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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
Nobuyuki Orihashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsunemasa Nishida, Toyota, JP;
Hitoshi Hamada, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Tokuda, Miyoshi, JP;
Junji Nakanishi, Kasugai, JP;
Tsutomu Ochi, Miyoshi, JP;
Shinji Matsuo, Kiyosu, JP;
Takahiro Nitta, Nishio, JP;
Nobuyuki Orihashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsunemasa Nishida, Toyota, JP;
Hitoshi Hamada, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Tokuda, Miyoshi, JP;
Junji Nakanishi, Kasugai, JP;
Tsutomu Ochi, Miyoshi, JP;
Shinji Matsuo, Kiyosu, JP;
Takahiro Nitta, Nishio, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, anode gas pressure adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of an anode gas supplied to the fuel cell, and cathode gas pressure adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of a cathode gas supplied to the fuel cell. The system further includes pressure control means that sets the pressure of the anode gas that is supplied when starting the fuel cell higher than the pressure of the anode gas that is supplied during power generation in the fuel cell, and controls the anode gas pressure adjusting means and the cathode gas pressure adjusting means so that a cathode gas pressure increase is started in accordance with the start of an anode gas pressure increase when the pressure of the anode gas is increased to the set pressure.