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Internal reforming type fuel cell
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1986-02-19
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Granted: 1987-03-03
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Expires: 2006-02-19
Abstract
Abstract An internal reforming type fuel cell comprising, as reforming regions packed with a reforming catalyst, a first reforming region which is thermally held in contact with a unit fuel cell and which does not adjoin a fuel gas side electrode and a second reforming region which adjoins the fuel gas side electrode. Part of a fuel gas externally supplied is reformed in the first reforming region, whereupon the partly reformed fuel gas is supplied into the second reforming region.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuie Matsumura
- 👤 Tatsunori Okada
- 👤 Yoshihide Gonjo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:34
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M8/00; H01M8/06; H01M8/0606; H01M8/0612; H01M8/0625; H01M8/02; H01M8/0202; H01M8/0267; H01M8/24; H01M8/241; H01M8/244; H01M8/2457; H01M8/2465; H01M8/2483; H01M8/14; H01M2008/147; H01M2300/00; H01M2300/0017; H01M2300/0048; H01M2300/0051; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
An internal reforming type fuel cell comprising: a first reforming region which receives a reforming catalyst therein, which is thermally held in contact with unit fuel cells, which is isolated from fuel gas side electrodes and in which only reformation of a fuel gas is carried out, and a second reforming region which receives the reforming catalyst therein, which adjoins the fuel gas side electrodes and in which an electrochemical reaction is carried out in the fuel gas side electrodes while the partly reformed fuel gas fed from said first reforming region is being reformed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
An internal reforming type fuel cell comprising: a first reforming region which receives a reforming catalyst therein, which is thermally held in contact with unit fuel cells, which is isolated from fuel gas side electrodes and in which only reformation of a fuel gas is carried out, and a second reforming region which receives the reforming catalyst therein, which adjoins the fuel gas side electrodes and in which an electrochemical reaction is carried out in the fuel gas side electrodes while the partly reformed fuel gas fed from said first reforming region is being reformed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
An internal reforming type fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said first reforming region is fed with part of the fuel gas supplied externally and reforms it into the fuel gas containing hydrogen as its principal ingredient, and said second reforming region is fed with both the remainder of the fuel gas supplied and the fuel gas reformed in said first reforming region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
An internal reforming type fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said first reforming region is defined by cooling plates coupled to the unit fuel cells, and said second reforming region is defined by a fuel gas side gas passage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An internal reforming type fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said internal reforming type fuel cell is an internal-reforming molten-carbonate type fuel cell.
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