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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Youichi Yagi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fuel cell, a reformer which has a combustor and supplies hydrogen containing gas to the fuel cell, and a compressor for supplying oxygen containing gas to the fuel cell. In this fuel cell system, the component devices of the fuel cell system are defrosted by heating in which the exhaustion gas from the combustor is directly utilized and by heating in which the oxygen containing gas heated by the exhaustion gas from the combustor is utilized.