Patent ID: 8313869
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a fuel cell power generation system, the method comprising the steps of: introducing a hydrocarbon-based raw material containing a sulfur component into an adsorptive desulfurization section for adsorbing the sulfur component in the raw material, generating hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction of the raw material which has passed the adsorptive desulfurization section and water, and performing power generation in a fuel cell using the hydrogen-containing gas as a fuel, wherein, when an adsorbing ratio of the adsorptive desulfurization section on a hydrocarbon component has a first value, a ratio of the flow rate of the raw material to be supplied to the adsorptive desulfurization section with respect to a target value for power generation by the fuel cell is higher than that when the adsorbing ratio has a second value which is less than the first value.