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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2020
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyun Jae Lee, Seoul, KR;

Seong Cheol Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyo Seop Kim, Anseong-si, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04768 (2013.01); H01M 8/04067 (2013.01); H01M 8/0488 (2013.01); H01M 8/04723 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooling control system includes: a fuel cell stack formed with a cooling flow path in which hydrogen and oxygen are received and reacted, respectively, and coolant flows between separators; a coolant circulation line connected with the cooling flow path of the fuel cell stack, and having the coolant flowing therein; a cooling pump connected to the coolant circulation line to circulate the coolant to cool the fuel cell stack; a heat generation amount estimator for estimating the heat generation amount of the fuel cell stack; a coolant estimator for estimating an amount of the coolant to cool the fuel cell stack based on the heat generation amount of the fuel cell stack; and a driving controller for controlling the operation of the cooling pump based on the estimated amount of the coolant.


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