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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Sung Gone Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Yeong Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A power generation system and a power generation method for a fuel cell vehicle, the power generation system comprising a main line that sequentially and electrically connects a fuel cell, a high voltage DC-DC converter, and a high voltage battery; an external power consumption device connecting unit; and a controller that controls the fuel cell or the high voltage DC-DC converter by selecting a mode for supplying power to an external power consumption device by using only power generated by the fuel cell, a mode for supplying power to the external power consumption device by using only the high voltage battery, or a mode for operating the fuel cell or the high voltage DC-DC converter in a high efficiency output interval, according to power consumption of the external power consumption device.