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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Yoshimine, Wako, JP;
Tetsuya Ogawa, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04291 (2016.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/1246 (2016.01); H01M 8/2425 (2016.01); H01M 8/124 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04291 (2013.01); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H01M 8/04164 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 8/1246 (2013.01); H01M 8/2425 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A 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 a heat exchanger are provided, a third area where an evaporator is provided, and a condensed water recovery mechanism for recovering condensed water produced by condensation of water vapor contained in the combustion gas by allowing the condensed water to flow from the third area to the second area and then flow from the second area to the first area.