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US 2007/0166581 A1Published application
Reactor device
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu Terazaki, Tadao Yamamoto
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Abstract
A reactor device includes a reactor including at least one reacting unit supplied with a reactant to cause a reaction, a terminal portion provided at the reacting unit, and an electrically conductive member comprising an electrically conductive material and connected to the terminal portion, a space which extends between the terminal portion and an end face of the reactor, wherein the electrically conductive member is routed to outside the reactor through the space from the terminal portion to the end face of the reactor, and the electrically conductive member is fixed to the reactor at the end face.
Claims33
A reactor device comprising:
- a reactor including at least one reacting unit that is supplied with a reactant and causes a reaction;
- a terminal portion provided at the reacting unit;
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- an electrically conductive member which comprises an electrically conductive material and which is connected to the terminal portion;
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- a space which extends between the terminal portion and an end face of the reactor;
- wherein the electrically conductive member is routed to outside the reactor through the space from the terminal portion to the end face of the reactor, and the electrically conductive member is fixed to the reactor at the end face.
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A reactor device comprising:
- a plurality of reacting units which are set at different temperatures and each of which is supplied with a reactant to cause reaction;
- a heat insulation container which houses the plurality of reacting units via a heat insulation space;
- a terminal portion provided at one of the reacting units at which the set temperature is highest;
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- an electrically conductive member, which comprises an electrically conductive material and which is connected to the terminal portion;
- wherein the electrically conductive member is routed through a wall face of the heat insulation container so as to be drawn to the outside, and the electrically conductive member is fixed at a site at which the electrically conductive member is routed through the wall face;
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- wherein a distance from the wall face of the heat insulation container through which the output electrode is drawn to the reacting unit at which the terminal portion is provided is longer than a distance from the wall face to any other of the reacting units.
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Electronic equipment comprising:
- a reactor device comprising:
- a reacting unit which is set at a predetermined temperature, and which comprises an electric power generation cell that is supplied with a power generation fuel to generate electric power by an electrochemical reaction of the power generation fuel, and a heat insulation container which houses the reacting unit via a heat insulation space;
- a connection terminal which is provided at the electric power generation cell and which comprises an output terminal that outputs the electric power;
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- an output electrode which:
- (i) comprises an electrically conductive member, (ii) is connected to the output terminal and routed through a wall face of the heat insulation container to be drawn to the outside, and (iii) is fixed at a site at which the output electrode is routed through the wall face,
- wherein a load is driven based on the electric power generated by the electric power generation cell in the reactor device.
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An electronic equipment comprising:
- a reactor device comprising:
- a reformer which is supplied with a source fuel to generate a power generation fuel;
- an electric power generation cell which is set at a higher temperature than the reformer, and which is supplied with the power generation fuel to generate electric power by an electrochemical reaction of the power generation fuel;
- a heat insulation container which houses the reformer and the electric power generation cell via a heat insulation space;
- a connection terminal which is provided at the electric power generation cell and which comprises an output terminal that outputs the electric power;
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- an output electrode which comprises a first end that is connected to the output terminal and a second end that is routed through a wall face of the heat insulation container to be drawn to the outside, and which is fixed at a site at which the output electrode is routed through the wall face;
- wherein a distance from the wall face through which the output electrode is routed to the electric power generation cell is longer than a distance from the wall face to the reformer;
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- wherein a load is coupled to the second end of the output electrode of the fuel cell device, and the load is driven by the electric power generated by the electric power generation cell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.