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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Yasuo Kondo, Okazaki, JP;
Tadayoshi Terao, Toyoake, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawaguchi, Toyama, JP;
Masanori Uehara, Kariya, JP;
Yasuo Kondo, Okazaki, JP;
Tadayoshi Terao, Toyoake, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawaguchi, Toyama, JP;
Masanori Uehara, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In the hydrogen supply device for producing and supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell, a reforming section has a rotary thermal storage through which low and high temperature passages pass. Reforming material is supplied to the low temperature fluid passage on an upstream side of the first rotary thermal storage. A combustion gas supply section for generating and supplying a combustion gas is located in the high temperature fluid passage on a downstream side of the first rotary thermal storage. With the hydrogen supply device mentioned above, the first rotary thermal storage rotates to move alternately between the low and high temperature fluid passages so that, in the reforming section, the reforming material flowing in the low temperature fluid passage is catalytically reformed to a reformed gas containing hydrogen upon receiving combustion heat of the combustion gas flowing in the high temperature fluid conduit.