A hydrogen generation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction; a combustor (2) configured to heat the reformer (1); an air supply device (3) configu...

The electronic control unit (10) with an estimator (15) having the gas rates at the exit of the auto-thermal reforming (3) from the input data comprises the rate of: air supply flow; water vapor supply flow; fuel supply flow; and the inlet temperature of g...

In a hydrogen generator according to the invention, a reformer temperature sensor detects the temperature of a reformer at a start of a stop operation of a hydrogen generator. In a controller, a processing and controlling portion compares the detected temp...

During the start up of a hydrogen generating device having a hydrogen separator membrane (62) which separates hydrogen from a reformed gas, a starting control is executed in accordance with the temperature of the hydrogen separator membrane (62). When the ...