JP2014191972A - Fuel cell system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system capable of eliminating the problem of a peripheral member being wetted by dew condensation water generated when a heat insulation material is covered with a water repellent filter.SOLUTION: A fuel battery cell for causing a power generation reaction to occur by supplying an oxidant gas and a fuel gas is provided with a casing, a heat insulation material, and a body, the heat insulation material being provided with a heat insulation material containing fumed silica. The outer surface of the heat insulation material is covered with a water repellent filter which transmits steam but does not transmit water. A tray for receiving dew condensation water generated between the body and the filter is possessed, the tray being provided with a partition wall disposed so as to place the bottom side of the casing thereon and surrounding it so as to accumulate the dew condensation water and an effluent port for discharging the dew condensation water and disposed within a range inside the partition wall. Between the tray and the bottom-side filter a dew condensation water recovery unit including the effluent port and using a capillary phenomenon in a range where the dew condensation water drops is disposed, the dew condensation water recovery unit being disposed so as to get onto the partition wall of the tray.

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel cell system that generates power using a fuel gas and an oxidant gas.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a fuel cell system that improves the fuel utilization efficiency of the entire fuel cell system by disposing a heat insulating material inside a casing so as to keep heat generated from the fuel cell.

    JP 2008-16264 A

When considering increasing the heat insulation effect for the purpose of improving the fuel utilization efficiency, the heat insulation effect increases if the thickness of the heat insulating material is increased, but the fuel cell system is increased in size by increasing the thickness. When the size is increased, the outer surface area of the heat insulating material is increased and the heat dissipation amount is increased. Therefore, in order to achieve the expected heat insulating performance, it is necessary to further increase the thickness in consideration of the heat dissipation amount. However, since there is a demand for a fuel cell to reduce the installation area, there is a limit to increasing the thickness of the heat insulating material.
Therefore, it is conceivable to use a heat insulating material called fumed silica which is thin but has good heat insulating performance. Fumed silica has a thermal conductivity of about 0.025 W / mK (300 ° C.), which is much higher than that of a general ceramic fiber-based heat insulating material (thermal conductivity: 0.08 W / mK (400 ° C.)). Therefore, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the heat insulating material and to reduce the volume compared to a general ceramic fiber type heat insulating material. This can contribute to higher efficiency.

However, fumed silica has another characteristic that it has a strong hydrophilicity, and if it is exposed to the outside air, it stores water inside. The fuel cell repeats high temperatures close to 700 ° C during operation and when the operation is stopped, so that the water stored inside is vaporized and released outside the fumed silica heat insulating material in a high temperature environment. As the transition proceeds, the cycle of storing moisture inside is repeated. The water vapor released to the outside of the heat insulating material covers the heat insulating material, is cooled by the casing in contact with the outside air temperature, and is condensed on the surface of the heat insulating material. When water is in contact with the outer surface of the fumed silica heat insulating material during condensation, the surface in contact with the water may be eroded and the thickness of the fumed silica heat insulating material may be reduced, reducing the heat insulating performance. Concerned.
In order to solve this, by placing a filter that has water repellency and water vapor transmission on the surface of the heat insulating material, dew condensation water does not erode the heat insulating material, and passes through the gap provided between the housing and the filter, A means for dropping downward is conceivable. In that case, the condensed water that has fallen may cause corrosion if it is exposed to surrounding members.Therefore, it is necessary to lay a tray with a drain outlet under the fuel cell system to collect and discharge the condensed water. However, the water-repellent filter that covers the bottom-side heat insulating material blocks the flow of condensed water that flows toward the drain port, and the condensed water that is blocked from draining accumulates, overflowing from the tray, and overflowing the surrounding members. I found a new finding that I could get wet.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell system that can solve the problem of water on surrounding members caused by condensed water that occurs when the heat insulating material of the fuel cell system is covered with a water-repellent filter.

