Patent ID: 9118053
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: C01B,H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell system comprising: a main body package which includes at least a top plate and a detachable side face plate, the detachable side face plate being disposed to cover a side opening of the main body package; a hydrogen generator disposed in the main body package and including a reformer and a burner, the burner being detachably accommodated in the hydrogen generator in a manner to allow the burner to be detached from and attached to the hydrogen generator through the top of the hydrogen generator; a stack disposed in the main body package and configured to generate power by causing hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generator and an oxidizing gas to react with each other; and detachable piping which is disposed in space and is a part of piping that forms at least one of a fuel gas supply passage, an oxidizing gas supply passage, an off oxidizing gas passage, a fuel gas passage, and a cooling water circulation passage, the space being above the hydrogen generator and facing the side opening and having a size larger than or equal to the size of the burner, wherein the burner is attachable to or detachable from the reformer and the main body package in a side direction of the main body package through the side opening, a partition plate dividing inner space of the main body package into an upper part and a lower part is disposed at a position above the hydrogen generator, and an opening through which the upper part and the lower part of the inner space of the main body package are in communication with each other is formed in a portion of the partition plate, the portion overlapping the hydrogen generator when seen from above, wherein the opening of the partition plate is formed such that the opening is larger than the burner.