Hydrogen generation apparatus and method and fuel cell system
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyoshi Taguchi, Kunihiro Ukai, Hidenobu Wakita, Seiji Fujihara
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Abstract
A hydrogen generation apparatus has a reformer of generating a reformed gas containing at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide by making a material containing an organic compound react with water; carbon-monoxide-removing means of including at least a shifter of reducing the carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas generated by the reformer in accordance with a shift reaction; and material-humidifying means of humidifying the material by directly or indirectly using moisture contained in the reformed gas.
Claims14
A hydrogen generation apparatus comprising:
- a reformer of generating a reformed gas containing at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide by making a material containing an organic compound react with water;
- carbon-monoxide-removing means of including at least a shifter of reducing said carbon monoxide contained in said reformed gas generated by said reformer in accordance with a shift reaction;
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- material-humidifying means of humidifying said material by directly or indirectly using moisture contained in said reformed gas.
A fuel-cell power-generating system comprising:
- a reformer of generating a reformed gas containing at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide by making a material containing an organic compound react with water;
- carbon-monoxide-removing means containing at least a shifter of reducing said carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas generated by said reformer in accordance with a shift reaction;
- a fuel cell of generating power by said reformed gas output from said carbon-monoxide-removing means;
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- material-humidifying means of humidifying said material,
- wherein said material-humidifying means has a hydrothermal carrying body of supplying water to said material and circulating means of making said hydrothermal carrying body circulate, and
- said hydrothermal carrying body heat-exchanges with said fuel cell.
A hydrogen-generating method comprising:
- a reforming step of generating a reformed gas containing at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide by making a material containing an organic compound react with water;
- a carbon-monoxide-removing step of including at least a shifting step of reducing said carbon monoxide in there formed gas generated in said reforming step in accordance with a shift reaction;
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- a material-humidifying step of humidifying said material by directly or indirectly using moisture contained in said reformed gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.