Generator system utilizing a fuel cell
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1. A method for controlling a generator system having a fuel cell and a battery to which the output current from said fuel cell is supplied, said method comprising the steps of:
- performing a first adjustment of adjusting the supply of the power to a load by said battery in response to the sudden variation in load until said fuel cell responds to said sudden variation in load; and
controlling the power supplied from said fuel cell while performing a second adjustment of adjusting the supply of the power to said load by said fuel cell after said fuel cell responds to the sudden variation in load.
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Abstract
In a generator system having a fuel cell and a battery to which the output current from the fuel cell can be supplied, in the case of a sudden variation in load, a battery supplies the power to the load until the fuel cell responds to the sudden variation in load. After the output power derived from the fuel cell itself becomes sufficient to be supplied to the load, an excess of the power supplied to the load is charged into the battery.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a generator system having a fuel cell and a battery to which the output current from said fuel cell is supplied, said method comprising the steps of:
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performing a first adjustment of adjusting the supply of the power to a load by said battery in response to the sudden variation in load until said fuel cell responds to said sudden variation in load; and controlling the power supplied from said fuel cell while performing a second adjustment of adjusting the supply of the power to said load by said fuel cell after said fuel cell responds to the sudden variation in load. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A generator system having a fuel cell and a battery to which the output current from said fuel cell can be supplied, comprising:
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a first adjustment means for adjusting the output current derived from said fuel cell; a second adjustment means for adjusting the output current generated in said fuel cell; a converter means for converting the DC power supplied from said first adjustment means and said battery into the AC power to be supplied to a load; a first detector means for detecting the power supplied to said load from said converter means; a second detector means for detecting the power supplied to said second adjustment means from the output side of said first adjustment means; a setting means for setting a power to be charged to said battery; an arithmetic means for calculating the detection signal representative of the power to be supplied to said load from said first detector means into the value prior to be supplied to said converter means; an adder means for adding the output signal derived from said arithmetic means, the setting signal derived from said setting means and the detection signal derived from said second detector means; a first controll means for controlling said first adjustment means in response to the output derived from said adder by delaying a time interval corresponding to the delay in response of said fuel cell; and a second controll means for controlling said second adjustment means in response to the output from said adder means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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