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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
SK Innovation Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Snu R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Byung Hee Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Seong Je Wu, Daejeon, KR;
Kyung Bin Yoo, Daejeon, KR;
Naehyuck Chang, Seoul, KR;
Jaemin Kim, Seoul, KR;
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling a fuel cell system, which includes multiple hot boxes including multiple fuel cell stacks, using a reconfigurable network having linear switching complexity, includes: a power conversion system for supplying outputs of normal stacks among the multiple fuel cell stacks to a load; at least one auxiliary power conversion system for supplying an output of at least one deteriorated stack among the multiple stacks to a load; a reconfigurable switch network for connecting in series or in parallel stacks of any hot box to stacks of another hot box; and a control unit for controlling an operation of the reconfigurable switch network by detecting a state of each of the stacks.