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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
May. 04, 1993
Kosuke Akagi, Osaka, JP;
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-electrolyte fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells stacked to form a cell assembly. Each cell has an electrolyte layer, an oxygen electrode applied to one surface of the electrolyte layer, a fuel electrode applied to the other surface of the electrolyte layer, an oxygen-containing gas passage opposed to the oxygen electrode, and a fuel gas passage opposed to the fuel electrode. An oxygen-containing gas supply passage is disposed at one end of the cell assembly, as seen in a stacking direction of the fuel cells, to communicate with the oxygen-containing gas passage. Fuel gas supply passages are disposed at opposite sides of the cell assembly. A combustion chamber is disposed at the other end of the cell assembly to communicate with the oxygen-containing gas passage and fuel gas passage for burning an oxygen-containing gas exhausted from the oxygen-containing gas passage and a fuel gas exhausted from the fuel gas passage.