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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Yoshio Tamura, Nara, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Asou, Nara, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Yoshio Tamura, Nara, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Asou, Nara, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen generator of the invention includes: a reformer for generating a hydrogen-rich gas from a feed gas and water by a reaction using a reforming catalyst body and sending it out from an outlet port; a material feed system for feeding the feed gas to the reformer; a burner for supplying, to the reforming catalyst body, heat generated by mixing a fuel gas with air and burning it; and an air supply system for supplying air to the burner; wherein, when purging an interior of the reformer using the feed gas in shutting down the hydrogen generator, an amount of the air supplied is increased to put out a flame of the burner, and a purge gas sent out from the outlet port by the purging is mixed and diluted with the air in the burner and is discharged outside.