Title:
VEHICLE FUEL CELL POWER PLANT WARM-UP CONTROL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003052855
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A fuel cell power plant comprises plural fuel cell stacks (10A-10B) capable of generating power independently, and a warm-up circuit (33) which can independently warm up the fuel cell stacks (10A-10C). A controller (14) estimates a required output power of the power plant within a predetermined time from when the vehicle starts running (S121-S127), and determines the number of fuel cell stacks satisfying the required output power (S106). The controller (14) economizes energy required for warm-up of the fuel cell stacks while providing the required output power by warming up only the determined number of fuel cell stacks before the vehicle starts running.
Inventors:
WAKABAYASHI KEISUKE (JP)
IWASAKI YASUKAZU (JP)
IWASAKI YASUKAZU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2002/011766
Publication Date:
November 27, 2003
Filing Date:
November 12, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR (JP)
WAKABAYASHI KEISUKE (JP)
IWASAKI YASUKAZU (JP)
WAKABAYASHI KEISUKE (JP)
IWASAKI YASUKAZU (JP)
International Classes:
H01M8/00; B60L11/18; H01M8/04; H01M8/24; (IPC1-7): H01M8/04; B60L11/18
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001034424A1 | 2001-05-17 |
Foreign References:
| US5964309A | 1999-10-12 | |||
| EP1091437A1 | 2001-04-11 |
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