FUEL CELL DEVICE

• Main Authors: YANASE TAKAMASA, ISHIZONE NOBORU, SUDA MASAYUKI, YUZURIHARA KAZUTAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2013
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an active fuel cell device that is reliably started up, even when no power source is available at startup, and thus provides a large amount of power.SOLUTION: A fuel cell device 1 includes: a fuel cell 20 that generates power by use of supplied fuel; and a fuel container 3 that supplies fuel to the fuel cell 20. The fuel container 3 has: a passive fuel supply device 31 that supplies fuel housed thereinside, in a passive manner; an active fuel supply device 32 that supplies fuel housed thereinside, in an active manner; and a connecting section that is configured so as to be connectable to the fuel cell 20, that is connected to the passive fuel supply device 31 and the active fuel supply device 32, and that, while being connected to the fuel cell 20, allows fuel to be supplied to the fuel device 20 from either one or both of the passive fuel supply device 31 and the active fuel supply device 32.