摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for controlling freezing of a discharge valve of a water storage equipment. <P>SOLUTION: The water storage equipment for storing water in a fuel cell system comprises a reservior for storing water in a gas passage of the fuel cell system, a gas exhaust passage for discharging a gas flowing into the reservior outside, extending from the reservior to the outside, another passage of a liquid discharging passage with a water inlet for sucking reservior water in the reservior on one end and a joint connected to the gas exhaust passage on the other end, prepared for discharging the reservior water in the reservior to the gas exhaust passage, having a part passing at a level higher than the water surface between the water inlet and the joint, a discharge valve connected to the downstream of direction of the gas flow from the joint in the gas exhaust passage, and a suction part for sucking the reservior water through the liquid discharging passage at a predetermined time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |