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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Soon-ho Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Doo-hwan Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-chul Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel cell system that includes a liquid fuel tank containing a non-sulfur-containing liquid fuel and water; a reformer generating a hydrogen-rich gas from the liquid fuel and water received from the liquid fuel tank; a reformer burner heating the reformer by burning a gaseous fuel received from a gaseous fuel tank, and a fuel cell stack generating electrical energy from the hydrogen-rich gas received from the reformer. The liquid fuel tank is connected to the gaseous fuel tank, and the liquid fuel mixed with water is supplied to the reformer by the pressure of the gaseous fuel tank.