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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Tamura, Chiba, JP;
Marine Fayolle, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H01M 8/18 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that has a cathode and an anode and generates electricity by reducing a mediator at the cathode; a regenerator that oxidizes, with an oxidant, the mediator reduced by the cathode; a reformer; a combustor that heats the reformer; and a heating medium path that heats the regenerator, wherein through the heating medium path, combustion exhaust discharged from the combustor or a heat medium heated through heat exchange with the combustion exhaust flows.