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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Masao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masataka Ozeki, Osaka, JP;
Masao Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masataka Ozeki, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system () comprising: a fuel cell () configured to generate electric power using an oxidizing gas and a fuel gas; a recovered water tank () configured to store water recovered from an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell; a water storage tank () configured to store water used as cooling water for cooling the fuel cell; a water feed flow path (g) through which the water stored in the recovered water tank is supplied to the water storage tank; a pump () configured to force water to flow from the recovered water tank to the water storage tank within the water feed flow path; a water purifier () configured to purify the water forcibly flowed by said pump in the water feed flow path by means of a built-in TOC absorber () before the water is supplied to the water storage tank; and a controller (), wherein the controller controls the pump so as to operate in a stop period of the fuel cell system such that water moves in the water feed flow path.