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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Shigeru Kamegaya, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Matoba, Yokosuka, JP;
Mitsutaka Abe, Yokosuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a system starts, a fuel-air mixture (rich air-fuel ratio) of fuel and air supplied to a start-up combustor () is ignited by a glow plug (), and high temperature gas containing fuel components for a reforming reaction are generated. The high temperature gas containing fuel components for the reforming reaction is supplied to a reformer ().