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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Yeh-hung Lai, Webster, NY (US);
Pinkhas A. Rapaport, Penfield, NY (US);
Amit Nayar, Pittsford, NY (US);
Yeh-Hung Lai, Webster, NY (US);
Pinkhas A. Rapaport, Penfield, NY (US);
Amit Nayar, Pittsford, NY (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for preventing a fuel cell voltage potential reversal including determining a relationship between the cell resistance and the current of a fuel cell stack at which a fuel cell voltage potential reversal will occur, operating the fuel cell stack according to a power demand requested, and determining the maximum cell resistance of the fuel cells in the stack. If the maximum cell resistance exceeds a threshold value for the current at which the fuel cell stack is being operated, the operation of the fuel cell stack is restricted to prevent the fuel cell voltage potential from reversing.