  In the first invention, a fuel battery cell that generates an electric power generation reaction by supplying an oxidant gas and a fuel gas, a casing that encloses the cell, a heat insulating material disposed so as to enclose the casing, the casing and the heat insulating material In the fuel cell system comprising a housing containing the material, the heat insulating material is a heat insulating material containing fumed silica, and the outer surface of the heat insulating material transmits vapor from the heat insulating material side, and from the outside The tray is covered with a water-repellent filter that does not allow permeation of water, and has a tray that receives the fall of condensed water generated between the casing and the water-repellent filter, and the tray is a bottom surface of the casing. A partition wall that is placed on the side and encloses a wider area than the falling range of condensed water so as to collect condensed water, and a drain outlet that is provided inside the partition wall and discharges the condensed water. In addition, a dew condensation water recovery unit that generates a capillary phenomenon is disposed between the tray and the filter on the bottom surface side and includes the drain port, and is disposed over a range where the dew condensation falls. The water recovery unit is arranged to run on the partition wall of the tray.

  By doing so, the condensed water captured by the tray is dispersed and evaporated on the part of the tray that has run on the partition wall due to the capillary action of the condensed water collecting section. In addition, the moisture released from the heat insulating material on the bottom side is also dispersed and evaporated on the part of the tray wall by capillarity, so that the water held by the heat insulating material can be effectively discharged to the outside. it can. As a result, moisture accumulates in the gap between the water-repellent filter and the tray on the bottom side, and moisture held by the heat insulating material does not go out and condensation occurs between the heat insulating material and the water-repellent filter, thereby insulating the heat. It is possible to suppress the corrosion of the material. In addition, when the amount of condensed water stored in the condensation collection unit increases and evaporation cannot catch up, the condensed water descends by its own weight against the capillary phenomenon and is also discharged from the drain outlet. Even if it increases, the surrounding member can be prevented from being wet by condensed water.

  More preferably, in the present invention, the dew condensation water recovery unit has a dew condensation water discharge promoting unit that is disposed so as to enter the drain port and promotes the discharge of dew condensation water from the drain port.

  By doing so, the condensed water is likely to sag from the drainage outlet at the condensation drainage promotion part, so the drainage from the drainage outlet is promoted and the surrounding water is more reliably covered by the condensed water. Can be prevented.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the fuel cell system which can provide the fuel cell system which can eliminate the problem of the water | moisture content to the surrounding member by the dew condensation water produced when the heat insulating material of a fuel cell system is covered with a water-repellent filter. Can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the fuel cell module in embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the center vicinity of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section seen from the A direction of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the center vicinity of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section seen from the B direction of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed some outer plates from the casing of FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 2, and is a schematic diagram showing flows of power generation air and combustion gas. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 3, and is a schematic diagram showing flows of power generation air and combustion gas. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the fuel cell unit used for this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the fuel cell stack in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a fuel cell module, a heat insulating material, a filter, a heat insulating material cover, and a tray. It is sectional drawing of a fuel cell system. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate the understanding of the description, the same constituent elements in the drawings will be denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible, and redundant description will be omitted.

  A fuel cell module (fuel cell unit) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A fuel cell module 2 shown in FIG. 1 constitutes a part of a solid oxide fuel cell unit. The solid oxide fuel cell unit includes a fuel cell module 2 and an auxiliary unit (not shown).

  In FIG. 1, the height direction of the fuel cell module 2 is the y-axis direction. The x axis and the z axis are defined along a plane perpendicular to the y axis, the direction along the short direction of the fuel cell module 2 is defined as the x axis direction, and the direction along the longitudinal direction of the fuel cell module 2 is defined as z. Axial direction. The x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis described in FIG. 2 and thereafter are based on the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis in FIG. Further, the direction along the negative direction of the z axis is the A direction, and the direction along the positive direction of the x axis is the B direction.

  The fuel cell module 2 includes a casing 56 that houses fuel cells (details will be described later), and a heat exchanger 22 that is provided on the upper portion of the casing 56. The inside of the casing 56 is a sealed space. A reformed gas supply pipe 60 and a water supply pipe 62 are connected to the casing 56. On the other hand, a power generation air introduction pipe 74 and a combustion gas discharge pipe 82 are connected to the heat exchanger 22.

  The to-be-reformed gas supply pipe 60 is a pipe line that supplies a to-be-reformed gas for reforming such as city gas into the casing 56. The water supply pipe 62 is a pipe for supplying water used when steam reforming the gas to be reformed. The power generation air introduction pipe 74 is a pipe for supplying power generation air (oxidant gas) for causing a power generation reaction with the reformed fuel gas. The combustion gas discharge pipe 82 is a pipe line for discharging the combustion gas generated as a result of burning the fuel gas after the power generation reaction.

  Next, the inside of the fuel cell module 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the fuel cell module 2 as viewed from the direction A in FIG. 1 in the vicinity of the center thereof. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the fuel cell module 2 as viewed from the direction B in FIG. 2 in the vicinity of the center thereof. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where a part of the casing 56 covering the fuel cell assembly is removed from the fuel cell module 2 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the fuel cell assembly 12 of the fuel cell module 2 is entirely covered with a casing 56. As shown in FIG. 4, the fuel cell assembly 12 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is longer in the A direction than in the B direction, and has an upper surface on the reformer 20 side, a lower surface on the fuel gas tank 68 side, A long side surface extending along the A direction and a short side surface extending along the B direction in FIG. 4 are provided.

  In the present embodiment, an evaporating mixer (not explicitly shown) for evaporating the water supplied from the water supply pipe 62 is provided inside the reformer 20. The evaporative mixer is heated by the combustion gas to convert water into water vapor, and to mix this water vapor with fuel gas (city gas) that is a reformed gas and air.

  The reformed gas supply pipe 60 and the water supply pipe 62 are both connected to the reformer 20 after being led into the casing 56. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the reformer 20 is connected to an end on the right side in the drawing, which is an upstream end of the reformer 20.

  The reformer 20 is disposed further above the combustion chamber 18 formed above the fuel cell assembly 12. Accordingly, the reformer 20 is heated by the combustion heat of the remaining fuel gas and air after the power generation reaction, and is configured to serve as an evaporative mixer and a reformer that causes a reforming reaction. Has been.

  The upper end of the fuel supply pipe 66 is connected to the downstream end of the reformer 20 (the left end in FIG. 3). The lower end side 66 a of the fuel supply pipe 66 is disposed so as to enter the fuel gas tank 68.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the fuel gas tank 68 is provided directly below the fuel cell assembly 12. A plurality of small holes (not shown) are formed along the longitudinal direction (A direction) on the outer periphery of the lower end side 66 a of the fuel supply pipe 66 inserted into the fuel gas tank 68. The fuel gas reformed by the reformer 20 is uniformly supplied in the longitudinal direction into the fuel gas tank 68 through the plurality of small holes (not shown). The fuel gas supplied to the fuel gas tank 68 is supplied into a fuel gas flow path (details will be described later) inside each fuel cell unit 16 constituting the fuel cell assembly 12, and the fuel cell unit 16 It rises up to reach the combustion chamber 18.

  Next, a structure for supplying power generation air to the inside of the fuel cell module 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, 5, and 6. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 and shows the flow of power generation air and combustion gas. The figure is a schematic view corresponding to FIGS. 6 and 3 and similarly shows the flow of power generation air and combustion gas. As shown in these drawings, a heat exchanger 22 is provided above the reformer 20. The heat exchanger 22 is provided with a plurality of combustion gas pipes 70 and a power generation air flow path 72 formed around the combustion gas pipes 70.

  A power generation air introduction pipe 74 is attached to one end side (the right end in FIG. 3) of the upper surface of the heat exchanger 22. With this power generation air introduction pipe 74, power generation air is introduced into the heat exchanger 22 from a power generation air flow rate adjustment unit (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of outlet ports 76 a of the power generation air flow path 72 is formed on the other end side (the left end in FIG. 3) on the upper side of the heat exchanger 22. The outlet port 76a is connected to a pair of communication channels 76. Further, power generation air supply passages 77 are formed on the outer sides of both sides of the casing 56 of the fuel cell module 2 in the width direction (B direction: short side surface direction).

  Therefore, power generation air is supplied to the power generation air supply path 77 from the outlet port 76 a of the power generation air flow path 72 and the communication flow path 76. The power generation air supply path 77 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the fuel cell assembly 12. Furthermore, in order to blow out the air for power generation toward each fuel cell unit 16 of the fuel cell assembly 12 in the power generation chamber 10 at a position corresponding to the lower side of the fuel cell assembly 12 below the fuel cell assembly 12. A plurality of outlets 78a and 78b are formed. The power generation air blown out from these air outlets 78 a and 78 b flows from the lower side to the upper side along the outer side of each fuel cell unit 16.

  Subsequently, a structure for discharging combustion gas generated by combustion of fuel gas and power generation air will be described. In the combustion chamber 18 above the fuel cell unit 16, combustion gas is generated by burning the fuel gas that has not been used for the power generation reaction and the power generation air. This combustion gas rises in the combustion chamber 18 and reaches the rectifying plate 21. As shown in FIG. 6, the rectifying plate 21 is provided with an opening 21a, and the combustion gas is guided into the opening 21a. The combustion gas that has passed through the opening 21 a reaches the other end side of the heat exchanger 22. In the heat exchanger 22, a plurality of combustion gas pipes 70 (combustion gas passages) for discharging combustion gas are provided. A combustion gas discharge pipe 82 is connected to the downstream end side of these combustion gas pipes 70 so that the combustion gas is discharged to the outside.

  Next, the fuel cell unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the fuel cell unit 16 of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the fuel cell unit 16 includes a fuel cell 84 and inner electrode terminals 86 respectively connected to the vertical ends of the fuel cell 84.

  The fuel cell 84 is a tubular structure extending in the vertical direction, and includes a cylindrical inner electrode layer 90 that forms a fuel gas flow path 88 therein, a cylindrical outer electrode layer 92, an inner electrode layer 90, and an outer side. An electrolyte layer 94 is provided between the electrode layer 92 and the electrode layer 92. The inner electrode layer 90 is a fuel electrode through which fuel gas passes and becomes a (−) electrode, while the outer electrode layer 92 is an air electrode in contact with air and becomes a (+) electrode.

  Since the inner electrode terminals 86 attached to the upper end side and the lower end side of the fuel cell unit 16 have the same structure, the inner electrode terminal 86 attached to the upper end side will be specifically described here. The upper portion 90 a of the inner electrode layer 90 includes an outer peripheral surface 90 b and an upper end surface 90 c exposed to the electrolyte layer 94 and the outer electrode layer 92. The inner electrode terminal 86 is connected to the outer peripheral surface 90b of the inner electrode layer 90 through a conductive sealing material 96, and is further in direct contact with the upper end surface 90c of the inner electrode layer 90, thereby Electrically connected. A fuel gas passage 98 communicating with the fuel gas passage 88 of the inner electrode layer 90 is formed at the center of the inner electrode terminal 86.

  The inner electrode layer 90 includes, for example, a mixture of Ni and zirconia doped with at least one selected from rare earth elements such as Ca, Y, and Sc, and Ni and ceria doped with at least one selected from rare earth elements. The mixture is formed of at least one of Ni and a mixture of lanthanum garade doped with at least one selected from Sr, Mg, Co, Fe, and Cu.

  The electrolyte layer 94 includes, for example, zirconia doped with at least one selected from rare earth elements such as Y and Sc, ceria doped with at least one selected from rare earth elements, lanthanum gallate doped with at least one selected from Sr and Mg, Formed from at least one of the following.

  The outer electrode layer 92 includes, for example, lanthanum manganite doped with at least one selected from Sr and Ca, lanthanum ferrite doped with at least one selected from Sr, Co, Ni and Cu, Sr, Fe, Ni and Cu. It is formed from at least one of lanthanum cobaltite doped with at least one selected from the group consisting of silver and silver.

  Next, the fuel cell stack 14 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the fuel cell stack 14 of the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the fuel cell stack 14 includes 16 fuel cell units 16, and a lower end side and an upper end side of these fuel cell units 16 are respectively made of ceramic fuel gas tank upper plate 68 a and It is supported by the upper support plate 100. The fuel gas tank upper plate 68a and the upper support plate 100 are formed with through holes through which the inner electrode terminal 86 can pass.

  Furthermore, a current collector 102 and an external terminal 104 are attached to the fuel cell unit 16. The current collector 102 electrically connects the inner electrode terminal 86 attached to the inner electrode layer 90 that is a fuel electrode and the outer peripheral surface of the outer electrode layer 92 that is the air electrode of the adjacent fuel cell unit 16. To do.

  Further, the external terminals 104 are connected to the inner electrode terminals 86 at the upper and lower ends of the two fuel cell units 16 located at the ends of the fuel cell stack 14. These external terminals 104 are connected to the external terminals 104 of the fuel cell unit 16 at the end of the adjacent fuel cell stack 14, and all 160 fuel cell units 16 are connected in series. Yes.

  Next, the structure of the heat insulating material will be further described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view schematically showing the structure of the heat insulating material 200 that covers the fuel cell module 2 of FIG. 1, the fuel cell module 2, and the housing 204 that contains the heat insulating material.

