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US07767328B2 Fuel cell optimum operation point tracking system in power supply device using fuel cell and power supply device provided with this fuel cell optimum operation point tracking system
有权
燃料电池最佳操作点跟踪系统,在使用燃料电池的电源装置和配备有该燃料电池的最佳操作点跟踪系统的电源装置中
- Patent Title: Fuel cell optimum operation point tracking system in power supply device using fuel cell and power supply device provided with this fuel cell optimum operation point tracking system
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池最佳操作点跟踪系统,在使用燃料电池的电源装置和配备有该燃料电池的最佳操作点跟踪系统的电源装置中
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Application No.: US10535192Application Date: 2004-07-28
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Publication No.: US07767328B2Publication Date: 2010-08-03
- Inventor: Kimiyoshi Kobayashi , Yutaka Sekine , Hideki Fujimoto , Tetsuji Kitamori
- Applicant: Kimiyoshi Kobayashi , Yutaka Sekine , Hideki Fujimoto , Tetsuji Kitamori
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.
- Priority: JP2003-285196 20030801
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/010724 WO 20040728
- International Announcement: WO2005/031401 WO 20050210
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fuel cell optimum operating point tracking system capable of ensuring optimum operation of a fuel cell, by detecting the optimum operation voltage of the fuel cell taking not only temperature dependence of the output characteristics thereof, but also chemical reactions into consideration. The fuel cell optimum operating point tracking system is configured so as to vary a voltage of a fuel cell (1) output upon activation of a power source device (2) up to as high as a maximum voltage for the maximum power point tracking control by the fuel cell output voltage variation command unit (11), to measure the power state using a fuel cell output power measuring unit (12), to monitor the output power measured by the fuel cell output power measuring unit using a fuel cell maximum power point judging unit (13) to thereby judge the maximum power point of the output voltage of the fuel cell, and to track an optimum operating point through maximum power monitoring to thereby keep the power source operation constant at a stable condition using an optimum operating point variation command unit (15), and additionally giving a minimal voltage change at around the current operating voltage value.
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