Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Kia Motor Corporation

Neoenbiz

Kyu Il Lee

Sung Gone Yoon

Kyung Won Suh

Jae Won Jung

Ji Tae Kim

Seong Pil Ryu

Boung Ho Min

Sang Uk Kwon

Gun Hyung Park

Seon Hak Kim

Soon Il Jeon

Sung Jin Chung

Soon Woo Kwon

Sang Hoon Lee

Nam Woo Lee

Joon Yong Lee

Seong Cheol Jeong

Sung Hwa Ok

Keun Bong Ham

Sung Suk Ok

Jun Young Kim

Dae Jong Kim

Seung Yoon Lee

Jun Young Park

Min Su Kang

Seo Ho Choi

Jung Hwan Ryu

Chang Seok Ryu

Tae Hee Park

Ho Sung Kang

Sung Ho Yoon

Jae Yeong Yoo

Jung Suk Lee

A condensate water drain control system for a fuel cell includes; a fuel cell stack configured to generate electric power through a chemical reaction of fuel, a fuel supply line configured to recirculate fuel drained from the fuel cell stack or supply fuel supplied from a fuel tank to the fuel cell stack, a water trap provided at the fuel supply line and configured to store condensate water generated in the fuel cell stack, a drain valve provided at an outlet of the water trap and configured to be opened or closed to allow or block drainage of the condensate water stored in the water trap, and a controller configured to control the drain valve to be closed on the basis of a state of supplying fuel to the fuel cell stack through the fuel supply line in a state of the drain valve is opened.

Condensate water drain control system and control method for fuel cell

Disclosed is a multi-fuel cell system and control method thereof in which when a plurality of fuel cell units electrically connected to each other, each including a fuel cell, an air compressor, and a humidifier, is cold-started, a first fuel cell unit, one of the plurality of fuel cell units, generates power in a defrost mode, an air compressor of a second fuel cell unit, another fuel cell unit, is driven by providing the power generated by the first fuel cell unit to the second fuel cell unit, and the first fuel cell unit generates power in a heating mode and the second fuel cell unit generates power in the defrost mode when the defrosting of the first fuel cell unit is completed.

Multi-fuel cell system and control method thereof

An apparatus and method for controlling hydrogen purging are provided. The hydrogen purging control apparatus includes a purge valve that is disposed at an outlet on an anode side of a fuel cell stack and is configured to adjust an amount of emission of hydrogen containing impurities. Additionally, a controller is configured to adjust an opening and closing cycle of the purge valve based on a required output or an output current of the fuel cell stack.

Apparatus and method for controlling hydrogen purging

A fuel cell temperature control apparatus includes: a driver propensity determination processor that determines a driver's propensity while a vehicle travels; a temperature control factor decision processor that determines a temperature control factor based on an ambient temperature and the driver's propensity to control the temperature of the fuel cell; and a storage that stores driver propensity determination information determined by the driver propensity determination processor.

Apparatus for controlling temperature of fuel cell and method thereof

A method and a system for controlling hydrogen supply for a fuel cell are provided. The method includes calculating a target hydrogen supply pressure, which is a target pressure value of hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack based on a required output. A fuel supply valve (FSV) duty is then adjusted based on the calculated target hydrogen supply pressure and modes are determined based on the FSV duty or actual hydrogen supply pressure measurements of a sensor. A hydrogen supply pressure measurement is calculated according to each of the determined modes and the FSV duty is corrected based on the calculated target hydrogen supply pressure and the hydrogen supply pressure measurement.

Method and system for controlling hydrogen supply for fuel cell

A restarting system, a controller, and a restarting method for a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The restarting system includes a consumption resistor connected in parallel to a high voltage line that connects between a fuel cell and a high voltage battery and a relay that adjusts the connection between the consumption resistor and the high voltage line. A controller operates the relay and when a shutdown request signal of the vehicle is input, charges the high voltage battery with residual generated power of the fuel cell or connects the relay to the consumption resistor to consume the residual generated power as the consumption resistance. When a starting request signal of the vehicle is input, the controller is reset when an output voltage of the fuel cell is reduced to be equal to or less than a required voltage and then output a starting permission signal of the vehicle.

