HORIZONTAL FUEL CELL TUBE SYSTEM AND METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method in which fabrication easiness of a tubular solid oxide fuel cell system, easiness of connection in series and parallel to a fuel cell, and reliability of the fuel cell sealing are improved. SOLUTION: The tubular solid oxide fuel cell system 100 with open ends is the system which is composed by including first fuel injection tubes 107 that is extended from a first fuel plenum chamber 102 and passes through one end of the fuel cell, and second fuel injection tubes 109 that is extended from a second fuel plenum chamber 104 and passes through another end of the fuel cell, and in which first and second fuel injection tubes are installed to form a gap 111 in the fuel cell so that the fuel gas containing hydrogen flows toward the open end of the fuel cell from this gap. This has a structure in which an inlet plate and an exit plate of fuel respectively include compressed ceramic fiber board 143 layers which form the sealing in the surroundings of the fuel cell. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT