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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Masatoshi Iio, Yokosuka, JP;
Masatoshi Iio, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle fuel cell system according to this invention comprises a controller () that compares a input running distance to a predetermined distance. When the input running distance is less than the predetermined distance, the controller () finishes running using only the hydrogen supplied from a hydrogen storage device () without starting a start-up combustor (). When the input running distance is larger than the predetermined distance, the controller () starts hydrogen supply from the hydrogen storage device (), and simultaneously starts warm-up of a reformer () by starting the start-up combustor (). When warm-up of the reformer () is complete, supply of hydrogen from the hydrogen storage device () finishes, and hydrogen supply from the reformer () starts.