摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system mounted on vehicle using methanol as fuel and automobiles using the system. SOLUTION: Steam is supplied as a sweep gas to the hydrogen permeating side of a hydrogen permeable membrane built in a steam reforming reactor 5 to separate the reformed gas into a permeated gas consisting of hydrogen wetted by steam and a non-permeated gas, the hydrogen wetted by steam is supplied to the anode 12 side of the fuel cell 11, the non-reacted quantity of the air supplied to the cathode 13 side of the fuel cell, the non-reacted quantity of hydrogen supplied to the anode 12 side and the non-permeated gas are supplied to a heating part of the steam reforming reactor to be used as a heat source and the gas discharged from the heating part is used as the heat source for the gasification of methanol and water. |