Hydrogen producing apparatus and power generating system using it
First Claim
1. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
- for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by selecting one from two or more set values which are previously determined corresponding to required hydrogen production volumes; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent is varied and controlled so that a temperature of the reaction part is within a preset temperature range.
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Abstract
For the stabilization of the reaction, especially, for maintaining reaction temperature, the feedback control by the feedback unit is performed for to the supply of air (, oxygen, or oxidizing agent), whereas other materials are supplied by the open-loop control according to the instruction of the flow selection unit which indicates a preset value depending on the required hydrogen production volume. In addition, the continuous flow setting unit capable of changing the flow continuously is employed for the supply system of the air, whereas the flow control of the other materials is performed by use of the discrete flow setting units each of which provides the discretized flow by use of the on-off combination of two or more on-off valves.
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19 Claims
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1. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by selecting one from two or more set values which are previously determined corresponding to required hydrogen production volumes; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent is varied and controlled so that a temperature of the reaction part is within a preset temperature range. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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2. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by on/off combination of two or more valves each of which is capable of providing a preset flow; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent is set by controlling opening of a variable-flow valve so that temperature of the reaction part is within a preset temperature range.
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3. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by on/of combination of two or more valves each of which is capable of providing a preset flow; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount is set by controlling a supply pressure of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent so that temperature of the reaction part is within a preset temperature range.
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4. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by on-off combination of two or more valves each of which is capable of providing a preset flow; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent is set by controlling discharge of a discharge-controllable blower so that temperature of the reaction part is within a preset temperature range.
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5. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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for the at least one type of material, supply amount of each material is set by selecting one from n1 set values which are previously determined corresponding to required hydrogen production volumes; and
for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent, supply amount of the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent is set by selecting one from predetermined n2 set values, n1 being smaller than n2.
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6. A hydrogen producing device for supplying at least one type of material to a reaction part together with air, oxygen, or an oxidizing agent to produce hydrogen by a specific chemical reaction, wherein:
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each of supply systems for the air, oxygen, or oxidizing agent and the at least one type of material is provided with flow setting means; and
flow setting is performed so that at least one of the flow setting means opens the supply system during a second time period in a preset first time period and an average supply flow in the first time period becomes a desired value. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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