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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Ryosuke Yagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Sakaue, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Yagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Sakaue, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a power generation unit incorporated in a fuel cell system, a mixture fuel with a certain concentration is supplied to an anode, power is generated by electrochemical reaction between the anode and a cathode exposed to air, and a discharge liquid containing an unreacted mixture fuel is discharged from the anode. The power generation unit is connected to a fuel circulation path for circulating the discharge liquid to the anode. If a mixture fuel is low in pressure, a fuel supply unit supplies fuel to the fuel circulation path. The temperature of the power generation unit is controlled in accordance with the concentration or volume of the mixture fuel supplied to the anode.