Fuel cell system

Abstract

Residual hydrogen can be consumed until the output voltage substantially becomes 0 volts and miniaturization and weight saving of the fuel cell system can be achieved without carrying a substance such as an inert gas which does not directly relate to a fuel cell electrical generation. By cutting fuel supply to a fuel cell 1 at a time of a system halt and connecting the fuel cell output with the discharging resistor 10 of a low ohmic value in a water tank 7, and by switching the connection to a discharging resistor 11 of a high ohmic value in which merely a minute current flows in that state by means of a power switching device 9 when the fuel cell output becomes a fixed value or below, discharging is performed until the output voltage becomes substantially 0 volts without causing damage to the fuel cell to consume residual hydrogen.

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