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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Yukihiko Takeda, Susono, JP;
Koichi Kuwaba, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeru Ogino, Toyota, JP;
Akira Yamanaka, Gifu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A combustion heating device for heating a fluid to be heated includes a fuel supply device that supplies the fuel to the device, and a vaporizing device that burns a portion of the fuel supplied by the fuel supply device, and vaporizes a remaining portion of the fuel by using heat generated through combustion of the portion of the fuel. The combustion heating device further includes a first air supply device that supplies air to be used for combustion of the portion of the fuel by the vaporizing device, and a second air supply device that supplies air to be used for combustion of the remaining portion of the fuel vaporized by the vaporizing device. A fuel reforming apparatus incorporating the combustion heating device as vaporizing section, and a fuel cell system including the fuel reforming apparatus are also provided.