SOLID OXIDE TYPE FUEL BATTERY DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermally autonomous type solid oxide type fuel battery device that can maintain the hydrogen generation amount while enhancing the fuel utilization.SOLUTION: A solid oxide type fuel battery device 201 includes a module container 202 for accommodating a plurality of fuel battery cells 205, a fuel manifold 204 for supplying fuel gas to the fuel battery cells, the plurality of fuel battery cells being fixed to the top surface of the fuel manifold so as to be erected from the top surface, a combustion part 207 which is provided above the fuel battery cells and burns fuel gas remaining through power generation to generate combustion exhaust gas, and a reformer 208 which is heated by the combustion exhaust gas occurring in the combustion part and has a function of reforming supplied raw fuel gas into hydrogen-rich fuel gas. The fuel battery cell has a power generation element part containing a fuel electrode, solid electrolyte and an air electrode. The fuel electrode has a reforming function of reforming a raw fuel gas into hydrogen-rich fuel gas. A reforming function member for complementing reformation of the raw fuel gas in the reformer and the fuel electrode is further provided in the fuel manifold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】燃料利用率を高めつつ水素生成量を維持させる熱自立型固体酸化物形燃料電池装置を提供する。【解決手段】固体酸化物形燃料電池装置２０１で、複数の燃料電池セル２０５を収容するモジュール容器２０２と、複数の燃料電池セルが天面に立設固定された、燃料電池セルに燃料ガスを供給する燃料マニホールド２０４と、発電で残余する燃料ガスを燃焼させて燃焼排ガスを生成する、燃料電池セルの上方の燃焼部２０７と、燃焼部により生じた燃焼排ガスによって加熱され、供給された原燃料ガスを改質して水素リッチな燃料ガスに改質する改質機能を備えた改質器２０８とを有し、燃料電池セルは、燃料極、固体電解質及び空気極を含む発電素子部を有し、燃料極は原燃料ガスを改質して水素リッチな燃料ガスに改質する改質機能を有し、更に燃料マニホールドの内部に、改質器及び燃料極における原燃料ガスの改質を補完する改質機能部材を有する固体酸化物形燃料電池。【選択図】図１