Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system
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Application No.: US17273458Application Date: 2018-09-12
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Publication No.: US11424459B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Eisuke Fukushima , Hayato Chikugo
- Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/033891 WO 20180912
- International Announcement: WO2020/054003 WO 20200319
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/04014 ; H01M8/0438 ; H01M8/04701 ; H01M8/04746 ; H01M8/0662 ; H01M8/12

Abstract:
A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell configured to be supplied with a fuel and air to generate an electric power; a combustor configured to combust an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a combustion discharged gas; a fuel heating part configured to heat the fuel to be supplied to the fuel cell by the combustion discharged gas; an air heating part configured to heat the air to be supplied to the fuel cell by the combustion discharged gas; an anode-side distribution passage configured to distribute the combustion discharged gas to the fuel heating part; a cathode-side distribution passage configured to distribute the combustion discharged gas to the air heating part; and a discharged gas distribution ratio adjustment part configured to adjust a discharged gas distribution ratio, the discharged gas distribution ratio being a ratio of an anode-side combustion discharged gas flow rate to a cathode-side combustion discharged gas flow rate, the anode-side combustion discharged gas flow rate being a flow rate of the combustion discharged gas that flows in the anode-side distribution passage, the cathode-side combustion discharged gas flow rate being a flow rate of the combustion discharged gas that flows in the cathode-side distribution passage, wherein the discharged gas distribution ratio adjustment part is configured to reduce the discharged gas distribution ratio according to an increase in a supply air flow rate as a flow rate of the air to be supplied to the fuel cell.
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