SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

摘要

Provided is a solid electrolyte fuel cell having multiple cells (84) disposed within a fuel cell module (2), a reformer (20), a power generation chamber temperature sensor (142) and a reformer temperature sensor (148) that detects the reformation state temperature in which reformation is possible within the reformer, and a control unit (110) that controls the operation of the fuel cell module. When a fuel cell module that has been shut down after operating at a high temperature is restarted while the reformation state temperature is within the ATR temperature range for normal startup, the control unit skips ATR during normal startup and restarts the module using SR.