HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL

• Main Authors: YANASE TAKAMASA, ISHIZONE NOBORU, SUDA MASAYUKI, YUZURIHARA KAZUTAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2013
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydrogen generator that can easily control the amount of hydrogen generated, without requiring a large mechanism and to provide a fuel cell.SOLUTION: The hydrogen generator includes a cylindrical hydrogen-generating element 5 consisting of a fluid-supplying path 15 through which a reaction liquid flows and a reaction layer 16 arranged on the outer periphery of the fluid-supplying path 15. The hydrogen generation reaction is made by introducing the reaction fluid into the fluid-supplying path 15 and then making the fluid permeate the reaction layer 16, whereby the hydrogen is generated. Then, the hydrogen thus generated is discharged to a reaction chamber 4.