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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ;
Abstract
In a fuel cell system in which electricity is generated by a fuel cell supplied with the hydrogen gas created from a reforming reaction and the electricity is supplied to an external load , an electric buffer CAPA for storing surplus electricity or supplementing insufficient electricity is located between the fuel cell and the external load , and a hydrogen buffer MHB for accommodating surplus hydrogen gas and supplementing insufficient hydrogen gas is located between a reforming device and the fuel cell. Where electricity consumption in the load increases abruptly, necessary electricity is supplied with the assistance of the electric buffer CAPA and hydrogen buffer HMB.