Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane, a first separator in which a fuel path through which a fuel flows is formed so as to face one surface of the electrolyte membrane and which has thereinside a fuel supply amount adjuster for adjusting the supply amount of the fuel, and a second separator in which an oxidizer path through which an oxidizer flows is formed so as to face the other surface of the electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A power supply system using a fuel cell comprises a chemical reaction section (100) including, a evaporation section (103, 112, 114) that receives a power generation fuel and water supplied to it, heating at least the water supplied to it to evaporate it and a reaction section (105, 107) that generates a power generation gas on the basis of the steam generated by the evaporation section and the power generation fuel, a fuel supply section (P1, V1) that supplies the power generation fuel to the chemical reaction section, a water supply section (P2, V2) that supplies water to the chemical reaction section and a control section (130) that controls the operation of the system so as to stop supply of the power generation fuel from the fuel supply section to the chemical reaction section when the evaporation section is not in a condition suitable for evaporating operation.

Abstract: A fuel feeder includes a fuel reserve body reserving a fuel, a fuel feed unit feeding the fuel in the fuel reserve body to electric equipment, and a control unit controlling the fuel feed unit, wherein the control unit obtains equipment information from by the electric equipment and operates the fuel feed unit to feed the fuel to the electric equipment after the control unit has performed authentication of the electric equipment.

Abstract: A power supply system generates drive power and supplies the drive power to a load. The system includes an electric power generating part having at least a power generation section which has a fuel cell that generates electricity generation power by use of a power generation fuel. An external power supply connection section connects an external power supply supplying externally supplied power. An operation control section includes a section for setting the power generation section in a standby state on the basis of the externally supplied power supplied from the external power supply when at least the external power supply is connected to the external power supply connection section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power generating module which generates electric power by using fuel, including: an accommodating section to accommodate a fuel container to store fuel; a power generating section to perform power generation by using the fuel in the fuel container; and a controlling section to allow, after an amount of the fuel in the fuel container accommodated in the accommodating section becomes less than a predetermined amount necessary for the power generation in the power generating section, at least a portion of a by-product generated in a process of the power generation in the power generating section to be collected into the fuel container containing less than the predetermined amount of the fuel.

Abstract: A fastening member includes a pair of fastening members to sandwich an electricity generating cell therebetween. At least one of the pair of fastening members has electrical conductivity and is connected to the electricity generating cell. Current is collected using the at least one of the pair of the fastening members.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power generation module including a fuel take-in unit to take in fuel from at least one of a plurality of fuel containers, the fuel take-in unit being coupled with the plurality of fuel containers; a power generator to generate electricity by using the fuel supplied from the at least one of the plurality of fuel containers; and a by-product discharger to discharge a by-product, which is generated during the generation of the electricity by the power generator, selectively to the at least one of the plurality of fuel containers.

Abstract: A fuel feeder includes a fuel reserve body reserving a fuel, a fuel feed section feeding the fuel in the fuel reserve body to electric equipment, and a control section controlling the fuel feed section, wherein the control section obtains equipment information from by the electric equipment and operates the fuel feed section to feed the fuel after the control section has performed authentication of the electric equipment.

Abstract: A fuel feeder includes a fuel reserve body reserving a fuel, a fuel feed unit feeding the fuel in the fuel reserve body to electric equipment, and a control unit controlling the fuel feed unit, wherein the control unit obtains equipment information from by the electric equipment and operates the fuel feed unit to feed the fuel to the electric equipment after the control unit has performed authentication of the electric equipment.

Abstract: There is provided a power generation system. A chemical reacting section receives a power generation fuel and reforms the power generation fuel to generate a power generation gas containing hydrogen. A power generating section receives the power generation gas, reacts a part of the power generation gas to generate electrical energy, supplies the electrical energy to a load, and discharges an unreacted component in the power generation gas as an off-gas. A heating section receives the off-gas and generates a thermal energy by using the off-gas to heat the chemical reacting section. An output control section controls the amount of electrical energy output from the power generating section. A control section controls the amount of electrical energy output from the power generating section to change a temperature of the chemical reacting section set based on the thermal energy to a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A power source system comprises: a chemical reaction unit producing a gas for power generation; a generator unit reacting a part of the gas for power generation to generate power, and ejecting unreacted part in the gas for power generation as an offgas; a heating apparatus provided in the chemical reaction unit setting the chemical reaction unit to a predetermined temperature by a heat quantity by a combustion reaction using a combustion component of the offgas and the fuel for combustion; and a controller calculating a quantity of the combustion component in the offgas to control a heat quantity generated by the heating apparatus in order to maintain the predetermined temperature of the chemical reaction unit according to a calculated change of the quantity of the combustion component in the offgas.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane, a first separator in which a fuel path through which a fuel flows is formed so as to face one surface of the electrolyte membrane and which has thereinside a fuel supply amount adjuster for adjusting the supply amount of the fuel, and a second separator in which an oxidizer path through which an oxidizer flows is formed so as to face the other surface of the electrolyte membrane.

Abstract: A power supply system for producing electric power comprising at least a power generation section for generating power comprises at least one chemical reaction section to which fuel for power generation is supplied; heating sections for heating the chemical reaction section; and comprises a temperature detection section for detecting the temperature of the chemical reaction section that comprises an abnormal judgment portion which judges abnormalities in the power supply system are occurring when discriminated that the temperature change of the chemical reaction section is not the proper variation quantity based on the heat of the heating sections.

Abstract: A power supply system generates drive power and supplies the drive power to a load. The system includes an electric power generating section having at least a power generation section which has a fuel cell that generates electricity-generation power by use of a power generation fuel. An external power supply connection section connects an external power supply supplying externally supplied power. An operation control section includes a section for setting the power generation section in a standby state on the basis of the externally supplied power supplied from the external power supply when at least the external power supply is connected to the external power supply connection section.

Abstract: An IC card system in which either an on-line transaction or an off-line transaction can be made by using an IC card. The IC card contains a memory for storing the data about every transaction made by using the IC card. Whenever an on-line transaction is made, the data about every off-line transaction previously made is read from the memory and then transferred to a host computer. Further, whenever the number of continuously performed off-line transactions becomes greater than a predetermined value, no further off-line transactions will be prohibited.

Abstract: In an apparatus using a printer mechanism for reading a document wound around a platen of a printer, when a document is read, and ink ribbon cassette mounted on a carriage of the printer for printing is replaced with a cassette case having a reading section therein, while the printing head remains fixed on the carriage. The reading section is located such that a lens barrel mounting an image sensor thereon is positioned for reading the document without being interfered with by the fixed printing head.

Abstract: An embossing imprinter includes an embossing transfer roller and a data print head. The embossing transfer roller is formed mechanically integrally with the data print head. The printing formats can be electronically modified.