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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Takanori Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Izuru Kanoya, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuya Hosoe, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell power system practical for use in a vehicle includes a fuel cell, a first hydrogen storage vessel having a first hydrogen absorbing material storing and releasing hydrogen, a catalytic combustor that heats the first hydrogen storage vessel so as to release hydrogen in order to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell, and a second hydrogen storage vessel having a second hydrogen absorbing material storing and releasing hydrogen and has a hydrogen release temperature that is lower than that of the first hydrogen absorbing material, the second hydrogen storage vessel releasing hydrogen as a fuel for the catalytic combustor under heating by waste heat from the fuel cell. Since the catalytic combustor can generate high temperature heat, a hydrogen absorbing material having a high hydrogen release temperature and a high hydrogen storage capacity per unit weight can be used as the first hydrogen absorbing material.