Abstract: The present invention relates to a reformer for producing a hydrogen rich gas by reaction of natural gas with steam by a catalytic action with heating, and particularly to the heater in the reformer, where the heating section of the heater is composed of a heating section by burner combustion and a heating section by catalytic combustion, and a stable combustion less susceptible to fluctuations in the feed rate or pressure of fuel or air can be obtained by the catalytic combustion.

Abstract: The air supply apparatus for fuel cell system serves to supply air to the cell cathode and the combustion section of the reformer in the fuel cell system and recover energy from exhaust gases being discharged from the system. The apparatus has a compressor for supply of air to the system, an exhaust gas turbine for driving the compressor through recovery of energy from the system exhaust gas, an auxiliary combustor for compensating deficiency of the energy being recovered, if any, and pipe lines connecting those parts. The auxiliary combustor particularly employs a combustion catalyst in its combustion section. The apparatus secures stable combustion of the fuel gas in the auxiliary combustor, and its operation displays improved stability against any load change or partial load.

Abstract: A power generator containing a fuel cell (or cells) characterized by a fuel supply means designed to supply hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to the hydrogen and oxygen feed lines leading to the cell in response to a rapid rise of power load connected to the cell. This power generator suffers from no shortage of output power due to a delay of action and is excellent in responsiveness to sharp rise of load. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, the electrolyte is electrolyzed to produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas by DC power generated by the fuel cell, and the produced gases are led to the hydrogen and oxygen feed lines leading to the fuel cell.

Abstract: A digital video signal reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing circuit for reproducing a digital video signal from a recording medium, which digital video signal is added with at least a write-in specifying code and a read-out specifying code for specifying a memory circuit part to picture element data groups which are obtained by subjecting a video signal to a digital pulse modulation, a detecting circuit for detecting the write-in specifying code and the read-out specifying code within a reproduced digital video signal from the reproducing circuit, a generator for generating various synchronizing signals and reference signals, first and second memory circuit parts each having a memory capacity for storing picture element data corresponding to one picture, a write controller for causing the picture element data to be written into one of the first and second memory circuit parts according to a value of the write-in specifying code, a latch circuit for latching the read-out specifying code by a vertical

Abstract: A digital video signal reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing circuit for reproducing a digital video signal from a recording medium, where the recording medium is time-sequentially recorded with the digital video signal having a signal format in which a header signal is added to each of divided picture element data groups which are obtained by dividing a picture element data group in terms of a predetermined unit, the picture element data group is obtained by subjecting an analog video signal to a digital pulse modulation at a sampling frequency such that a product of a number of picture element data in one scanning line and an effective number of scanning lines in one picture of a standard television system is exceedingly close to 2.sup.18 but less than 2.sup.

Abstract: An address signal generating circuit for a memory circuit comprises a first latch driver for producing a signal corresponding to upper m bits of a 2m-bit address signal which is to be generated, where m is an integer, a second latch driver for producing a signal corresponding to lower m bits of the 2m-bit address signal, a circuit for dividing a 2m-bit signal which has a predetermined value into upper m bits and lower m bits and for alternately producing signals corresponding to the upper and lower m bits, a first adder for adding the value of n bits in the signal which has the predetermined value and the value of upper n bits in an output signal of the first or second latch driver and for producing an n-bit signal, where n is an integer less than m, a second adder for adding the value of m-n bits in the signal which has the predetermined value and lower m-n bits of the output signal of the first or second latch driver and for producing an (m-n)-bit signal, an adding circuit for supplying a carry signal of th

Abstract: In a shift converter for catalytically converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen through exothermic reaction in a phosphoric acid fuel cell apparatus, the heat generated at the shift reaction is absorbed in vaporization of a liquid in a vessel provided with a reactor tube as a heat source. The catalytic exothermic reaction is carried out with cooling in the present invention, and thus it is not necessary to provide coolers at a plurality of stages in contrast to the conventional shift converter.

Abstract: A digital video signal recording system and reproducing apparatus comprise a circuit for independently subjecting a luminance signal and two kinds of color difference signals of a color picture information to digital pulse modulation, to produce a digital luminance signal and two kinds of digital color difference signals, a circuit for dividing the digital luminance signal and the two kinds of digital color difference signals into picture element data groups, in terms of specific number of rows or columns which are adjacent on a screen, and adding a header signal at least comprising a synchronizing signal, a picture mode identification code, and a picture information quantity identification code to a beginning position of each of the divided picture element data groups comprising the digital luminance signal and the two kinds of digital color difference signals, to produce a digital video signal having a signal format in which the digital luminance, the two kinds of digital color difference signals, and the h