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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Toshiharu Otsuka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuhisa Tsuchiya, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tsukasa Shigezumi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshiharu Ooe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kiyotaka Nakano, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takuya Matsuo, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshiharu Otsuka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuhisa Tsuchiya, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tsukasa Shigezumi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toshiharu Ooe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kiyotaka Nakano, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takuya Matsuo, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a solid oxide fuel cell in which the reformer is compact but is capable of supplying an appropriate quantity of fuel. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell () for generating electricity using fuel reformed by a reformer () and air, including a fuel supply means (), a reformed air supply means (), a water supply means () for supplying water to the reformer, a fuel supply quantity detection sensor () for detecting the quantity of fuel actually supplied, a fuel cell module (), and a control means () for controlling each supply means so that the target quantities of fuel, reforming air, and water are fed into the reformer; the control means controls the fuel supply means to match the target fuel supply quantity, and controls the fuel supply means so that tracking performance of fuel supply quantity relative to target fuel supply quantity is higher when reforming air is being supplied to the reformer than when it is not being supplied.