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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Hiroshi Tatsui, Shiga, JP;
Kiyoshi Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Tatsui, Shiga, JP;
Kiyoshi Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); C01B 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); C01B 3/00 (2013.01); C01B 3/384 (2013.01); C01B 3/48 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/04776 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/044 (2013.01); C01B 2203/047 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0811 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0822 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0827 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1247 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1264 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1288 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1604 (2013.01); C01B 2203/169 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1695 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a reforming unit, a carbon-monoxide decreasing unit, a fuel cell, a burner unit, and a raw gas supply device. At a start-up operation of the fuel cell system, an amount of raw gas supplied from the raw has supply device is adjusted according to an amount of a desorbed raw gas desorbed out of components of the raw gas adsorbed to at least one of the reforming catalyst and a carbon monoxide decreasing catalyst such that a ratio of an amount of the combustion air to an amount of the raw gas in the burner unit falls within a predetermined range.