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US 2008/0075992 A1Published application
Fuel cell system and method of controlling the same fuel cell system
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
InventorsNobuo Fujita, Kimihide Horio, Tadaichi Matsumoto, Naohiro Yoshida, Kenji Kurita, Shinya Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Mori
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Abstract
The fuel cell system is provided which detects a freeze among specific components and portions thereof by evaluating various conditions upon starting operation of the fuel cell system. If a freeze is detected through those evaluations, the start of the system is prohibited in order to prevent some deterioration in the fuel cell system.
Claims18
A fuel cell system, comprising:
- fuel cell;
- a gas supply-discharge portion for supplying the fuel cell with a gas used in the fuel cell;
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- a defroster that, when a predetermined portion of the gas supply-discharge portion is frozen, defrosts a portion of the fuel cell system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.