Abstract:
A power supply system generates supply electric power by using a power generation fuel. The system includes a fuel charged portion in which the power generation fuel is charged, a power generator which generates power generation electric power by using the power generation fuel, an output controller which operates or stops the power generator and, a start-up controller which supplies start-up electric power used for operating the output controller to the output controller.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a compact reactor capable of reducing pressure loss and supporting a lot of catalysts, and a power generator having the reactor. A reformer (5) includes a reactor main body (501) having inner space formed therein, and a channel structure (502) retained in the reactor main body (502). The channel structure (502) has a base plate (505) as its basic structure. A plurality of through holes (506) are formed in the base plate (505) to connect an area (510) to an area (511) in the reactor main body (501). The surface layer of the base plate (505) is anodized to be altered to a porous metal oxide, and a catalyst component is supported on that surface layer.
Abstract:
A by-product elimination device used in a fuel cell power generation system includes a fuel pack provided with a fuel charged portion having a power generation fluid fuel containing hydrogen, and a power generation module detachably attached to the fuel pack. The module includes a reforming portion which transforms the fuel supplied fron the charged portion into a first gas containing hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide, and a fuel cell whichgenerates el ectrical energy by using the hydrogen gas. The device includes an absorbent portion which selectively absorbs carbon dioxide contained in the first gas and thus produces a second gas whose carbon dioxide concentration is lower, thereby increasing the efficiency of the fuel cell.
Abstract:
The application relates to a power supply system, and more particularly to a portable power supply system capable of effectively utilizing an energy resource, a fuel pack constituting the power supply system, and a device driven by a power generator and the power supply system. In a first aspect, there is disclosed a power supply system which supplies electric power to an external device, comprising a fuel charging portion and a power generation portion which can be attached to and detached from said fuel charging portion and generates the electric power by using said fuel supplied from said fuel charging portion. Also disclosed is a fuel pack which has a space used for reserving a fuel, comprising a fuel case main body which can be coupled with and taken out from a power generation portion which generates power by using said fuel, and has an exposed portion which is exposed from said power generation portion when coupled with said power generation portion; and a feed port which is used for supplying said fuel to said power generating portion. Furthermore there is disclosed a fuel pack which has a space used for reserving a fuel, comprising a case which has a feed port used for exhausting said fuel to the outside and is formed of a biodegradable material.
Abstract:
A reactor including a high-temperature reaction unit which causes a reaction of a first reaction material to create a second reaction material and a product, and a low-temperature reaction unit which causes a reaction of the second reaction material at a temperature lower than in the high-temperature reaction unit. A coupling pipe is interposed between the high-temperature reaction unit and the low-temperature reaction unit and transfers the first reaction material and the product created with the reaction material between the high-temperature reaction unit and the low-temperature reaction unit. An external flow pipe is joined to the low-temperature reaction unit at its having one end. The external flow pipe has a plurality of flow pathways including a flow pathway for supplying the first reaction material to the high-temperature reaction unit through the low-temperature reaction unit and a flow pathway for discharging the product from the high-temperature reaction unit through the low-temperature reaction unit.
Abstract:
There is provided a power supply system which can cause a predetermined device to stably and excellently operate by only directly connecting an electrode terminal to the device, suppress waste of a power generation fuel, and achieve effective use of an energy resource.
Abstract:
A power generation type power supply for supplying electric power to a devic e includes a power generation module. The module includes a power generation portion for generating power by using supplied power generation fuel, a fuel pack accommodating section which can accommodate a plurality of fuel packs capable of packing the power generation fuel, and from which the plurality o f fuel packs can be independently removed, and a control portion which perform s control such that, while the power generation fuel is supplied from one of t he plurality of fuel packs accommodated in the fuel pack accommodating section, the power generation fuel is not supplied from the other fuel pack of the plurality of fuel packs.
Abstract:
A power supply system using a fuel cell comprises a chemical reaction section (100) including, a evaporation section (103, 112, 114) that receives a power generation fuel and water supplied to it, heating at least the water supplied to it to evaporate it and a reaction section (105, 107) that generates a power generation gas on the basis of the steam generated by the evaporation section and the power generation fuel, a fuel supply section (P1, V1) that supplies the power generation fuel to the chemical reaction section, a water supply section (P2, V2) that supplies water to the chemical reaction section and a control section (130) that controls the operation of the system so as to stop supply of the power generation fuel from the fuel supply section to the chemical reaction section when the evaporation section is not in a condition suitable for evaporating operation. The power supply system suppresses any rise of the carbon monoxide concentration at the time of starting and stopping the system and prevents the power generation performance of the system from degrading.
Abstract:
A reacting device includes a base plate, a first reaction unit provided on the base plate, a reaction material being supplied thereto, the first reaction unit being set at a first temperature, a reaction flow channel being formed such that the reaction material flows therein, the first reaction unit causing a reaction of the reaction material and at least one heating unit which sets the first reaction unit at the first temperature. The first reaction unit has a plurality of reactors that communicate with each other, and the heating unit is provided between the adjacent reactors.
Abstract:
A power supply system generates supply electric power by using a power generation fuel. The system includes a fuel charged portion in which the power generation fuel is charged, a power generator which generates power generation electric power by using the power generation fuel, an output controller which operates or stops the power generator and, a start-up controller which supplies start-up electric power used for operating the output controller to the output controller.