Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel-cell power-generation system and method
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Application No.: US12400850Application Date: 2009-03-10
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Publication No.: US07816048B2Publication Date: 2010-10-19
- Inventor: Shinji Miyauchi , Masataka Ozeki , Koichi Nishimura
- Applicant: Shinji Miyauchi , Masataka Ozeki , Koichi Nishimura
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: RatnerPrestia
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04

Abstract:
A condenser condenses an unused exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel cell and recovers water, condensation-capacity detection means always monitors the condensation capacity of the condenser, control means controls an output of heat-transport-medium circulation means, stores the exhaust heat of the fuel cell in heat-using means when a sufficient condensation capacity is left, and stops the heat-transport-medium circulation means to complete exhaust-heat recovery when the condensation capacity lowers. Moreover, a fuel cell, a cooling pipe through which a first heating medium of carrying the heat of the fuel cell circulates, a cooling-water pump of circulating the first heating medium, and a fuel-cell-temperature detector of detecting the temperature of the fuel cell are used to operate a cooling-water pump until the temperature detected by the fuel-cell-temperature detector becomes a predetermine threshold value or less even after supply of a fuel and an oxidant to the fuel cell is stopped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090176138A1 FUEL-CELL POWER-GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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