Direct methanol fuel cell system
OwnerYasuyuki Muramatsu, Hideo Kohda +1inventors
InventorsYasuyuki Muramatsu, Hideo Kohda, Souichi Shiozawa
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Abstract
A direct methanol fuel cell system is constructed to sit stably and to minimize external influences of impacts on a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell system includes an aqueous solution tank for storing a methanol aqueous solution, a fuel tank for storing a methanol fuel to be supplied to the aqueous solution tank, and a fuel cell stack supplied with the methanol aqueous solution from the aqueous solution tank for generating electric energy through electrochemical reactions. The fuel tank and the aqueous solution tank are disposed above the fuel cell stack.
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A direct methanol fuel cell system comprising:
- an aqueous solution tank storing a methanol aqueous solution;
- a fuel tank storing a methanol fuel to be supplied to the aqueous solution tank;
- and
- a fuel cell stack supplied with the methanol aqueous solution from the aqueous solution tank for generating electric energy through electrochemical reactions;
- wherein
- the fuel tank and the aqueous solution tank are disposed above the fuel cell stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.