Control apparatus for vehicle having fuel cell mounted thereon
First Claim
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises a fuel cell for generating electricity, auxiliary equipment of the fuel cell, a secondary battery to be charged with electricity generated by the fuel cell, and a motor to be fed with electricity from the fuel cell and/or the secondary battery, whereinthe control apparatuscommences start-up of the fuel cell, supplying electricity from the secondary battery to the auxiliary equipment,monitors status of the fuel cell, andas the status meets a predetermined condition,computes an electric power at which the secondary battery discharges electricity, based on state of charge of the secondary battery and remaining time to completion of the start-up of the fuel cell, andsupplies electricity from the secondary battery to the motor at the computed electric power.
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Abstract
A control apparatus (6) for a vehicle (V) which includes a fuel cell (11) for generating electricity, auxiliary equipment (12) of the fuel cell (11), a secondary battery (3) to be charged with electricity generated by the fuel cell (11), and a motor (1) to be fed with electricity from the fuel cell (11) and/or the secondary battery (3). The control apparatus (6) commences start-up of the fuel cell (11), supplying electricity from the secondary battery (3) to the auxiliary equipment (12), monitors status of the fuel cell (11), and as the status meets a predetermined condition, computes an electric power at which the secondary battery (3) discharges electricity, based on state of charge of the secondary battery (3) and remaining time to completion of the start-up of the fuel cell (11), and supplies electricity from the secondary battery (3) to the motor (1) at the computed electric power.
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8 Claims
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1. A control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises a fuel cell for generating electricity, auxiliary equipment of the fuel cell, a secondary battery to be charged with electricity generated by the fuel cell, and a motor to be fed with electricity from the fuel cell and/or the secondary battery, wherein
the control apparatus commences start-up of the fuel cell, supplying electricity from the secondary battery to the auxiliary equipment, monitors status of the fuel cell, and as the status meets a predetermined condition, computes an electric power at which the secondary battery discharges electricity, based on state of charge of the secondary battery and remaining time to completion of the start-up of the fuel cell, and supplies electricity from the secondary battery to the motor at the computed electric power.
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8. A method for starting up a vehicle which comprises a fuel cell for generating electricity, auxiliary equipment of the fuel cell, a secondary battery to be charged with electricity generated by the fuel cell, a motor to be fed with electricity from the fuel cell and/or the secondary battery, the method comprising:
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commencing start-up of the fuel cell, supplying electricity from the secondary battery to the auxiliary equipment; monitoring status of the fuel cell; computing an electric power at which the secondary battery discharges electricity, based on state of charge of the secondary battery and remaining time to completion of the start-up of the fuel cell, as the status meets a predetermined condition; and supplying electricity from the secondary battery to the motor at the computed electric power.
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