FUEL CELL AGING DEVICE

• Main Authors: MIYAMOTO NAOTOSHI, YOSHIMURA TAKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.04.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

To provide a fuel cell aging device that can perform aging at low cost and in a short time.SOLUTION: A fuel cell aging device comprises a discharge device 101, a fuel gas supply device 110, an oxidant gas supply device 120, a purge gas supply device 140, a cooling water supply device 130, a plurality of booths (A booth 100A and B booth 100B), and a control device 150, and when switching is performed from aging in the A booth 100A to aging in the B booth 100B, the control device 150 distributes a fuel gas of a fuel gas supply pipe 110a and an oxidation gas of an oxidation gas supply pipe 120a through bypass flow paths 115 and 125 that bypass the A booth 100A and the B booth 100B, and circulates a cooling medium in a cooling medium tank 136 through a circulation pipe 135 provided with a pump 135a.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】低コストかつ短時間でエージングを行うことのできる燃料電池のエージング装置を提供する。【解決手段】放電装置１０１と、燃料ガス供給装置１１０と、酸化剤ガス供給装置１２０と、パージガス供給装置１４０と、冷却水供給装置１３０と、複数のブース（Ａブース１００ＡおよびＢブース１００Ｂ）と、制御装置１５０と、を備え、制御装置１５０は、Ａブース１００ＡでのエージングからＢブース１００Ｂでのエージングに切り替える際に、Ａブース１００ＡおよびＢブース１００Ｂをバイパスするバイパス流路１１５、１２５を通じて燃料ガス供給配管１１０ａの燃料ガスおよび酸化剤ガス供給配管１２０ａの酸化剤ガスを流通させるとともに、ポンプ１３５ａが配備された循環配管１３５を通じて冷却媒体タンク１３６内で冷却媒体を循環させる。【選択図】図６