摘要:
The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a first injection device associated with a supply of a fuel to the fuel cell, and a second injection device provided on an upstream side of the first injection device in a fuel flow passage from a fuel storage unit to the first injection device. The first and second injection devices switch a flow passage extending downstream from the fuel flow passage, between a first flow passage via the first injection device and second flow passage via the second injection device. The second injection device operates at a lower frequency than the first injection device during an operation of the fuel system.
摘要:
In a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that generates power in response to an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen contained in air, and a compressor that supplies air to the fuel cell, in which an idle stop is executed to stop power generation by the fuel cell when a required load falls to or below a predetermined value, and during the idle stop, air is supplied in accordance with a voltage condition between a cathode and a anode of the fuel cell, regardless of the required load, air is supplied during the idle stop while detecting an air supply amount, and when the air supply amount reaches a predetermined value, the air supply is stopped.
摘要:
An anode gas non-recirculation type fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack constituted by stacking a plurality of fuel cells, a buffer tank for discharging, to an outside, impurity gas included in anode off-gas exhausted from the fuel cell stack, an impurity gas concentration detector for detecting concentration of impurity gas in the buffer tank, and an anode gas supply unit for supplying anode gas to the fuel cell stack. When pressure-supplying impurity gas in the fuel cell stack to the buffer tank while pulsating a supply pressure by the anode gas supply unit, an activation control is executed by changing, by the anode gas supply unit, at least one of a pulsative pressure and a pulsative cycle of anode gas supply according to concentration of impurity gas in the buffer detected by the impurity gas concentration detector. According to the fuel cell system, it is possible to get adequate concentration of hydrogen gas in a fuel cell stack and to remove impurity at its activation.
摘要:
To provide a fuel cell system including: a fuel cell group including a plurality of fuel cells; a refrigerant distribution passage through which a refrigerant is individually distributed to the fuel cells composing the fuel cell group; a pre-distribution refrigerant flow rate acquiring unit configured to acquire a first outlet temperature flow rate that is a flow rate of the refrigerant before distribution; a first outlet temperature detecting unit that is provided at a refrigerant outlet of at least one first fuel cell in the fuel cell group in the refrigerant distribution passage, and is configured to detect a first outlet temperature that is a refrigerant outlet temperature of the first fuel cell; a voltage acquiring unit configured to acquire at least a first voltage that is a voltage of the first fuel cell; a current acquiring unit configured to acquire at least a first current that is a current of the first fuel cell; and a controller that calculates a first individual supply flow rate of the first fuel cell on the basis of the first voltage, the first current, and the first outlet temperature, and calculates a second individual supply flow rate of at least one second fuel cell other than the first fuel cell on the basis of the first individual supply flow rate and the pre-distribution refrigerant flow rate.
摘要:
An apparatus for measuring an impedance of a fuel cell is configured to: output an AC current to a fuel cell; and adjust an impedance so that an impedance between the fuel cell and a load device becomes higher than an impedance between a secondary battery and the load device at a frequency of the AC current outputted to the fuel cell. The apparatus is also configured to: adjust the AC current so that a positive-electrode side AC potential difference matches a negative-electrode side AC potential difference, the positive-electrode side AC potential difference being a difference between an electric potential of the fuel cell on a positive electrode side and a middle electric potential, the negative-electrode side AC potential difference being a difference between an electric potential of the fuel cell on a negative electrode side and the middle electric potential; and calculate an impedance of the fuel cell on the basis of the adjusted AC current and at least one AC potential difference of the positive-electrode side AC potential difference and the negative-electrode side AC potential difference.
摘要:
An anode gas non-recirculation type fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack constituted by stacking a plurality of fuel cells, a buffer tank for discharging, to an outside, impurity gas included in anode off-gas exhausted from the fuel cell stack, an impurity gas concentration detector for detecting concentration of impurity gas in the buffer tank, and an anode gas supply unit for supplying anode gas to the fuel cell stack. When pressure-supplying impurity gas in the fuel cell stack to the buffer tank while pulsating a supply pressure by the anode gas supply unit, an activation control is executed by changing, by the anode gas supply unit, at least one of a pulsative pressure and a pulsative cycle of anode gas supply according to concentration of impurity gas in the buffer detected by the impurity gas concentration detector. According to the fuel cell system, it is possible to get adequate concentration of hydrogen gas in a fuel cell stack and to remove impurity at its activation.
摘要:
An apparatus for measuring an impedance of a fuel cell is configured to: output an AC current to a fuel cell; and adjust an impedance so that an impedance between the fuel cell and a load device becomes higher than an impedance between a secondary battery and the load device at a frequency of the AC current outputted to the fuel cell. The apparatus is also configured to: adjust the AC current so that a positive-electrode side AC potential difference matches a negative-electrode side AC potential difference, the positive-electrode side AC potential difference being a difference between an electric potential of the fuel cell on a positive electrode side and a middle electric potential, the negative-electrode side AC potential difference being a difference between an electric potential of the fuel cell on a negative electrode side and the middle electric potential; and calculate an impedance of the fuel cell on the basis of the adjusted AC current and at least one AC potential difference of the positive-electrode side AC potential difference and the negative-electrode side AC potential difference.
摘要:
An impedance measuring device outputs an alternating current of a prescribed frequency to each of a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal of a laminated type battery and detects an alternating-current potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and an intermediate-point terminal and an alternating-current potential difference between the negative electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal. The impedance measuring device adjusts an amplitude of the alternating current such that the alternating-current potential difference between the positive electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal and the alternating-current potential difference between the negative electrode terminal and the intermediate-point terminal coincide, and computes an impedance on the basis of the adjusted alternating current and alternating-current potential differences. Then, the impedance measuring device corrects a phase difference of the alternating currents output to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal on the basis of a phase difference between an alternating-current potential generated at the positive electrode terminal and an alternating-current potential generated at the negative electrode terminal.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell configured to be supplied with fuel and air to generate electricity, a reformer configured to reform the fuel to be supplied to the fuel cell, a heat source device configured to heat an off-gas discharged from the fuel cell to produce a heating gas and configured to heat the reformer, a fuel cell heating device configured to heat the air to be supplied to the fuel cell using the heating gas, a fuel cell temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the fuel cell, and a reformer temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the reformer. The fuel cell system includes a controller configured to, in a warm-up operation to perform a warm-up of the reformer and a warm-up of the fuel cell, control at least one of the heat source device and the fuel cell heating device based on the temperature of the reformer and the temperature of the fuel cell to adjust at least one of a heating amount of the off-gas and a heating amount of the air by the heating gas.