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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2007
Hidenobu Wakita, Kyoto, JP;
Yukimune Kani, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Osaka, JP;
Hidenobu Wakita, Kyoto, JP;
Yukimune Kani, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen generator () includes: a reformer () which is supplied with a raw material to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction; a first gas supplying unit () which supplies a gas containing a nitrogen-containing compound to the reformer; a CO remover () which has an oxidation catalyst containing a metal to be poisoned by ammonia and uses the oxidation catalyst and an oxidation gas to remove carbon monoxide in the hydrogen-containing gas through an oxidation; a second gas supplying unit () which supplies the oxidation gas to the CO remover; and a control unit (), wherein the gas containing the nitrogen-containing compound is supplied from the first gas supplying unit to the reformer during the reforming reaction, a fuel cell system () includes the hydrogen generator (), and the control unit is configured to control to carry out a regeneration operation of the oxidation catalyst if a parameter regarding a cumulative amount of ammonia supplied to the CO remover has reached a predetermined threshold or more.