Abstract: A fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine driven by power of the fuel cell, a heater electrically connected to the fuel cell and configured to heat cooling water supplied to the fuel cell, and a warm-up control unit configured to control power supply to the auxiliary machine and the heater during start-up of the fuel cell below freezing point. The warm-up control unit is configured to compute a produced water amount until the temperature of the fuel cell increases to a freezing point temperature on the basis of a degree of wetness and a temperature of the fuel cell and a generated power of the fuel cell during warm-up, and increase a power ratio of power to the heater in regards to the auxiliary machine during the warm-up when the computed produced water amount is determined to be larger than a threshold value.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a gas supply passage configured to supply one of the anode gas and the cathode gas to the fuel cell, a refrigerant supply apparatus that supplies refrigerant for cooling the fuel cell to the fuel cell, a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant increased in temperature by the fuel cell and the gas supplied to the gas supply passage. The fuel cell includes a component that circulates the one of the anode gas and the cathode gas discharged from the fuel cell to the fuel cell, and a warm-up control unit that controls a flow rate of the refrigerant to a predetermined flow rate for warming up the fuel cell when the fuel cell is warmed up.

Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell that receives a supply of an anode gas and a cathode gas and generates power is provided. The fuel cell system includes a water content calculation unit configured to calculate a water content of the fuel cell, an internal impedance calculation unit configured to calculate an internal impedance of the fuel cell, and a starting temperature calculation unit configured to calculate a fuel cell temperature at a start of the system, based on the water content of the fuel cell as of a last time the system was stopped, and the internal impedance of the fuel cell at the start of the system.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a battery, auxiliary machines including an actuator and a heater that heats cooling water circulating in the fuel cell. The actuator is driven to cause gas to be supplied to a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using the gas. Furthermore, the fuel cell system includes a warming-up operation unit that adjusting operations of the auxiliary machines so as to realize output of fuel cell such that a predetermined electric power is extracted, a discharge control unit that supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines when electric power generated by the fuel cell is lower than electric power consumed by the auxiliary machines. Furthermore, the fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine restriction unit that restricts electric power consumed by the actuator when the discharge control unit supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines in a case where the fuel cell is warmed up using the heater.

Abstract: A fuel cell system supplies anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell and causes the fuel cell to generate electric power in accordance with a load. The fuel cell system includes a container reserved impurities discharged from the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a pressure control unit that makes a pressure of the anode gas higher when a current of the fuel cell is high than when the current of the fuel cell is low. The fuel cell system includes an estimation unit that varies the current of the fuel cell, and estimates a current-voltage characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of a current value and a voltage value obtained when the current of the fuel cell has been varied. The fuel cell system includes a restriction unit that, while the estimation unit is estimating the current-voltage characteristic, restricts a reduction in the pressure of the anode gas.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine to be connected to a fuel cell, warm-up power control means for controlling generated power of the fuel cell by adjusting power supplied to the auxiliary machine during the warm-up of the fuel cell, and IV characteristic estimation means for temporarily reducing the power supplied to the auxiliary machine and estimating an IV characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of at least two pairs of current values and voltage values at that time during the warm-up of the fuel cell.

Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell system that generates an electric power by supplying an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes: auxiliary machines and a drive motor driven by the generated electric power of the fuel cell; a pressure control unit configured to control a pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell at a normal target pressure, the normal target pressure being used for ensuring an oxygen partial pressure within the fuel cell in accordance with the generated electric power of the fuel cell; and a warming-up pressure control unit configured to control the pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell to become a predetermined warm-up acceleration target pressure during warm-up of the fuel cell, the predetermined warm-up acceleration target pressure being higher than the normal target pressure.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a gas supply passage configured to supply one of the anode gas and the cathode gas to the fuel cell, a refrigerant supply apparatus that supplies refrigerant for cooling the fuel cell to the fuel cell, a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant increased in temperature by the fuel cell and the gas supplied to the gas supply passage. The fuel cell includes a component that circulates the one of the anode gas and the cathode gas discharged from the fuel cell to the fuel cell, and a warm-up control unit that controls a flow rate of the refrigerant to a predetermined flow rate for warming up the fuel cell when the fuel cell is warmed up.

Abstract: A fuel cell system for supplying anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell and causing the fuel cell to generate power according to a load includes a component that circulates discharged gas of either the anode gas or the cathode gas discharged from the fuel cell to the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a power generation control unit that controls a power generation state of the fuel cell on the basis of the load, a freezing prediction unit that predicts the freezing of the component on the basis of a temperature of the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes an operation execution unit that executes a warm-up operation without stopping the fuel cell system or after the stop of the fuel cell system in the case of receiving a stop command of the fuel cell system when the freezing of the component is predicted.

