Internal reforming type molten carbonate fuel cell
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunji Niikura, Eiichi Yasumoto, Kazuhito Hatoh, Takaharu Gamo
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Abstract
There is provided an internal reforming type molten carbonate fuel cell comprising unit cells, bipolar plates and plate-like reformer each having the same peripheral shape and being stacked to form a cell stack which is penetrated by an inside manifold for supplying the raw fuel, exhausting the reacted gas, etc., wherein the plate-like reformer is provided with props and reforming catalyst so arranged that uniform temperature distribution in the cell, reduced IR loss in operation, and long life were obtained.
Claims8
An internal reforming type molten carbonate fuel cell comprising unit cells, bipolar plates and a plate-like reformer stacked to form a cell stack, said unit cells, bipolar plates and reformer being penetrated by internal manifolds for raw fuel, fuel gas and oxidant gas with openings to the unit cells, bipolar plates and reformer, said reformer being provided with reforming catalyst, wherein said reformer is provided with two parting strips parallely crossing the interior of the reformer to divide it into three parts, an inside space and two outside spaces, and being connected at one end of each to an inside wall of the frame but being separated at the other ends of the inside wall of the frame to form notches;
- an inside manifold for the raw fuel is provided with an opening to inside parts and inside manifolds for the fuel gas arranged at both sides of the inside manifold for the raw fuel are provided with openings to the outside spaces;
- and the inside space only is filled with reforming catalyst.
An internal reforming type molten carbonate fuel cell comprising unit cells, bipolar plates and a plate-like reformer stacked to form a cell stack, said unit cells, bipolar plates and reformer being penetrated by internal manifolds for raw fuel, fuel gas and oxidant gas with openings to the unit cells, bipolar plates and reformer, said reformer being provided with reforming catalyst, wherein the reformer is provided with a center and a periphery and wherein the reforming capability of the reforming catalyst is higher at the center of the reformer than at the periphery of the reformer.
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