In the fuel cell module 2, a heat insulating material 200 using fumed silica is disposed on the entire top, bottom, left and right, and front and back surfaces.
Further, filters 202 a, 202 b, 202 c, 202 d, 202 e, 202 f having water repellency and transmitting water vapor are disposed on the outer surface side of each heat insulating material 200.
Furthermore, on the outer surface side of the filters 202e and 202f disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface, sheets 214a and 214b having water absorbency using a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric are disposed.
Further, the filters 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d arranged on the side surfaces and the sheet 214a arranged on the upper surface are covered with a metal casing 204. An opening 216 for releasing water vapor is provided on the upper surface of the casing 204. The number of openings 216 may be set as necessary, and a plurality of openings are provided in this embodiment.

  10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line YZ of FIG. 9, and FIGS. 11 and 12 are enlarged views of a part of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a gap is provided between the housing 204 and the filter 202d disposed on the side surface. Similarly, gaps are provided between the filters 202 a, 202 b, 202 c arranged on the other side surfaces and the housing 204. In FIGS. 11 and 12, the space between the housing 204 and the filter 202 d is schematically drawn widely. However, the filters 202 a, 202 b, 202 c, and 202 d are non-woven fabric and have irregularities, and there are gaps even if they are in contact with the housing 204. The resulting configuration.

A metal tray 206 is disposed on the surface side of the sheet 214b disposed on the lower surface. As shown in FIG. 9, the tray 206 has a box shape composed of a peripheral wall that surrounds a range where the four sides of the bottom surface are bent and the condensed water falls, and the bottom surface in the range inside the peripheral wall has condensation. A water distribution pipe 208 is provided.
As shown in FIG. 10, the housing 204 fits inside the peripheral wall of the tray 206, and the sheet 214 b is sandwiched between the tray 206 and the housing 204 and has a dimensional relationship that protrudes to a position higher than the height of the peripheral wall of the tray 206. It has become.

  The heat insulating material 200 is configured so that the heat generated during the power generation reaction in the fuel cell assembly 12 and the heat of the combustion gas generated by the combustion of unused fuel gas and power generation air are the fuel cell module 2. The heat insulating material 200, which plays a role of preventing escape from the surface to the outside, is made of fumed silica and is easily damaged.

The heat insulating material using fumed silica easily adsorbs moisture in the air due to its properties, but the adsorbed water becomes water vapor due to the high-temperature heat generated during operation of the fuel cell module 2. Extruded from the inside to the insulation surface. Thereafter, the water vapor released to the outside of the heat insulating material is cooled by the casing 204 that is in contact with the outside air temperature, and dew condensation occurs on the surface of the heat insulating material. Heat insulation material using fumed silica has high hydrophilicity and has the property of adsorbing moisture in the air and taking it into the interior, but if water adheres to the outer surface, the surface in contact with water is eroded and the thickness is increased. It becomes thin and heat insulation performance will fall.
For this reason, on the side surface of the housing 204, a filter having water repellency and permeating water vapor is disposed between the housing 204 and the heat insulating material 200, so that condensed water does not erode the heat insulating material 200, and It passes through the gap provided between the body 204 and the filter and falls downward.

  However, on the upper surface side of the housing 204, the condensed water does not fall downward like the side surface, so that the condensed water accumulates between the housing 204 and the filter 202e. This not only prevents the water vapor from being released to the outside, but also causes corrosion of the heat insulating material 200. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, an opening 216 is disposed on the upper surface of the housing 204, and a sheet 214 a having water absorption using a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric is disposed between the housing 204 and the filter 202 e. In this way, a part of the water vapor released from the heat insulating material 200 can be released to the outside as it is through the opening 216, and the remaining water vapor is condensed in the housing 204 and absorbed by the sheet 214a. It can move, evaporate in the vicinity of the opening 216, and be released to the outside.

