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US 2024/0174133 A1Published application
Fuel cell vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeong Cheol JEONG, Joo Yeon KIM, Mi Ji KIM
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack connected to a direct current (DC) link, an energy storage device selectively connected to the DC link through a main relay, and a controller configured to determine whether or not starting of the fuel cell stack is allowed according to a voltage of the energy storage device, and to control starting of the fuel cell stack based on a result of the determination.
Claims20
A fuel cell vehicle comprising:
- a fuel cell stack connected to a direct current (DC) link;
- an energy storage device selectively connected to the DC link through a main relay;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether or not starting of the fuel cell stack is allowed according to a voltage of the energy storage device, and to control starting of the fuel cell stack based on a result of the determination.
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A method of controlling a fuel cell vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining whether starting of a fuel cell stack connected to a DC link is allowed according to a voltage of an energy storage device selectively connected to the DC link though a main relay;
- and
- controlling starting of the fuel cell stack based on a result of the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.