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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Chie Harada, Osaka, JP;
Hidenobu Wakita, Kyoto, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Nakajima, Hyogo, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Chie Harada, Osaka, JP;
Hidenobu Wakita, Kyoto, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Nakajima, Hyogo, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Nara, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen generation device of the present invention comprises a first path () used to supply a raw material to a reformer () through at least a first desulfurization unit (); a second path () used to supply the raw material to the reformer () through only the second desulfurization unit (); a switch unit (); a flow control unit () which selectively enables or inhibits a flow of the hydrogen-containing gas generated in the reformertoward the second desulfurization unit (); and a controller () configured to execute processing in such a manner that in at least either a time point before generation of the hydrogen-containing gas is stopped, or start-up, the switch unitperforms switching to select the first path (), and the flow control unit () enables the flow of the hydrogen-containing gas, while the reformeris generating the hydrogen-containing gas.