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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Emi Kawasumi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasukazu Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanawaga, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system is provided which performs simple control of the time until warm-up of the reformer () is completed. This fuel cell system comprises a reformer () which generates a reformate gas, and a fuel cell () which generates power from an oxidizing agent and the reformate gas supplied from the reformer (). The fuel cell system is provided with a temperature sensor () which performs a detection at one position of the temperature immediately before starting or re-starting the reformer () and a controller () estimating the time to warm-up the reformer () based on the detected temperature of the reformer ().