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Fuel cell system

  • US 8,153,312 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2007
  • Issued: 04/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fuel cell system, comprising:

  • a fuel cell body to generate electrical energy by using a reaction of hydrogen and oxygen;

    a reformer to generate a reformed gas containing the hydrogen by reforming a fuel and supplying the reformed gas to the fuel cell body;

    a case member to encase the fuel cell body and the reformer;

    a refrigeration unit attached to the case member and including a first body and a second body;

    a fuel tank arranged within the first body to store the fuel in a partially liquefied state, to supply the fuel to the reformer and to cool air within the first body by latent heat of vaporization of the fuel within the fuel tank;

    the second body to receive and store the air from the first body that has been cooled by the latent heat of vaporization of the fuel in the fuel tank.

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