An apparatus and method for reinforcing a nonwoven fabric comprising at least one layer of unreinforced nonwoven fabric and / or one layer of loose fibers, the apparatus having at least one transport platform configured for transporting the unreinforced nonwoven fabric and / or loose fiber layer, the transport platform having a circulating conveyor belt having a first horizontal section, followed by a second downwardly sloping section along the material transport direction, having a first cylinder with at least two water jet beams along the material transport direction, and a second cylinder with at least two water jet beams disposed above the first cylinder. The invention is characterized in that the first cylinder for receiving the nonwoven fabric or loose fiber layer cooperates with the downwardly sloping section of the transport platform such that the upper side of the unreinforced nonwoven fabric or the upper side of the loose fiber layer is located on the cylinder surface.
The invention provides a fuel cellsystem. In a fuel cellsystem which is provided with a plurality of fuel cells and a storage battery and does not have a DC-DC converter, deterioration of the plurality of fuel cells is suppressed, and deterioration of durability of the fuel cellsystem is suppressed. A fuel cell system (1) is provided with three FC stacks (11A-11C) connected in parallel, one battery (12) connected to all of the three FC stacks (11A-11C), and a control device (20), and is not provided with a DC-DC converter. The control device (20) is configured so as to simultaneously measure the FC currents of the three FC stacks (11A-11C). The control device (20) controls the power generation of the three FC stacks (11A-11C) on the basis of the difference between the simultaneously measured FC currents.