguchi

Akinori Yukimasa

Akira Maenishi

Shigeki Yasuda

Hiroshi Tatsui

Tomoyuki Nakajima

Yutaka Yoshida

Chie Harada

Shigeru Iiyama

Yoichi Midorikawa

Satoru Narita

Yoichi Kimura

Yasuaki Shimada

A hydrogen generation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction; a combustor configured to heat the reformer; an air supply device configured to supply air to the combustor; a fuel supply device configured to supply a fuel to the combustor; a CO detector configured to detect a carbon monoxide concentration in a flue gas discharged from the combustor; and a controller configured to control at least one of the air supply device and the fuel supply device to increase an air ratio in the combustor such that the CO concentration in the flue gas increases, and then test the CO detector for abnormality.

Hydrogen generation apparatus, fuel cell system including the same, method of operating hydrogen generation apparatus and method of operating fuel cell system

A hydrogen generating device including a temperature adjustment sectionfor controlling a temperature of a hydrogen-containing gas to be introduced from a reforming sectioninto carbon monoxide reducing sectionsand, the temperature adjustment sectionincluding: a heat exchange sectionhaving an air pathfor allowing a cooling air to pass therethrough; an air intake portionhaving an opening for taking the cooling air into the air path; and an air discharging portionhaving an opening for discharging the cooling air out of the air path, wherein the opening of the air intake portionand that of the air discharging portionare facing in a same direction, and the same direction is a vertically upward direction or a vertically downward direction.

Hydrogen producing apparatus

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Nara, Japan

Tomonori Aso