FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    11.
    发明公开
    FUEL CELL SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230290981A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18113304

    申请日:2023-02-23

    发明人: Koichi KATO

    摘要: A control device switches between a first injection control of injecting the fuel gas by sequentially providing periods during which at least one of the plurality of injectors injects the fuel gas if it is determined that the power generation state of the fuel cell stack is stable based on a detected power generation state, and a second injection control of injecting the fuel gas by intermittently providing periods during which the plurality of injectors simultaneously inject the fuel gas if it is determined that the power generation state of the fuel cell stack is not stable based on the detected power generation state.

    CATALYST DETERIORATION SUPPRESSION DEVICE
    16.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230163334A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17916891

    申请日:2021-04-30

    摘要: A catalyst deterioration suppression device includes: a first device obtaining a fuel cell voltage V (=catalyst voltage Vcat) as a variable to estimate a response speed (time constant τ) at which a coverage ratio of an oxide film of catalyst particles contained in a fuel cell cathode changes; a second device reading out a time constant τt corresponding to the voltage V at a current time t from a pre-made map A representing a relationship between the voltage V and the time constant τ and corresponding to the catalyst particles; a third device generating a continuous-time type dynamic filter F(s, τ) by using the time constant τt and converting the continuous-time type dynamic filter F(s, τ) to a discrete-time type dynamic filter F(z, τ); and a fourth device inputting a target voltage Vr to the discrete-time type dynamic filter F(z, τ) and outputting a corrected target voltage Vr-fil.

    System and method for fuel supply control for a fuel cell

    公开(公告)号:US11581555B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17380706

    申请日:2021-07-20

    摘要: A fuel supply control system and method for a fuel cell are disclosed. The system includes: a fuel cell configured to receive a fuel gas and an oxidation gas and generate electric power; a recirculation line configured to circulate gas containing the fuel gas and connected to a fuel electrode of the fuel cell; a discharge valve provided in the recirculation line and configured to allow the gas to be discharged to the outside when open; a discharge amount estimator configured to estimate a discharge amount of the discharged gas based on a supply amount of the fuel gas supplied to the recirculation line, a consumption amount of the fuel gas consumed in the fuel cell, and a change in the amount of the gas in the recirculation line; an offset calculator configured to calculate the discharge amount of the gas estimated by the discharge amount estimator with the discharge valve closed, as a discharge offset; and a controller configured to control opening/closing of the discharge valve.

    Systems and methods for distributed fault management in fuel cell systems

    公开(公告)号:US11508980B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US15400190

    申请日:2017-01-06

    摘要: A distributed fault management system includes at least one sensor associated with a fuel cell system and at least one first fault management computing device coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one first fault management computing device is configured to receive data associated with a first fault condition. The at least one first fault management computing device is further configured to generate a resolution to the first fault condition and transmit at least one resolution command signal to at least one second fault management computing device. The at least one resolution command signal configures the at least one second fault management computing device to use the resolution to resolve a second fault condition in a similar manner.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20220352533A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17532126

    申请日:2021-11-22

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04992 H01M8/04537

    摘要: A system for operating a fuel cell includes a controller configured to derive an output limit value of the fuel cell through an interval average value corresponding to an average of output values of the fuel cell for a designated time and a cumulative average value corresponding to an average of the output values of the fuel cell until the current point in time after starting to operate the fuel cell, and to control operation of the fuel cell based on the derived output limit value.