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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Masahiro Mohri, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasunori Kotani, Utsunomiya, JP;
Chikara Iwasawa, Saitama, JP;
Junji Uehara, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroto Chiba, Utsunomiya, JP;
Osamu Ohgami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroaki Ohta, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahiro Mohri, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasunori Kotani, Utsunomiya, JP;
Chikara Iwasawa, Saitama, JP;
Junji Uehara, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroto Chiba, Utsunomiya, JP;
Osamu Ohgami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroaki Ohta, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of starting operation of a fuel cell stack includes the steps of performing gas replacement by supplying a fuel gas to a fuel gas flow field from a downstream side of the fuel gas flow field through a fuel gas discharge passage, and supplying an oxygen-containing gas to an oxygen-containing gas flow field from an upstream side of the oxygen-containing gas flow field through an oxygen-containing gas supply passage. After the step of performing gas replacement, normal power generation is carried out by supplying the fuel gas to the fuel gas flow field from an upstream side of the fuel gas flow field through a fuel gas supply passage, and supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the oxygen-containing gas flow field from the upstream side of the oxygen-containing gas flow field through the oxygen-containing gas supply passage.