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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Kengo Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Uesaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kengo Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Uesaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an electrochemical energy generating apparatus which can regulate the operating conditions of an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell, according to a change of the internal properties of the device, achieving high energy density, and a method for driving the apparatus. An electrochemical energy generating apparatus and a method for driving the apparatus which includes: an electrochemical device () such as fuel cell, for generating electrochemical energy; a measurement section measuring the operational state of the electrochemical device (); a regulation section regulating the operating conditions of the electrochemical device; and a control section () connected to the measurement section and the regulation section and controlling the operating conditions, wherein the control section () controls the regulation section based on a measurement obtained by the measurement section during the operation of the electrochemical device () to regulate the operating conditions through the regulation section.