Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell high-potential prevention control system
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池高潜力预防控制系统
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Application No.: US12740745Application Date: 2008-10-29
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Publication No.: US08445153B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Michio Yoshida , Kenji Umayahara
- Applicant: Michio Yoshida , Kenji Umayahara
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2007-286114 20071102
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/069595 WO 20081029
- International Announcement: WO2009/057616 WO 20090507
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04

Abstract:
A fuel cell system capable of providing a suitable power distribution is provided. A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that generates electric power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas; a motor that can be driven upon the supply of electric power and can generate regenerative power; a power storage unit which can be charged with power generated from the fuel cell and regenerative power of the motor and can discharge charge power to the motor; an auxiliary apparatus used for operating at least the fuel cell; and a control unit that controls a power distribution between the above components. The control unit determines the power distribution using a power generation command value based on power required to be generated during a normal operation, while the control unit determines the power distribution using a power generation measured value of the fuel cell instead of the power generation command value during a high-potential prevention control that avoids a voltage of the fuel cell becoming equal to or higher than a predetermined high-potential prevention voltage threshold lower than an open circuit voltage of the fuel cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100316921A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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