Abstract: A fuel cell system estimates a characteristic of an electric power generation of a fuel cell before a supply of an electric power is permitted from the fuel cell to an outside load, restricts or prohibits characteristic of the electric power generation of the fuel cell when a temperature of the fuel cell is equal to or lower than a first prescribed temperature.

Abstract: A fuel cell system is configured to generate power by supplying anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a load connected to the fuel cell and an IV estimation unit configured to change an output current of the fuel cell with a predetermined width by adjusting power supplied to the load during the warm-up of the fuel cell. The fuel cell system is configured to estimate an IV characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of at least two sets of an output current value and an output voltage value detected while the output current is changed. The fuel cell system includes an IV estimation stop unit configured to stop the execution of the IV estimation on the basis of an output of the fuel cell during the execution of the IV estimation.

Abstract: A fuel cell system supplies anode gas and cathode gas to a fuel cell and causes the fuel cell to generate electric power in accordance with a load. The fuel cell system includes a container reserved impurities discharged from the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes a pressure control unit that makes a pressure of the anode gas higher when a current of the fuel cell is high than when the current of the fuel cell is low. The fuel cell system includes an estimation unit that varies the current of the fuel cell, and estimates a current-voltage characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of a current value and a voltage value obtained when the current of the fuel cell has been varied. The fuel cell system includes a restriction unit that, while the estimation unit is estimating the current-voltage characteristic, restricts a reduction in the pressure of the anode gas.

Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell system that generates an electric power by supplying an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes: auxiliary machines and a drive motor driven by the generated electric power of the fuel cell; a pressure control unit configured to control a pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell at a normal target pressure, the normal target pressure being used for ensuring an oxygen partial pressure within the fuel cell in accordance with the generated electric power of the fuel cell; and a warming-up pressure control unit configured to control the pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell to become a predetermined warm-up acceleration target pressure during warm-up of the fuel cell, the predetermined warm-up acceleration target pressure being higher than the normal target pressure.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a battery, auxiliary machines including an actuator and a heater that heats cooling water circulating in the fuel cell. The actuator is driven to cause gas to be supplied to a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using the gas. Furthermore, the fuel cell system includes a warming-up operation unit that adjusting operations of the auxiliary machines so as to realize output of fuel cell such that a predetermined electric power is extracted, a discharge control unit that supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines when electric power generated by the fuel cell is lower than electric power consumed by the auxiliary machines. Furthermore, the fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine restriction unit that restricts electric power consumed by the actuator when the discharge control unit supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines in a case where the fuel cell is warmed up using the heater.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine to be connected to a fuel cell, warm-up power control means for controlling generated power of the fuel cell by adjusting power supplied to the auxiliary machine during the warm-up of the fuel cell, and IV characteristic estimation means for temporarily reducing the power supplied to the auxiliary machine and estimating an IV characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of at least two pairs of current values and voltage values at that time during the warm-up of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes an auxiliary machine electrically connected to a fuel cell, the auxiliary machine being driven by power of the fuel cell, a heater electrically connected to the fuel cell, the heater being configured to heat cooling water supplied to the fuel cell, and a warm-up control unit configured to warm up the fuel cell itself by the supply of power to the auxiliary machine and the heater during start-up of the fuel cell below freezing point.

Abstract: A fuel cell system estimates a characteristic of an electric power generation of a fuel cell before a supply of an electric power is permitted from the fuel cell to an outside load, restricts or prohibits characteristic of the electric power generation of the fuel cell when a temperature of the fuel cell is equal to or lower than a first prescribed temperature.

Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell that receives a supply of an anode gas and a cathode gas and generates power is provided. The fuel cell system includes a water content calculation unit configured to calculate a water content of the fuel cell, an internal impedance calculation unit configured to calculate an internal impedance of the fuel cell, and a starting temperature calculation unit configured to calculate a fuel cell temperature at a start of the system, based on the water content of the fuel cell as of a last time the system was stopped, and the internal impedance of the fuel cell at the start of the system.

Abstract: An anode non-circulation type fuel cell sets an anode upper limit pressure and an anode lower limit pressure, and sets an anode pressure increase rate based on at least a detected temperature of a fuel cell. The system controls the supply of an anode gas to the fuel cell so as to repeat pressure increase and pressure decrease. The pressure increase is conducted by supplying the anode gas to the anode upper limit pressure at the anode pressure increase rate. The pressure decrease is conducted by restricting the supply of the anode gas to the anode lower limit pressure. When the detected temperature of the fuel cell is lower than a predetermined temperature, the system sets the anode pressure increase rate at a slower rate than when the temperature of the fuel cell is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature.