摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell unit which prevents improper use of fuel and achieves improved reliability. <P>SOLUTION: The fuel cell unit has a unit body 12 including an electromotive section which performs power generation operation, a fuel cartridge 43 removably attached to the unit body for accommodating a fuel, a fuel supply line 30 through which the fuel is supplied from the fuel cartridge to the electromotive section, a fuel detecting section 34 configured to detect a property of the fuel in the fuel supply line, and a control section 41 which at least warns of replacement of the fuel cartridge or stops the operation of the unit body if the property of the fuel detected by the fuel detecting section is different from a given property. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |