Fuel battery device and method for controlling fuel battery
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMasahiko Tahara
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMasahiko Tahara
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The present invention relates to a fuel cell having an electricity generator which has an oxygen electrode, a fuel electrode, and a solid polymer type electrolyte membrane disposed between the oxygen electrode and the fuel electrode, and a method for controlling the fuel cell. The fuel cell has a problem in that the electrolyte membrane is dried to lower the ion-exchange characteristics when lowering the load current or increasing the air feed rate during the operation or when allowing the fuel cell to stand for a long time, so that the output of the fuel cell is considerably lowered. In the present invention, a load control portion for permitting a load on the fuel cell to vary depending on the output state of the fuel cell or an air feeding control portion is proved in the fuel cell and controlled to increase the load current or suppress the air feeding when the output characteristics are lowered or the internal resistance value is increased, thus solving the above problem.
A fuel cell apparatus having a fuel cell having an electricity generator which includes an oxygen electrode, a fuel electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between said oxygen electrode and said fuel electrode, said fuel cell apparatus comprising:
A fuel cell apparatus having a fuel cell having an electricity generator which includes an oxygen electrode, a fuel electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between said oxygen electrode and said fuel electrode, said fuel cell apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling a fuel cell, comprising the steps of:
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