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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Min Taek Kim, Seoul, KR;
Chang Hwan Ye, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Soon Gil Kweon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyo Jin Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A fault diagnostic apparatus for a fuel cell electric vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes: a main relay connected to a fuel cell stack; a power converter connected to the main relay; a heater relay connected to the fuel cell stack and the main relay at one end and connected to a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater at the other end; and a fuel cell control unit (FCU) connected with the main relay, the power converter, and the heater relay. The FCU diagnoses a fault of the main relay based on an amount of change in stack voltage according to control to turn off and on the heater relay and a power of the power converter according to variable control of a voltage of the power converter, when the vehicle enters a shutdown sequence, and outputs the diagnosed result.