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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Junji Morita, Kyoto, JP;
Akinori Yukimasa, Nara, JP;
Takehiko Ise, Osaka, JP;
Miki Abe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshito Usuki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell which generates electric power by using a hydrogen gas and an oxidizing gas, a hydrogen gas supply route where the hydrogen gas to be supplied to an anode of the fuel cell flows, an anode off-gas discharge route for discharging an anode off-gas discharged from the anode of the fuel cell to outside, an anode off-gas discharge valve provided to the anode off-gas discharge route, and a controller which causes the anode off-gas discharge valve to be opened when a temperature of any of the hydrogen gas supply route, the anode of the fuel cell, the anode off-gas discharge route, and the anode off-gas discharge valve becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature.