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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Cogeneration vehicle system utilizing a fuel cell car and a mobile unit as a component of the system
Noboru Nomura, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Fukunaga, Zama, JP;
Jiro Suzuki, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vehicle system, including an electromobile having a fuel cell power generator mounted therein, and a predetermined mobile unit jointable to the electromobile, such that cogeneration within the mobile unit can be realized even during the travel of the electromobile. Via a joint sectiona vehicleincluding a fuel cellas a source of motive power is jointed to a mobile unitcapable of travelling and at least including a storage batteryand a water tank. The water produced in the fuel cellis recovered by a water recovery sectionvia the joint section. The heat produced in the fuel cellis recovered by a heat recovery sectionvia the joint section. The recovered water is warmed up with the recovered heat, and thereafter stored in the water tank. The hot water stored in the water tankis utilized as hot water to be used for controlling the temperature of the mobile unitor supplied as hot water. Any excess electric power generated by the fuel cellis stored in the storage battery, and supplied onto electric wiring within the mobile unit