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

Claim 13:
14. Method for starting fuel cell system including 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 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, the method comprising:
flowing the oxidizing gas through the oxidizing gas supply line with the start-up blower to rotate the compressor.