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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2006
Keisuke Nagasaka, Susono, JP;
Naoki Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Iguchi, Mishima, JP;
Satoshi Aoyama, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Shimazu, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Mitsui, Nagoya, JP;
Keisuke Nagasaka, Susono, JP;
Naoki Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Iguchi, Mishima, JP;
Satoshi Aoyama, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Shimazu, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Mitsui, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-gun, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a hydrogen-generating apparatus in which the reduction in reforming efficiency associated with an increase in switching frequency to the regeneration reaction can be suppressed, and generation of hydrogen by reforming can stably be performed. In the reforming reaction, a cathode offgas discharged from a hydrogen-separation-membrane fuel cellhaving a hydrogen-permeating film is supplied to PSR reformersand, in which the reforming reaction and the regeneration reaction are performed alternately.