Fuel cell system and related method
First Claim
1. A fuel cell system adapted to be installed on a moving object, the fuel cell system comprising:
- an electric power generating element including a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electric power;
a warm-up mechanism enabled to achieve warm up of the electric power generating element; and
a controller, in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which start-up of the fuel cell system is to be completed through the warm-up of the electric power generating element, controlling the warm-up mechanism to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time.
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Abstract
A fuel cell system (1, 100) adapted to be installed on a moving object (V) is provided with an electric power generating element (31, 45) including a fuel cell (31) supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electric power, a warm-up mechanism (21 to 23, 32 to 39, 41 to 50′) enabled to achieve warm up of the electric power generating element, and a controller (13), in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit (3) and commanding a start-up completion time at which start-up of the fuel cell system is to be completed through the warm-up of the electric power generating element, controlling the warm-up mechanism to allow the warm-up of at least the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time.
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37 Claims
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1. A fuel cell system adapted to be installed on a moving object, the fuel cell system comprising:
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an electric power generating element including a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electric power;
a warm-up mechanism enabled to achieve warm up of the electric power generating element; and
a controller, in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which start-up of the fuel cell system is to be completed through the warm-up of the electric power generating element, controlling the warm-up mechanism to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A fuel cell system adapted to be installed on a moving object, the fuel cell system comprising:
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an electric power generating element including a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electric power;
a warm-up mechanism enabled to achieve warm up of the electric power generating element; and
a controlling means, in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which start-up of the fuel cell system is to be completed through the warm-up of the electric power generating element, for controlling the warm-up mechanism to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time.
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37. A method of controlling a fuel cell system provided with an electric power generating element including a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electric power and a warm-up mechanism achieving warm up of the electric power generating element, the method comprising:
controlling the warm-up mechanism, in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which start-up of the fuel cell system is to be completed through the warm-up of the electric power generating element, to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time.
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