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20090269629 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THEM - A hydrogen generator ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090317671 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A hydrogen generator ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100015480 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator according to the invention comprises: a combustion gas passage ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100040915 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND THEIR OPERATING METHODS - A hydrogen generator ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100068106 | HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS - A hydrogen generating device including a temperature adjustment section | 03-18-2010 |
20100136439 | DESULFURIZER, HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM, AND DESULFURIZING AGENT CARTRIDGE - A desulfurizer includes an outer container having an outer-container inlet and an outer-container outlet, and an inner container that has a desulfurizing section filled with a desulfurizing agent removing an odor component in material, and is removably disposed in the outer container, wherein the inner container has an inner-container inlet communicated to the outer-container inlet, an inner-container outlet communicated to the outer-container outlet, and seal members provided in the inner-container inlet and the inner-container outlet respectively, and when the inner container is disposed in the outer container, each of the seal members is deformed by an effect of each of the outer-container inlet and the outer-container outlet, so that communication is made between the outer-container inlet and the inner-container inlet, and between the inner-container outlet and the outer-container outlet. | 06-03-2010 |
20100203403 | HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING HYDROGEN PRODUCING APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation apparatus | 08-12-2010 |
20100203406 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD - A fuel cell power generation system | 08-12-2010 |
20100221619 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention is a fuel cell system comprising: a hydrogen generator including a reformer which has a reforming catalyst and carries out a reforming reaction using the reforming catalyst to generate a hydrogen-containing gas from a raw material, a shift converter which has a shift catalyst and carries out a shift reaction using the shift catalyst to decrease carbon monoxide in the hydrogen-containing gas, and a first temperature detector which detects a temperature of the shift converter; a fuel cell which uses the hydrogen-containing gas delivered from the hydrogen generator, to generate electric power; and a control unit, wherein: the control unit does not start delivering the hydrogen-containing gas from the hydrogen generator to the fuel cell when at least the temperature of the shift converter detected by the first temperature detector is not a stable determination temperature or higher; and the stable determination temperature is lower than a control temperature of the shift converter at the time of a normal operation. | 09-02-2010 |
20100266909 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING FUEL AND METHOD OF STARTING THE SAME - A fuel processing apparatus according to the present invention is a fuel processing apparatus | 10-21-2010 |
20110039172 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING HYDROGEN GENERATOR, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HYDROGEN GENERATOR - A hydrogen generator of the present invention includes: a raw material supplying device ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110151346 | ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM - An energy supply system comprises an energy supply device ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110159389 | ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM - An energy supply system includes: an energy supply device ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110189565 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL POWER GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR STOPPING HYDROGEN GENERATOR - Disclosed is a hydrogen generator which comprises a reformer ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110195322 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HYDROGEN GENERATOR - A hydrogen generator ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110229778 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell power generation system | 09-22-2011 |
20110318660 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - An object is to provide a hydrogen generation apparatus in which water can be helically flow down in an evaporator without fail, a method for manufacturing the hydrogen generation apparatus, and a fuel cell system using the hydrogen generation apparatus. The hydrogen generation apparatus includes a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; an evaporator | 12-29-2011 |
20120242150 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system according to the present invention includes a control device ( | 09-27-2012 |
20130084508 | OPERATION METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of operating a fuel cell system ( | 04-04-2013 |
20130108937 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130122384 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention discloses a hydrogen generator ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130127249 | Power Supply System, Controller of Power Supply System, Method of Operating Power Supply System, and Method of Controlling Power Supply System - A power supply system of the present invention includes: a power generation system ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130130138 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A hydrogen generation apparatus ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130143135 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation apparatus ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130143136 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation apparatus and a fuel cell system including: a reformer ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130304274 | ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM - An energy supply system includes: an energy supply device configured to supply electric power and/or heat; and a controller configured to set a first maximum operation time of a first specified period including a plurality of second specified periods, the first maximum operation time being an upper limit of an operation time of the energy supply device in the first specified period; calculate and set a second target maximum operation time of each of the second specified periods of the first specified period such that the operation time of the energy supply device in the first specified period does not exceed the first maximum operation time, the second target maximum operation time being a target value of an upper limit of the operation time of the energy supply device in the second specified period; and reconfigure the second target maximum operation time of a future second specified period of a certain first specified period based on a time in which the energy supply device has been actually operated in a past second specified period of the certain first specified period. | 11-14-2013 |
20140072888 | HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation device of the present invention comprises a first path ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140072892 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS - A hydrogen generation apparatus including: a first desulfurizer; a second desulfurizer; a reformer to generate a hydrogen-containing reformed gas from a raw material gas from which sulfur has been removed by at least one of the first desulfurizer and the second desulfurizer; and a recycle passage through which a part of the reformed gas generated by the reformer is mixed into the raw material gas to be supplied to the second desulfurizer. After installation or maintenance of the hydrogen generation apparatus, the raw material gas is supplied to the reformer through the first desulfurizer until a catalyst in the second desulfurizer is activated by a mixed gas of the reformed gas supplied through the recycle passage and the raw material gas, and after the catalyst in the second desulfurizer is activated, the raw material gas is supplied to the reformer through the second desulfurizer. | 03-13-2014 |
20140087276 | HYDRODESULFURIZATION DEVICE, HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrodesulfurization device includes a hydro-desulfurizer configured to remove a sulfur component from a raw material; and a heater configured to heat the hydro-desulfurizer; wherein the hydro-desulfurizer includes a plurality of blocks formed by division in a circumferential direction and disposed annularly around an outer periphery of the heater; wherein the hydro-desulfurizer is configured such that the raw material having passed through inside of each of the blocks moves to its adjacent block; and wherein the hydro-desulfurizer is configured such that adjacent blocks are communicated with each other and the raw material flows in the adjacent blocks in opposite directions. | 03-27-2014 |
20140193729 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes: a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw material and steam; a raw material supply device configured to supply the raw material to the reformer; a steam supply device configured to supply the steam to the reformer; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; a combustor configured to combust the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell to heat the reformer; and a controller configured to, while controlling the raw material supply device such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector becomes a target temperature, control the steam supply device such that a change rate of a steam supply amount to the reformer becomes less than a change rate of a raw material supply amount to the reformer. | 07-10-2014 |
20150030943 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a reformer to generate a fuel gas from a raw material gas, reforming water, and air supplied to the reformer; an SOFC to generate electric power through a power-generating reaction by utilizing the fuel gas and air; a combustor to combust an anode off gas discharged from the SOFC; a hot module housing the reformer, the SOFC, and the combustor, which are covered with a heat insulating material; and a hydrodesulfurizer to remove a sulfur component from the raw material gas by hydrodesulfurization. The anode off gas is supplied to the combustor and the hydrodesulfurizer in a distributed manner. The hydrodesulfurizer performs the hydrodesulfurization of the raw material gas by utilizing the anode off gas as a hydrogen source and utilizing an exhaust gas discharged from the hot module as a heat source, the exhaust gas containing at least combustion heat from the combustor. | 01-29-2015 |