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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Atsushi Kamachi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hitoshi Okanobori, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shunsuke Itami, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermoelectric conversion apparatus having a high thermoelectric conversion efficiency comprises: a dehydrogenation reactor for generating hydrogen and acetone by an endothermic dehydrogenation reaction of isopropyl alcohol in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst and heat from a heat source, and a fuel cell which generates electricity by an electrochemical reaction of the hydrogen and the acetone produced by the dehydrogenation reactor. A module is constructed by integrating the dehydrogenation reactor and an electricity generating layer constituting the fuel cell into a stack.