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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2009
Takashi Ono, Kagoshima, JP;
Naruto Takahashi, Kagoshima, JP;
Masatoshi Ikeda, Kagoshima, JP;
Kazumasa Maruya, Kagoshima, JP;
Michiaki Nishimura, Kagoshima, JP;
Takashi Ono, Kagoshima, JP;
Naruto Takahashi, Kagoshima, JP;
Masatoshi Ikeda, Kagoshima, JP;
Kazumasa Maruya, Kagoshima, JP;
Michiaki Nishimura, Kagoshima, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell assembly has a housing defining an electricity generation/combustion chamber, and electricity generation/combustion means disposed within the housing. A fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas are supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means, and a combustion gas formed within the electricity generation/combustion chamber is discharged from the electricity generation/combustion chamber. A heat exchanger having a first channel and a second channel is disposed on at least one surface of the housing, the combustion gas is discharged from the interior of the electricity generation/combustion chamber through the first channel of the heat exchanger, and one of the oxygen-containing gas and the fuel gas is supplied to the electricity generation/combustion means through the second channel of the heat exchanger. A plurality of electricity generation units are arranged in parallel within the housing, and each of the electricity generation units includes a cell stack constituting the electricity generation/combustion means.