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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clark Hochgraf, Livonia, MI (US);
Prabhakar Singh, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
A control system ( ) for controlling the state of charge in an energy storage device ( ) by manipulating the voltage of a fuel cell ( ) through dynamic system modeling of predetermined parameters ( ) for the fuel cell ( ) as well as the energy storage device ( ). According to the method ( ) of the present invention, manipulation ( ) of predetermined parameters related to the fuel cell and the energy storage device control the energy storage device to a desired state of charge or divides the load current between the two devices.