Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system
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Application No.: US15879814Application Date: 2018-01-25
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Publication No.: US10714775B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Yuji Ishikawa , Takashi Yamamoto , Shigeki Hasegawa
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Main IPC: H01M8/04746
- IPC: H01M8/04746 ; H01M8/1018 ; H01M8/04701 ; H01M8/04537 ; H01M8/04492 ; B60L58/32

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes: a low-frequency superimposition section superimposing a the low-frequency signal on a fuel cell; and an impedance computation section configured to compute low-frequency impedance of the fuel cell at a time when the low-frequency superimposition section superimposes the low-frequency signal on the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes: a diagnosing section diagnosing a degree of dryness inside the fuel cell on the basis of low-frequency impedance; and an oxidant gas amount adjustment section configured to adjust an amount of oxidant gas in the fuel cell. The diagnosing section is configured to diagnose the degree of dryness inside the fuel cell on the basis of the low-frequency impedance when the oxidant gas amount adjustment section adjusts the amount of the oxidant gas to be equal to or smaller than a reference gas amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180219239A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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