Fuel cell system and generation control device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Orihashi
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Abstract
A fuel cell system capable of accurately and precisely determining the wet condition inside a fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a solid polymer electrolyte type fuel cell having a stack structure. The fuel cell is connected to an air supply system, a hydrogen gas supply system, an output system, and a control unit. The control unit receives flow rates of air and hydrogen gas which flow into the fuel cell, their pressures when exhausted, and a generated current measurement signal. The control unit calculates the amounts of water exhausted from the fuel cell as a gas component and as a liquid component and determines the water balance in the fuel cell.
Claims16
A fuel cell system comprising a wet condition determination unit that determines water balance in a fuel cell and determines the wet condition of the fuel cell, from an inflow water amount and an exhausted water amount to and from the fuel cell and a generated water amount therein,
- wherein the wet condition determination unit calculates the inflow water amount, the amount of water exhausted as a gas component from the fuel cell and the amount of water exhausted as a liquid component from the fuel cell, both of which are each provided as the exhausted water amount, and the generated water amount, on the basis of the physical amount of inflow gas to the fuel cell, the physical amount of exhaust gas from the fuel cell, and the state quantity of the fuel cell,
- wherein the wet condition determination unit calculates the amount of water exhausted as a liquid component during actual operation of the fuel cell on the basis of the relationship of the amount of water exhausted as a liquid component from the fuel cell with respect to the flow rate of the exhaust gas obtained in advance prior to the actual operation of the fuel cell, the flow rate of the exhaust gas obtained during the actual operation of the fuel cell, and the temperature of the fuel cell or the exhaust gas.
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