Patent ID: 11936078
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. Fuel cell system comprising:
fuel cell having cathode and anode;
a turbocharger having a turbine to which exhaust fuel gas and exhaust oxidizing gas discharged from the fuel cell are supplied as combustion gas and having a compressor driven by the turbine;
oxidizing gas supply line for supplying oxidizing gas compressed by the compressor to the cathode;
a start-up blower provided on upstream side or downstream side with respect to flow of the oxidizing gas of the compressor;
a control unit that flows the oxidizing gas through the oxidizing gas supply line with the start-up blower to rotate the compressor;
a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between combustion gas discharged from the turbine and the oxidizing gas of the oxidizing gas supply line; and
bypass line connected to the oxidizing gas supply line and bypassing the heat exchanger.