Diagnostic system for identifying fuel injector failure in a fuel cell system

Abstract

A diagnostic system and method identifies fuel injector failure in a fuel cell system including a fuel processor and a fuel source. A fuel injector supplies fuel from the fuel source to the fuel processor. A pressure sensor generates a pressure signal based on pressure between the fuel source and the fuel injector. A fuel injector diagnostic identifies fuel injector failure based on the pressure signal. The fuel injector diagnostic includes a moving window tracker that tracks the pressure signal over a moving window. The fuel injector diagnostic further includes a standard deviation or variance calculator that generates a standard deviation or variance based on the pressure signal in the moving window.

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