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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Yoshimine, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/18 (2006.01); 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 8/0618 (2013.01); C01B 3/384 (2013.01); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/04268 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1294 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1604 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0074 (2013.01); Y02E 60/324 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02E 60/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack and fuel cell peripheral equipment. The fuel cell module includes a first area where an exhaust gas combustor and a start-up combustor are provided, a second area where a reformer and an evaporator are provided, and a third area where a heat exchanger is provided. The fuel cell module further includes a condensed water recovery mechanism for recovering condensed water produced through condensation of water vapor contained in a combustion gas, by flowing the condensed water through the third area, the second area, and the first area in that order.