Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14362493Application Date: 2012-11-28
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Publication No.: US09987904B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Takashi Koyama , Yuichi Sakajo , Keigo Suematsu
- Applicant: Takashi Koyama , Yuichi Sakajo , Keigo Suematsu
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JP2011-266821 20111206
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/002508 WO 20121128
- International Announcement: WO2013/084038 WO 20130613
- Main IPC: B60H1/00
- IPC: B60H1/00 ; B60H1/03 ; B60H1/14 ; B60H1/22 ; H01M8/04014 ; H01M8/04029 ; H01M8/04007 ; H01M8/04089 ; H01M8/04701 ; H01M8/04746 ; H01M16/00 ; B60L1/00 ; B60L1/02 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L7/14 ; B60L11/18 ; H01M8/04858 ; H01M8/0432

Abstract:
A fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes: a cooling system that adjusts a temperature of a fuel cell; a waste heat collection unit that collects at least a part of waste heat from the fuel cell and uses the collected waste heat to heat a cabin interior of the fuel cell vehicle; and a heat creation unit that creates heat for heating the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus calculates a fuel consumption amount required for the fuel cell to generate a total power generation amount, which is a sum of a heating power generation amount and a travel power generation amount, calculates an optimum temperature, which is a temperature of the fuel cell at which the fuel consumption amount reaches a minimum, and controls the cooling system such that the temperature of the fuel cell reaches the optimum temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140342260A1 FUEL CELL VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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