Hydrogen filling apparatus and hydrogen filling method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKiyoshi HANDA
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Abstract
A hydrogen filling apparatus includes an initial pressure acquisition unit that acquires an initial pressure in a hydrogen tank, a history acquisition unit that acquires a filling history of a requesting vehicle, a determination unit that determines, based on the filling history, whether or not the hydrogen tank will overheat if the hydrogen tank is filled with hydrogen at a filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure, and a filling control unit that fills the hydrogen tank with hydrogen at a filling speed lower than the filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure, when it is determined that the hydrogen tank will overheat.
Claims7
A hydrogen filling apparatus that fills a hydrogen tank of a requesting vehicle with hydrogen, based on a filling control map indicating a filling speed of the hydrogen that corresponds to an initial pressure in the hydrogen tank, the hydrogen filling apparatus comprising one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a storage unit, wherein
- the one or more processors execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the hydrogen filling apparatus to:
- acquire the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank;
- acquire a filling history of the requesting vehicle;
- perform determination as to whether or not the hydrogen tank will overheat if the hydrogen tank is filled with the hydrogen at a filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank, based on the filling history of the requesting vehicle;
- and
- fill the hydrogen tank with the hydrogen at a filling speed lower than the filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank, when it is determined that the hydrogen tank will overheat.
A hydrogen filling method for filling a hydrogen tank of a requesting vehicle with hydrogen, based on a filling control map indicating a filling speed of the hydrogen that corresponds to an initial pressure in the hydrogen tank, the hydrogen filling method comprising:
- acquiring the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank;
- acquiring a filling history of the requesting vehicle;
- determining, based on the filling history of the requesting vehicle, whether or not the hydrogen tank will overheat if the hydrogen tank is filled with the hydrogen at a filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank;
- and
- filling the hydrogen tank with the hydrogen at a filling speed lower than the filling speed corresponding to the initial pressure in the hydrogen tank, when it is determined that the hydrogen tank will overheat.
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