Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Ju Hae Jung

Hyun Bae Dong

Sun Hee Jo

Jun Young Kim

Won Jung Kim

Jong Hyun Jang

Hyun Seo Park

Yong Min Kim

Min Kyung Cho

Myung Su Lim

A fuel cell generation system control apparatus performs a method for controlling power of a fuel cell generation system. A monitoring device monitors power of the one or more fuel cell modules. A controller compensates for power of one or more first fuel cell modules by one or more second fuel cell modules, based on the monitored power, and performs power control of the one or more fuel cell modules. The fuel cell generation system control apparatus addresses a problem in which power of the fuel cell generation system is reduced as there is a change in external environment or an increase in driving time upon power control of a multi-module fuel cell system.

Fuel cell generation system control apparatus, system including the same and method thereof

A method for operating a fuel cell power generation system is presented and includes sequentially resting fuel cell modules corresponding to a designated reference module number, from among all fuel cell modules of the fuel cell power generation system, during a designated number of cycles while operating remaining fuel cell modules, gradually reducing a number of the fuel cell modules sequentially rested during the cycles from the reference module number, whenever average performance of the fuel cell modules is sequentially reduced by exceeding designated reference levels configured to be sequentially set, and repairing or replacing the fuel cell modules when the average performance of the fuel cell modules is reduced by a designated lower limit or more.

Method for operating fuel cell power generation system

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including fuel and air electrodes, a fuel gas supply module configured to supply hydrogen and oxygen, as fuel gases, to the fuel cell stack, a fuel gas supply line including channels through which the fuel gases are supplied to the fuel cell stack, a humidification module disposed in the fuel gas supply line and configured to supply moisture to the fuel gases, and a controller configured to control the fuel gas supply line such that the fuel gases bypass the humidification module and are directly supplied to the fuel cell stack when temperature of the fuel cell stack is determined low at an initial stage of operation of the fuel cell stack, and the fuel gases pass through the humidification module and are supplied to the fuel cell stack when the temperature reaches a normal temperature.

Fuel cell system and control method thereof

A method of predicting a life of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a fuel cell for electric power generation includes: deriving an operating condition for accelerated degradation, which is applicable to the fuel cell; operating the fuel cell for a specific time under the derived operating condition for accelerated degradation and under a normal operating condition, and identifying the degree of degradation of the fuel cell under each of the operating conditions; calculating an acceleration multiple based on the degree of degradation identified under the operating condition for accelerated degradation and under the normal operating condition; and predicting the life of the membrane electrode assembly based on the acceleration multiple.

Method of predicting life of membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell for electric power generation

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Ju Hae Jung