Nissan Motor Company Limited

Dana Canada Corporation

Kotaro Akashi

Kenji Kobayashi

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiromasa Sakai

Nobutaka Takahashi

Masashi Sato

Ikuhiro Taniguchi

Ken Nakayama

Hidetaka Nishimura

Satoshi Okano

Yoshinori Nakano

Junichi Hasegawa

Michihiko Matsumoto

Kazuhiro Kageyama

Masanobu Sakai

Hisashi Niioka

Takatada Usami

Akihiro Sakakida

Manaf Hasan

Takahito Osada

Yohei Kaneko

Takayoshi Nabeta

Nobuo Sakatsume

Douglas Vanderwees

Mark Britton

Craig Hogg

Keita Tsuji

A cell system includes a laminated battery, a plurality of battery cells being laminated in the laminated battery, a first switch connected to a positive electrode of the laminated battery and configured to switch connection to the positive electrode to a shut-off state, and a second switch connected to a negative electrode of the laminated battery and configured to switch connection to the negative electrode to a shut-off state. Furthermore, the cell system includes a circuit to be connected at least either between the positive electrode and the first switch or between the negative electrode and the second switch; and a controller configured to shift control timings of the first switch and the second switch from the shut-off state to a connected state according to an electrical capacitance generated between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Cell system and control method for cell system

An apparatus for measuring an impedance of a fuel cell is configured to: output an AC current to a fuel cell; and adjust an impedance so that an impedance between the fuel cell and a load device becomes higher than an impedance between a secondary battery and the load device at a frequency of the AC current output to the fuel cell. The apparatus is also configured to: adjust the AC current so that a positive-electrode side AC potential difference matches a negative-electrode side AC potential difference; and calculate an impedance of the fuel cell on the basis of the adjusted AC current and at least one AC potential difference of the positive-electrode side AC potential difference and the negative-electrode side AC potential difference.

Apparatus for measuring an impedance of fuel cell and method of measuring an impedance of fuel cell

A fuel cell system of the present invention includes: a fuel cell supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electricity; a fuel gas supply unit supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell; an oxidizing gas supply unit supplying the oxidizing gas to the fuel cell; an aftercooler cooling the oxidizing gas supplied to the fuel cell by heat exchange with a coolant; an oxidizing gas temperature detector detecting temperature of the oxidizing gas; and a coolant circulation controller starting circulation of the coolant when the detected temperature of the oxidizing gas exceeds a predetermined value. The predetermined value is set to a value of not higher than a minimum electricity generation temperature of the fuel cell, and a circulation timing and flow rate of the coolant for the aftercooler are controlled such that the supplied oxidizing gas does not become cold. This enables the fuel cell to generate electricity at cold start-up.

Fuel cell system

A fuel cell system of the present invention includes: a fuel cell () supplied with fuel gas and oxidizing gas to generate electricity; a fuel gas supply unit supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cell (); an oxidizing gas supply unit supplying the oxidizing gas to the fuel cell (); an aftercooler () cooling the oxidizing gas supplied to the fuel cell () by heat exchange with a coolant; an oxidizing gas temperature detector () detecting temperature of the oxidizing gas; and a coolant circulation controller () starting circulation of the coolant when the detected temperature of the oxidizing gas exceeds a predetermined value. The predetermined value is set to a value of not higher than a minimum electricity generation temperature of the fuel cell (), and a circulation timing and flow rate of the coolant for the aftercooler () are controlled such that the supplied oxidizing gas does not become cold. This enables the fuel cell () to generate electricity at cold start-up.

A fuel cell system having a fuel cell for causing reactant gas to be electrochemically reacted to generate power, a reactant gas supply path for supplying reactant gas to the fuel cell, a reactant gas recirculation path for recirculating exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell and combining the recirculating exhaust gas with reactant gas flowing through the reactant gas supply path to the fuel cell, and a pump unit disposed in the reactant gas recirculation path to pump the recirculating exhaust gas through the reactant gas recirculation path. A pump-tempering apparatus increases the temperature of the pump unit and a controller controls the pump-tempering apparatus. After the controller receives a fuel cell system stop signal, the controller controls the pump-tempering apparatus such that the temperature of the pump unit becomes higher than the temperature of piping in the reactant gas recirculation path.

Fuel cell system and control method thereof

A gas/liquid separator is provided in which separation performance for fluid into gas and liquid is enhanced. A gas/liquid separator includes a body which separates a circulation gas into water and hydrogen gas in a separating space, a supply port from which the circulation gas flows into the inner space, the supply port being provided on the side wall surface forming the separating space, and a discharge port through which the separated hydrogen gas flows out of the separating space, the discharge port being provided on the side wall surface. In this case, the discharge port is provided above the supply port.

Gas/liquid separator

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Yokohama, Japan

Kotaro Akashi