FUEL CELL SYSTEM
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1. A fuel cell system that supplies a fuel gas including hydrogen and an oxidant gas to a fuel cell to generate electrical power, the fuel cell system comprising:
- an operation state acquisition unit that acquires a relationship between an oxidation-reduction reaction rate of a Pt catalyst used in the fuel cell and an output voltage and temperature of the fuel cell from a map due to prior evaluation; and
a characteristic estimation unit that estimates an IV characteristic that indicates a relationship between a current and a voltage in the fuel cell,wherein the characteristic estimation unit determines a current-voltage hysteresis as being the current-voltage hysteresis that follows an effective surface area of the Pt catalyst that was determined from the relationship between the oxidation-reduction reaction rate of the Pt catalyst and the output voltage and temperature of the fuel cell acquired by the operation state acquisition unit, and estimates the IV characteristic by reducing the determined current-voltage hysteresis as an amount of fall due to an oxidation of the Pt catalyst of the IV characteristic.
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Abstract
A fuel cell system acquires an operation state of a fuel cell and estimates an IV characteristic that indicates a relationship between a current and a voltage in the fuel cell. At least one of a resistance overvoltage, an activation overvoltage, a current-voltage hysteresis and a concentration overvoltage of the fuel cell is determined from the operation state of the fuel cell, and the IV characteristic is estimated based on the determined result.
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1. A fuel cell system that supplies a fuel gas including hydrogen and an oxidant gas to a fuel cell to generate electrical power, the fuel cell system comprising:
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an operation state acquisition unit that acquires a relationship between an oxidation-reduction reaction rate of a Pt catalyst used in the fuel cell and an output voltage and temperature of the fuel cell from a map due to prior evaluation; and a characteristic estimation unit that estimates an IV characteristic that indicates a relationship between a current and a voltage in the fuel cell, wherein the characteristic estimation unit determines a current-voltage hysteresis as being the current-voltage hysteresis that follows an effective surface area of the Pt catalyst that was determined from the relationship between the oxidation-reduction reaction rate of the Pt catalyst and the output voltage and temperature of the fuel cell acquired by the operation state acquisition unit, and estimates the IV characteristic by reducing the determined current-voltage hysteresis as an amount of fall due to an oxidation of the Pt catalyst of the IV characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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