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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Hikaru Okada, Wako, JP;
Yasunori Kotani, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Sakuma, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention improves the start-up characteristics of a fuel gas generating apparatus for a fuel cell comprising a reformer. In a fuel gas generating apparatusfor a fuel cell comprising a vaporizerthat generates a fuel vapor by vaporizing a raw liquid fuel, a reformerthat generates a reforming gas that includes hydrogen from the raw fuel gas that has been partially oxidized by adding reforming air to the fuel vapor generated by the vaporizer, and a CO eliminatorthat generates a fuel gas having carbon monoxide eliminated by adding a CO eliminating air to the reforming gas generated by the reformer, the supplied amount of the reforming air during the warm-up of the fuel gas generating apparatus for a fuel cell is larger than the supplied amount of reforming air during idle operation after completion of the warm-up.