摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel reformer of high reliability in which an accident or abnormality such as breakage of an insulation container or the like that occurs suddenly can be coped with promptly with a down-sized and simple composition, and a fuel cell system. <P>SOLUTION: A reformer 15 in which liquid fuel is heated and reformed in order to form hydrogen-containing gas, a combustion equipment 18 in which hydrogen is combusted by an oxidizer to generate combustion heat that is utilized to heat the reformer 15, the insulation container 13 surrounding the reformer 15 and the combustion equipment 18, a temperature switch 19 in which a switching operation is carried out when the temperature at the outside wall of the reformer 13 exceeds a prescribed value, and a first electric driving part 32 that is supplied with a current from the power source via the temperature switch 19 are equipped, while the fuel supply part 30 that supplies the liquid fuel to the reformer 15 during a period when the outside wall temperature is not more than the prescribed value, and the oxidizer supply part 20 that supplies the oxidizer to the combustion equipment 18 are also equipped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |