Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Amano

Masatsugu Amano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reforming apparatus for fuel cell, fuel cell and operation method of fuel cell
    Patent number: 7482075
    Abstract: In a reforming method for a high temperature type fuel cell in which dimethyl ether is used as fuel gas, and a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by reacting dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide is fed into the anode, the carbon deposition at the time of reforming is prevented. The feeding amounts of dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide from a pipe h1 into the reforming reactor are regulated in such a way that the relation between temperature inside the reforming reactor and the molar ratio of carbon dioxide to dimethyl ether in the reforming reactor falls within the region C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toru Kato, Masatsugu Amano, Ken Nozaki, Ken Kato, Akira Negishi
  • Reforming apparatus for fuel cell, fuel cell and operation method of fuel cell
    Publication number: 20050129995
    Abstract: In a reforming method for a high temperature type fuel cell in which dimethyl ether is used as fuel gas, and a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by reacting dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide is fed into the anode, the carbon deposition at the time of reforming is prevented. The feeding amounts of dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide from a pipe h1 into the reforming reactor are regulated in such a way that the relation between temperature inside the reforming reactor and the molar ratio of carbon dioxide to dimethyl ether in the reforming reactor falls within the region C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Toru Kato, Masatsugu Amano, Ken Nozaki, Ken Kato, Akira Negishi