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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Sukawa, Osaka, JP;
Noboru Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 (2016.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0675 (2013.01); C01B 3/38 (2013.01); H01M 8/04097 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); C01B 2203/025 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0244 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/127 (2013.01); C01B 2203/148 (2013.01); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02E 60/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes: a reformer operative to generate a reformed gas by using a raw material gas; a fuel cell operative to generate electric power by using the reformed gas from the reformer and air; a desulfurizer operative to perform hydrodesulfurization of the raw material gas; a recycled gas passage through which a part of the reformed gas is supplied as a recycled gas to a raw material gas passage provided upstream of the desulfurizer; and a heat exchanger operative to cause the recycled gas flowing through the recycled gas passage to perform heat exchange with one of the raw material gas and the air.