A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell (34) generating electricity by using fuel and an oxidant gas; an evaporation section (32) generating steam from reformation water; a reformation section (33) generating the fuel from a raw reforming material and the steam and feeds the generated fuel to the…
To provide a fuel cell system that is advantageous for maintaining an S/C value in an appropriate region even when a rotational speed of the water pump is abnormal with respect to a target rotational speed region during a power generation operation of a fuel cell. When the rotational speed of the…
A hydrogen generator associated with the invention comprises a hydro-desulfurizer (1) configured to remove sulfur compounds from a raw material; a reformer (2) configured to generate hydrogen-containing gas with use of the raw material that has passed through the hydro-desulfurizer (1); a raw…
A SOFC module (100) includes a SOFC (20) including a power generation section for generating electric power through a power generation reaction by utilizing a fuel gas and air; and a reformer (40) for generating a reformed gas as the fuel gas, by using a fluid supplied to the reformer, the reformed…
A hydrogen generation apparatus and a fuel cell system including: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by causing a reforming reaction of a raw material; a hydrodesulfurizer (4) configured to remove a sulfur compound from the raw material; an adsorption desulfurizer (3)…
To provide a fuel cell device capable of extending the years of service life of a reformer by suppressing thermal runaways. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell device (1), including a fuel cell module (2) having multiple fuel cell units (16); a reformer (20b) disposed above the fuel…
A system for providing hydrogen enriched fuel includes first and second gas turbines 12,14. The second gas turbine 14 receives a fuel from a fuel supply and portion 36 of compressed working fluid from the first gas turbine 12 and produces a reformed fuel, and a fuel skid 20 provides fluid…
A hydrogen generation apparatus (100) includes: a reformer (10) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using a raw material and steam; a raw material passage (21) through which the raw material that is supplied to the reformer (10) flows; a hydrodesulfurizer (13) provided downstream…
A power generator according to the present invention includes a fuel cell system (101), a combustion system (102), and a controller (103). The fuel cell system (101) includes: a fuel cell (11); a reformer (10) configured to generate a fuel through a reforming reaction between a first raw material…
A hydrogen purifier (100) includes: a shift conversion catalyst (5a) which reduces, through a shift reaction, carbon monoxide contained in a hydrogen-containing gas; and a methanation catalyst (6a) which reduces, through a methanation reaction, carbon monoxide contained in the hydrogen-containing…
A power generation system according to the present invention includes: a fuel cell system (101) including a fuel cell (11) and a case (12); a ventilation fan (13); a controller (102); a combustion device (103); and a discharge passage (70) formed to cause the case (12) and an exhaust port (103A) of…
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell (1), a reformer (2A), a source gas passage (6), a gas conveying source (60) provided at the source gas passage and supplying a source gas to the reformer, a desulfurizer (100, 200) provided at the source gas passage for desulfurizing the source gas, a sensor…
The disclosed fuel cell system includes a reformer that generates a reformed gas containing hydrogen by reforming a raw fuel and water with a reforming catalyst, a fuel cell that generates power in a cell unit using the reformed gas, a raw fuel introducing unit that introduces the raw fuel into the…
A fuel cell power generation system according to the present invention includes a fuel cell (11), a fuel generator (12), an oxidizing gas supply device (13), an output controller (14), an open-close mechanism, and a controller (20). The controller (20) is configured such that in a stop process, the…
Provided is a method for load following operation of a fuel cell system in which reliable reforming and the prevention of flow blockage and anode degradation are possible. Functions F = f(P) and P = f(F) of an electrical output P and a fuel flow rate F required to output P are beforehand obtained…
A hydrogen generator of the present invention comprises a reformer (1) including a reforming catalyst (1A) which allows a hydrogen-containing gas to be generated using a raw material and steam; a water evaporator (3) for generating the steam; a raw material supply passage (2) which supplies the raw…
A reforming apparatus for a fuel cell (10) includes a reformer (30) for generating the reformed gas containing hydrogen gas as the main component by reacting the raw fuel, a CO converter (60) for reducing the concentration of CO in the reformed gas generated by the reformer (30), through the shift…
A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes a reformer (16) for generating a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction using a raw material; a combustor (102a) for heating the reformer (16); a combustion air supplier (117) for supplying combustion air to the combustor (102a)…
An object of the invention is to provide a fuel cell system capable of performing a stable start-up operation with stable combustion in a burner unit. At the star-up operation of the fuel cell system, an amount of combustion air delivered to a burner unit 12 by an air blower is adjusted according…
A fuel cell system according to the present invention includes: a hydrogen generator (12) including a burner (4) which is detachably accommodated in the hydrogen generator (12) in a manner to allow the burner (4) to be detached from and attached to the hydrogen generator (12) through the top of the…
Provided is a hydrogen-recycling MCFC power-generating system that can improve power generation efficiency by effectively utilizing fuel gas having the hydrogen included in anode exhaust as the main component, and that can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide discharged by separating and recovering…
A combined fuel injection and spark ignition device (40) adapted to be received in an opening to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine for injection of fuel into the chamber, the device comprising a passageway (60) through which fuel may pass to enter the chamber, the passageway…
The present invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell in which kinetic rates for internal reforming are controlled. The solid oxide fuel cell comprises a cathode, an electrolyte layer adjacent to the cathode, and an anode adjacent to the electrolyte layer. The anode used in the cell of the…
Apparatus and method for operating a fuel cell system including a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer and close-coupled fuel cell stack by recycling anode syngas into the reformer in a range between 60% and 95% of the total syngas. At equilibrium conditions, oxygen required for reforming of hydrocarbon…
A method for improving the efficiency of a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer and close-coupled fuel cell system by recycling a percentage of the anode exhaust syngas directly into the reformer in a range between about 20% and about 60%. Oxygen is supplied to the reformer (12) at start-up. Under…
The invention provides an optimum method for utilizing a desulfurizing agent for liquid hydrocarbons which can efficiently remove sulfur content from kerosene without performing addition of hydrogen to a low sulfur concentration and which has a prolonged lifetime. [0002] The invention provides a…
An internal combustion engine (1) includes a reformer (20) for reforming a fuel air mixture to produce a reformed gas, a crank angle sensor (19) for detecting a rotational speed of the engine (1), and an ECU (50). The ECU (50) obtains a difference of an actual rotational speed from a target…
The invention provides an interconnect device for a fuel cell comprising an electrolyte, an anode and a cathode, the interconnect device comprising a channel system having a plurality of channels, each channel being closed in one end and having either an inlet side or an outlet side at the open end…
Disclosed herein are methods for operating a reformer and for operating a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method for operating the reformer comprises: introducing an oxidant and fuel to a reformer at greater than or equal to about 25,000/hr space velocity; combusting the oxidant and the fuel the…
A burner comprises a fuel distributor (1) having fuel injection holes (8), an air injector (2) having air injection holes (9) surrounding the fuel distributor, a temperature detector (6) having temperature detecting portion located within combustion space (3) in vicinity of air injection hole and a…