摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel economy for heating period, in a vehicle with a fuel cell. <P>SOLUTION: A system of a vehicle interior heater for heating an interior of the vehicle which has the fuel cell using hydrogen gas and air as fuel gas includes: a catalytic burner which generates heat by a catalytic combustion using hydrogen and oxygen; a heater unit for heating a vehicle interior using the heat which is generated in the catalytic burner; and a pumping hydrogen supply passage which connects a cathode of the fuel cell with the catalytic burner, and supplies pumping hydrogen to the catalytic burner, the pumping hydrogen being hydrogen which is generated at the cathode of the fuel cell when regulation of a supply of the fuel gas causes the fuel cell to operate with low efficiency. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |