摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention calculates a utilization index of charging of a battery (50) by a battery charger (60) based on a ratio of an electric traveling utilization level to a hybrid traveling utilization level or a ratio of the electric traveling utilization level to a total traveling utilization level; and stores the calculated utilization index. The electronic control unit calculates the utilization index based on at least one of a) a ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) a ratio of total time of connecting the battery charger to an external power supply to total vehicle stop time with a system of a vehicle being turned off, c) a ratio of total electric traveling time achieved without involving operation of an engine to total hybrid traveling time achieved involving operation of the engine, d) a ratio of the total electric traveling distance to a total traveling distance, e) a ratio of the total electric traveling time to total traveling time, f) a ratio of an integrated value of energy used to charge the battery by the battery charger to an integrated value of energy consumed for traveling, g) a ratio of a total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to a total fuel supply quantity to a fuel tank, and h) a ratio of the total traveling distance to total emission of carbon dioxide. In a first embodiment, the electronic control unit calculates the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a trip with a large traveling distance than in a trip with a small traveling distance, based on at least one of c) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total hybrid traveling time, d) the ratio of the total electric traveling distance to the total traveling distance, e) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total traveling time, and g) the ratio of the total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to the total fuel supply quantity to the fuel tank. In a second embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a case where a state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is larger than in a case where the state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is small, based on at least one of a) the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) the ratio of the total time of connecting the battery charger to the external power supply to the total vehicle stop time with a system of the vehicle being turned off. In a third embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index based on the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, without counting the number of times that the battery charger is connected to the external power supply without change in a state of charge of the battery as the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery, and without counting the number of times of trips without change in the state of charge of the battery as the number of trips.
摘要:
A fuel cell is disclosed comprising: a power generation layer including an electrolyte membrane, and an anode and a cathode provided on respective surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; a fuel gas flow path layer located on a side of the anode of the power generation layer to supply a fuel gas to the anode while flowing the fuel gas along a flow direction of the fuel gas approximately orthogonal to a stacking direction in which respective layers of the fuel cell are stacked; and an oxidizing gas flow path layer located on a side of the cathode of the power generation layer to supply an oxidizing gas to the cathode while flowing the oxidizing gas along a flow direction of the oxidizing gas opposed to the flow direction of the fuel gas. A power generation area of the fuel cell, in which electric power is generated, has an upstream region including a most upstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas and a downstream region including a most downstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas. A midstream region, which is a remaining region of the power generation area other than the upstream region and the downstream region, has higher water vapor transfer resistance between the anode side and the cathode side than the upstream region and the downstream region.
摘要:
The procedure of the invention successively obtains an estimated value of amount of liquid water in a fuel cell during operation in each specified period by the following steps (a) to (d), thereby improving the detection accuracy of the water condition inside the fuel cell. The step (a) obtains a previous estimated value. The step (b) obtains a drainage rate that represents an amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell per unit time, based on the previous estimated value and a value representing a current flow rate of a reactive gas in the fuel cell. The step (c) multiplies the drainage rate by a period of obtaining the estimated value, so as to calculate an amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell for a specified duration. The step (d) determines a current estimated value, based on the amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell for the specified duration.
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention calculates a utilization index of charging of a battery (50) by a battery charger (60) based on a ratio of an electric traveling utilization level to a hybrid traveling utilization level or a ratio of the electric traveling utilization level to a total traveling utilization level; and stores the calculated utilization index. The electronic control unit calculates the utilization index based on at least one of a) a ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) a ratio of total time of connecting the battery charger to an external power supply to total vehicle stop time with a system of a vehicle being turned off, c) a ratio of total electric traveling time achieved without involving operation of an engine to total hybrid traveling time achieved involving operation of the engine, d) a ratio of the total electric traveling distance to a total traveling distance, e) a ratio of the total electric traveling time to total traveling time, f) a ratio of an integrated value of energy used to charge the battery by the battery charger to an integrated value of energy consumed for traveling, g) a ratio of a total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to a total fuel supply quantity to a fuel tank, and h) a ratio of the total traveling distance to total emission of carbon dioxide. In a first embodiment, the electronic control unit calculates the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a trip with a large traveling distance than in a trip with a small traveling distance, based on at least one of c) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total hybrid traveling time, d) the ratio of the total electric traveling distance to the total traveling distance, e) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total traveling time, and g) the ratio of the total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to the total fuel supply quantity to the fuel tank. In a second embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a case where a state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is larger than in a case where the state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is small, based on at least one of a) the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) the ratio of the total time of connecting the battery charger to the external power supply to the total vehicle stop time with a system of the vehicle being turned off. In a third embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index based on the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, without counting the number of times that the battery charger is connected to the external power supply without change in a state of charge of the battery as the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery, and without counting the number of times of trips without change in the state of charge of the battery as the number of trips.
摘要:
When a use index (IDX) indicative of a degree of use of external charging is less than a threshold (IDXref), an electronic control unit (24, 40, 52, 70) determines that the degree of use of external charging is low, and executes (S220) a charging guide control to promote the use of external charging at the time of parking at a battery charging point, such as at home (96) or in a battery charging station 68), where the external charging is performable. Hereby, it is possible to promote a driver to use external charging at the time of parking at the battery charging point. As a result, the use of external charging can be promoted.
摘要:
A fuel cell apparatus comprises a fuel cell that has a stacked structure of a plurality of fuel cell units; an outer cover that is provided to cover at least part of a side face of the fuel cell along a stacking direction of the fuel cell; and an intermediate layer that is placed between the outer cover and the side face covered by the outer cover, wherein the outer cover and the intermediate layer are configured to satisfy X0> Fg/(K1+K2), where K1 represents a spring constant of the intermediate layer, K2 represents a spring constant of the outer cover, Fg represents an inertial force applied to the fuel cell and X0 represents an allowable amount of misalignment of the fuel cell unit in the fuel cell. This configuration of the fuel cell apparatus suppresses positional misalignment of the fuel cell.
摘要:
A fuel cell system 100 includes a fuel cell 10, a cathode gas supply system 30, a supply valve 34, an exhaust valve 43 and a controller 20. The fuel cell 10 has a supply manifold M1, an exhaust manifold M2, and a power generation area GA connected with these manifolds M1 and M2. The cathode gas supply system 30 causes a gas to be flowed into the supply manifold M1. The supply valve 34 is operable to seal the supply manifold M1, whereas the exhaust valve 43 is operable to seal the exhaust manifold M2. The controller 20 closes the supply valve 34 and the exhaust valve 43 after operation stop of the fuel cell 10 to seal the fuel cell 10 under a specified pressure and then waits for a predefined time. The controller 20 subsequently opens the supply valve 34 to move water remaining in the power generation area GA on the flow of the gas toward outside of the power generation area GA.
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention is configured to count the number of times of charging opportunities that a hybrid vehicle is in a state where external charging is available in a predetermined period, as the number of times of opportunities, the number of times of the external charging that the vehicle performed in the predetermined period, as the number of times of charging, and to calculate and store a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of times of opportunities, as a charging frequency.
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention is configured to count the number of times of charging opportunities that a hybrid vehicle is in a state where external charging is available in a predetermined period, as the number of times of opportunities, the number of times of the external charging that the vehicle performed in the predetermined period, as the number of times of charging, and to calculate and store a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of times of opportunities, as a charging frequency.