FUEL CELL MODULE

摘要

A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell unit and a casing. The casing has hollow surface members including a front surface member, a rear surface member, a right surface member, a left surface member, and a lower surface member. A single continuous air channel is formed by connecting spaces inside of these surface members. The air channel has a fluid inlet on the front surface member for allowing the air to flow initially in the front surface member. A first flange and a second flange are provided on the front surface member.

主权项

1. A fuel cell module comprising:
a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells configured to generate electrical energy by electrochemical reactions of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; a reformer configured to reform a raw fuel chiefly containing hydrocarbon and produce the fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell stack; an air preheater configured to heat the oxygen-containing gas by heat exchange with a combustion gas and supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the fuel cell stack; an exhaust gas combustor configured to combust the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as a fuel exhaust gas and the oxygen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as an oxygen-containing exhaust gas to produce the combustion gas; a start-up combustor configured to combust the raw fuel and the oxygen-containing gas to produce the combustion gas; and a casing containing the fuel cell stack, the reformer, the air preheater, the exhaust gas combustor, and the start-up combustor, wherein the casing includes a plurality of hollow surface members to form outer wall surfaces of the casing; a single continuous fluid channel is formed by connecting spaces inside the surface members; a first surface member has a fluid inlet of the fluid channel allowing fluid to flow initially in the first surface member; and a fixing flange of a heating member that is inserted into the casing to form a heating source of the exhaust gas combustor is provided on the first surface member.