Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system and opening/closing method for discharge valve
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Application No.: US16919646Application Date: 2020-07-02
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Publication No.: US11258084B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Yusuke Nishida , Tomotaka Ishikawa
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-164106 20190910
- Main IPC: H01M8/04746
- IPC: H01M8/04746 ; H01M8/0438

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell generating electricity when being supplied with anode gas and cathode gas; a supply channel through which the anode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell flows; a discharge channel through which anode-off gas discharged from the fuel cell flows; a discharge valve provided on the discharge channel and opened to discharge the anode-off gas; and a control section controlling opening/closing of the discharge valve. The control section calculates a valve open time of the discharge valve corresponding to a target value of a discharge amount of the anode-off gas by using an aperture ratio of the discharge channel and the target value, and closes the discharge valve based on the valve open time, the aperture ratio of the discharge channel being calculated from a first discharge amount of the anode-off gas, which is discharged by opening of the discharge valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210075045A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPENING/CLOSING METHOD FOR DISCHARGE VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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