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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shigeru Toda, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2475 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/0213 (2016.01); H01M 8/0226 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); H01M 8/0213 (2013.01); H01M 8/0226 (2013.01); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell system includes: a partial oxidation reformer; a fuel cell stack; a CO sensor configured to detect a CO concentration in a fuel gas produced in the partial oxidation reformer and introduced into the fuel cell stack; a mixing ratio adjusting unit configured to adjust a mixing ratio of a raw fuel and air supplied to the partial oxidation reformer; a target CO concentration setting unit configured to set a target CO concentration in the fuel gas introduced into the fuel cell stack; and a mixing control unit configured to control operation of the mixing ratio adjusting unit such that the CO concentration detected by the CO sensor becomes the target CO concentration.


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