Fuel cell system with multiple warm-up mechanisms
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;
different warm-up mechanisms including a warm-up mechanism operated by a combustion and a warm-up mechanism operated by electric power, and dependent on a condition related to start-up of the fuel cell system to carry out warm up of the electric power generating element; and
a controller controlling an operation of the fuel cell system, and in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which the 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 mechanisms to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time,wherein the controller is configured to select and control one of the different warm-up mechanisms in response to the received control signal and dependent on the condition related to the start-up of the fuel cell system, the condition including a residual time with respect to the start-up completion time and a temperature of the electric power generating element thereby carrying out the warm-up of the electric power generating element with the one of the different warm-up mechanisms, which is selected by the controller, in a start-up control operation of the fuel cell system wherein the residual time is less than 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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33 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; different warm-up mechanisms including a warm-up mechanism operated by a combustion and a warm-up mechanism operated by electric power, and dependent on a condition related to start-up of the fuel cell system to carry out warm up of the electric power generating element; and a controller controlling an operation of the fuel cell system, and in response to reception of a control signal transmitted from an external remote operator unit and commanding a start-up completion time at which the 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 mechanisms to allow the warm-up of the electric power generating element to be completed in alignment with the start-up completion time, wherein the controller is configured to select and control one of the different warm-up mechanisms in response to the received control signal and dependent on the condition related to the start-up of the fuel cell system, the condition including a residual time with respect to the start-up completion time and a temperature of the electric power generating element thereby carrying out the warm-up of the electric power generating element with the one of the different warm-up mechanisms, which is selected by the controller, in a start-up control operation of the fuel cell system wherein the residual time is less than 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)
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