Article: Pressure Adjustment Provides High Stability.(Toshiba develops fuel tank system for fuel cells)

The key to a stable electric output is a steady supply of fuel according to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (66-2, Horikawa-cho, Saiwai- ku, 210-0913 Kawasaki, Japan; Tel: +81-44-549 2020) inventors. Maki Yonetsu, Masahiro Takashita, and Hiroyasu Sumino. They have "simplified the liquid fuel supply system for a small fuel cell." The liquid fuel tank has a pressure adjusting mechanism which maintains constant pressure within the tank so as to permit a required amount of the liquid fuel to be discharged from a liquid outlet port to the outside of the tank. The liquid fuel is introduced by capillary action into the unit cell included in the fuel cell body. It is vaporized within ...

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