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William F Sanderson, Jr

Rajit Johri

Craig Michael Mathie

Hao Wang

Zeng Qiu

Virgo Edwards

Steven Otis Pate

Seha Son

Valentina Mejia Mejia

Richard Charles Kosik

A system, such as for a fuel cell electric vehicle, includes a fuel cell stack (FCS) and a controller. The FCS is configured to provide, such as for vehicle propulsion, a stack power commensurate with a stack power request. The stack power is a product of a stack current of the FCS and a stack voltage of the FCS. The controller is configured to, upon the stack voltage meeting a predetermined threshold, control the FCS to increase the stack current to cause the FCS to provide an increased stack power commensurate with an increased stack power request.

Fuel cell system having maximum cell voltage constraint

A fuel cell anode purge line includes an elongated water-scavenging body having a single inlet portion, a single outlet portion having an outlet valve, and a scavenged reservoir configured to accumulate water and fluidly connect the inlet and outlet portions so as to direct a flow of purge gas from the inlet portion through the reservoir such that the purge gas entrains the water in the flow and transfers the water towards the outlet valve.

Fuel cell purge line system

The amount of regenerative braking that is applied to the wheels ( ) of a vehicle ( ) is based on ambient temperature and a lift-throttle event. An ambient temperature sensor ( ) monitors the temperature around the vehicle. Based on the temperature, a map is selected ( ). If a lift-throttle event occurs, then the map is applied ( ). Compression regenerative braking is reduced to zero if an anti-lock braking system event occurs or if the throttle is re-applied, or both ( ).

Temperature compensated lift-throttle regenerative braking

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William F Sanderson, Jr