Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Kawaji

Yukihiro Kawaji 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).

  • Publication number: 20130052550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell system including a reformer that reforms a raw fuel using a reforming catalyst to generate reformed gas, a fuel cell that generates electric power using the reformed gas generated by the reformer, a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between heat of combustion exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and water introduced thereinto, a condenser that condenses steam contained in the combustion exhaust gas discharged from primary side downstream of the heat exchanger to recover water, a pump for supplying the water to secondary side upstream of the heat exchanger; a hot-water temperature measurement instrument that measures temperature of hot water at secondary side downstream of the heat exchanger, and a control unit that controls a supply amount by the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Mizuno, Takeshi Ibuka, Yukihiro Kawaji, Shou Yokoyama, Takashi Ichiya