CA2365815A1 - Recovery system of heat energy in a fuel cell system - Google Patents

Recovery system of heat energy in a fuel cell system Download PDF

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CA2365815A1
CA2365815A1 CA002365815A CA2365815A CA2365815A1 CA 2365815 A1 CA2365815 A1 CA 2365815A1 CA 002365815 A CA002365815 A CA 002365815A CA 2365815 A CA2365815 A CA 2365815A CA 2365815 A1 CA2365815 A1 CA 2365815A1
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Satoshi Hanai
Kiyoshi Kasahara
Naoyuki Abe
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04007—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids related to heat exchange
    • H01M8/04014—Heat exchange using gaseous fluids; Heat exchange by combustion of reactants
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/06—Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues
    • H01M8/0662—Treatment of gaseous reactants or gaseous residues, e.g. cleaning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/06—Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues
    • H01M8/0606—Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants
    • H01M8/0612—Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants from carbon-containing material
    • H01M8/0625—Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues with means for production of gaseous reactants from carbon-containing material in a modular combined reactor/fuel cell structure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1007—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes with both reactants being gaseous or vaporised
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

Abstract

A fuel cell system 1 comprises a fuel cell stack 10, an evaporator 21, a reforming device 22, a supercharger 23, an offgas heating device 24, and a catalytic combustion chamber 25. Offgas exhausted from the fuel cell stack 10 is burnt in the catalytic combustion chamber 25, and the burnt offgas is introduced to the evaporator 21 to be heat exchanged with a reforming raw fuel and reforming air. The burnt offgas cooled by means of the heat exchange is introduced to the offgas heating device 24, to be used as a heat source for heating the offgas exhausted from the fuel cell stack 10. The offgas can be heated by the burnt offgas, and the moisture in the offgas can be vaporized and introduced to the catalytic combustion chamber 25. As a result, a reduction in the quantity of generated heat of the catalytic combustion chamber can be prevented in the fuel cell system.
CA002365815A 2000-12-22 2001-12-19 Recovery system of heat energy in a fuel cell system Expired - Fee Related CA2365815C (en)

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JP2000391702A JP4611513B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2000-12-22 Fuel cell system
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