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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1986
Yasuo Miyake, Neyagawa, JP;
Osamu Tajima, Hirakata, JP;
Masato Nishioka, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuhiko Itoh, Yawata, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell power system comprises a fuel conditioning apparatus for converting hydrocarbon fuels to a hydrogen-rich gas, and a fuel cell stack for converting fuel gas to electric power, said fuel cell stack including an anode gas chamber connected at its inlet to the fuel conditioning apparatus through a fuel gas feed pipe line, a cathode gas chamber connected to a process air feeding means, and a cooling gas chamber connected at its both ends to a cooling medium circulating line provided with a heat exchanger and a blower, characterized in that said fuel gas feed pipe line and cooling medium circulating line are connected one another through a pipe line provided with a valve to supply said hydrogen-rich gas from said fuel gas feed pipe line to said cooling medium circulating line or vice versa.