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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04302 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04992 (2016.01); H01M 8/04828 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04302 (2016.02); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 8/04768 (2013.01); H01M 8/04828 (2013.01); H01M 8/04992 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A low-temperature startup method for a fuel cell, includes detecting a temperature of the fuel cell. It is determined whether the temperature is lower than a threshold temperature. A drying operation to dry the fuel cell is increased when the temperature is determined to be lower than the threshold temperature upon starting the fuel cell to generate electric power via an electrochemical reaction between fuel gas and oxidant gas.