FUEL CELL MODULE

• Main Authors: MATAKE NORIHISA, MORI RYUTARO, MIZUHARA MASAHIRO, MATSUO TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 20.07.2017
• 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 a fuel cell module, in which a temperature difference between a plurality of cell stacks constituting a cartridge is suppressed so that power generation efficiency is uniformed thereby to improve the reliability thereof.SOLUTION: A fuel cell module includes: a plurality of cell stack groups 30A, 30B, 30C in each of which a plurality of tube-shaped cell stacks 30 performing power generation using fuel gas Gf and oxidant gas Go are arranged side by side with a predetermined gap therebetween in a power generation chamber 81; a fuel gas supply device to supply the fuel gas Gf to the cell stacks 30; an oxidant gas supply device to supply the oxidant gas Go to the cell stacks 30; and a flow straightening member 101 disposed adjacent to the cell stack groups 30A, 30B, 30C and having a facing surface facing to the cell stacks 30, the facing surface forming an uneven shape along a longitudinal direction of the cell stacks 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】燃料電池モジュールにおいて、カートリッジを構成する複数のセルスタックの温度差を抑制することで発電効率を均一化して信頼性の向上を図る。【解決手段】燃料ガスＧｆと酸化剤ガスＧｏを用いて発電を行う管状をなす複数のセルスタック３０が所定間隔を空けて発電室８１に並設されてなる複数のセルスタック群３０Ａ，３０Ｂ，３０Ｃと、複数のセルスタック３０に対して燃料ガスＧｆを供給する燃料ガス供給装置と、複数のセルスタック３０に対して酸化剤ガスＧｏを供給する酸化剤ガス供給装置と、複数のセルスタック群３０Ａ，３０Ｂ，３０Ｃに隣接して配置されると共に複数のセルスタック３０に面する対向面がセルスタック３０の長手方向に沿って凹凸形状をなす整流部材１０１とを設ける。【選択図】図４