Restarting system, controller and restarting method for fuel cell vehicle

A low flow control method for a fuel cell includes: determining whether or not the fuel cell enters a low flow control mode, dividing a low flow control operation into a plurality of low flow control stages upon determining that the fuel cell enters the low flow control mode, and controlling a power generation quantity of the fuel cell according to the low flow control stages.

Low flow control method and system for fuel cell

An external power supply system of a fuel cell vehicle is provided. The system includes a fuel cell and a high voltage battery that is connected to the fuel cell via a main bus terminal A charging/discharging unit executes charging or discharging of the high voltage battery. A power supply line is branched from the main bus terminal and connected to a load outside the vehicle to supply power of the fuel cell or the high voltage battery to the load outside the vehicle. A controller operates the fuel cell and the charging/discharging unit based on a magnitude in power supplied to the load outside the vehicle and a state of charge (SOC) of the high voltage battery.

External power supply system and supply method of fuel cell vehicle

A system for controlling a state of charge (SOC) of a battery includes a battery SOC control apparatus for controlling a revolution per minute (RPM) of an air blower based on the SOC of the battery and a number of charge/discharge cycles of the battery in a case where a vehicle is in a constant current driving state, and a memory device for storing the SOC of the battery calculated by the battery SOC control apparatus.

Apparatus for controlling battery state of charge, system having apparatus for controlling battery state of charge, and method for controlling battery state of charge

An integrated fuel cell control system is provided. The integrated fuel cell control system includes at least one sensor, at least one hydrogen on/off valve, and a fuel control unit (FCU). The FCU is configured to directly operate the at least one sensor and the at least one hydrogen on/off valve in real time and to determine a supply pressure of hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell. Thereby, noise between controllers may be removed and costs may be reduced.

Integrated fuel cell control system and operating method thereof

A system and method for controlling charging of a low-voltage battery are provided. The method includes determining a state of charge of the low-voltage battery of a vehicle based on a voltage of the low-voltage battery and determining a state of charge of the low-voltage battery based on a magnitude of consumed power of a low-voltage direct current (DC) converter (LDC) providing charged power to the low-voltage battery during a period in which vehicle start-up is performed. A charged voltage of the low-voltage battery is then set based on a determination result of the state of charge of the low-voltage battery.

Method and system for controlling charging of low-voltage battery

A system for measuring the insulation resistance of a fuel cell vehicle is provided. The system includes a fuel cell that supplies power, a rechargeable high-voltage battery, and a bidirectional converter, disposed between an output terminal of the fuel cell and the high-voltage battery, to adjust a voltage at the output terminal of the fuel cell. A fast measurement unit measures the insulation resistance of the fuel cell vehicle by being connected to the output terminal of the fuel cell and a second measurement unit measures the insulation resistance of the fuel cell vehicle by being connected to the output terminal of the high-voltage battery. A controller operates the bidirectional converter based on the state of the fuel cell vehicle and measure the insulation resistance of the fuel cell vehicle using the first measurement unit or the second measurement unit.

System and method for measuring insulation resistance of fuel cell vehicle

A shut down system of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a fuel cell configured to output a high voltage; a rechargeable high voltage battery; a bidirectional converter arranged between an output terminal of the fuel cell and the high voltage battery; a first relay arranged between the fuel cell and the bidirectional converter; and a controller configured to control a voltage of the bidirectional converter when the fuel cell vehicle stalls to reduce a voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell and turn off the first relay when a voltage value of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage reference value.

Shut down system and control method of fuel cell vehicle

A method and system for maintaining stability of a system of a fuel cell vehicle are provided to prevent malfunction of sensors of a low voltage DC-DC converter and the respective controllers. A start timing of a fault diagnosis for the low voltage DC-DC converter and the respective controllers is determined and a deviation between voltages of the sensors of the low voltage DC-DC converter and the respective controllers is detected to determine whether the low voltage DC-DC converter and the respective controllers fail.

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Kyu Il Lee