  Next, on the lower surface of the housing 204 as well as the upper surface, in addition to the condensed water falling from the side surface, the water vapor released from the heat insulating material 200 is condensed on the tray 206, so that the condensed water accumulates on the tray 206. The tray 206 is provided with a dew condensation water drain pipe 208. Since the fuel cell module 2 covered with a water repellent filter is disposed on the tray 206, the surface tension of the dew condensation water is not destroyed. The condensed water cannot be led to the condensed water drain pipe 208. For this reason, when the amount of condensed water is large, the condensed water overflows from the peripheral wall of the tray 206, and the condensed water is applied to the auxiliary unit 212 arranged under the fuel cell module 2, causing a failure. . Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, a sheet 214b having water absorption using a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric is also disposed between the housing 204 and the tray 206. The sheet 214b is dimensioned to protrude to a position higher than the height of the peripheral wall so as to ride on the peripheral wall of the tray 206. By doing so, the condensed water that has fallen from the side surface and the condensed water generated on the tray 206 are absorbed by the sheet 214b, and move to a portion that tends to dry and protrude beyond the height of the peripheral wall of the tray 206 due to capillary action. To do. Further, when the water absorption amount of the sheet 214b increases, the condensed water that has become water droplets in the condensed water drain pipe portion falls due to its own weight and is drained to the outside through the condensed water drain pipe 208.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the sheet 214b may have a concave shape, or the front end may be cut to make a hole in the sheet 214b. Since a force is applied in the direction in which the condensed water descends due to its own weight by providing a portion having a low height relative to the condensed water accumulated in the condensed water, the condensed water drains the condensed water from the condensed water drain pipe 208 to the outside more efficiently. It can function as a discharge promoting part.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to specific examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these specific examples. In other words, those specific examples that have been appropriately modified by those skilled in the art are also included in the scope of the present invention as long as they have the characteristics of the present invention. For example, the elements included in each of the specific examples described above and their arrangement, materials, conditions, shapes, sizes, and the like are not limited to those illustrated, but can be changed as appropriate. Moreover, each element with which each embodiment mentioned above is provided can be combined as long as technically possible, and the combination of these is also included in the scope of the present invention as long as it includes the features of the present invention.

2: Fuel cell module (fuel cell unit)
10: Power generation chamber 12: Fuel cell assembly 14: Fuel cell stack 16: Fuel cell unit 18: Combustion chamber 20: Reformer 21: Rectifying plate 21a: Opening 22: Heat exchanger 56: Casing 60: Covered Reformed gas supply pipe 62: water supply pipe 66: fuel supply pipe 66a: lower end side 68: fuel gas tank 68a: fuel gas tank upper plate 70: combustion gas pipe (combustion gas flow path)
72: Power generation air flow path 74: Power generation air introduction pipe 76: Communication flow path 76a: Outlet port 77: Power generation air supply path 78a, 78b: Air outlet 82: Combustion gas discharge pipe 84: Fuel cell 86: Inside Electrode terminal 88: Fuel gas channel 90: Inner electrode layer 90a: Upper part 90b: Outer peripheral surface 90c: Upper end surface 92: Outer electrode layer 94: Electrolyte layer 96: Seal material 98: Fuel gas channel 100: Upper support plate 102: Current collector 104: External terminal 200: Thermal insulation materials 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e, 202f: Filter 204: Housing 206: Tray 208: Condensate drainage pipe 209: Condensate drain promotion section

Claims (2)

A fuel battery cell that generates an electric power generation reaction by supplying an oxidant gas and a fuel gas, a casing that encloses the cell, a heat insulating material disposed so as to enclose the casing, and a casing that encloses the casing and the heat insulating material. In a fuel cell system comprising
The heat insulating material is a heat insulating material containing fumed silica,
The outer surface of the heat insulating material is entirely covered with a water-repellent filter that transmits vapor from the heat insulating material side and does not allow water from the outside to pass through.
Having a tray that receives the fall of condensed water generated between the housing and the water-repellent filter;
The tray is arranged to place the bottom side of the casing and is provided in a partition wall that covers a wider area than the falling range of condensed water so as to collect condensed water, and in a range inside the partition wall, and discharges the condensed water. And a drain outlet
Between the tray and the filter on the bottom side, a dew condensation recovery unit that includes the drain port and is arranged over a range where the dew condensation falls is arranged to cause capillary action,
The fuel cell system according to claim 1, wherein the dew condensation water recovery unit is disposed so as to run on a partition wall of the tray.   2. The fuel cell system according to claim 1, wherein the dew condensation water recovery unit includes a dew condensation water discharge promotion unit that is disposed so as to enter the drain port and promotes discharge of dew condensation water from the drain port.

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