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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Maeshima, Yokohama, JP;
Keigo Ikezoe, Ayase, JP;
Yasushi Ichikawa, Hayama-machi, JP;
Takahiro Fujii, Hayama-machi, JP;
Takashi Naka, Yokosuka, JP;
Daigo Iwasaki, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack configured to generate power according to a load, a fuel tank configured to store fuel gas, a pressure regulating valve configured to regulate a pressure of the fuel gas supplied from the fuel tank to the fuel cell stack, a purge valve configured to purge the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack and a controller for controlling the system. The controller includes a pulsating unit configured to cause a fuel gas pressure of the fuel cell stack to pulsate, and a pressure increasing rate setting unit configured to set a pressure increasing rate of the pulsation of the fuel gas pressure according to an operating state.