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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroki Homma, Asaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Homma, Asaka, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 8/12 (2013.01); H01M 8/247 (2013.01); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); H01M 8/248 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a heat exchanger, a reformer, and a combustor. The combustor is provided around the heat exchanger. A combustion gas path for supplying a combustion gas produced in the combustor to the heat exchanger and an exhaust gas path for supplying an exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell stack after consumption in power generation reaction are merged at a merger section provided on an upstream side of a heat medium inlet of the heat exchanger.