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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Daniel I. Harris, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Sriram Ganapathy, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Michael Cartwright, Rochester, NY (US);
Pinkhas A. Rapaport, Penfield, NY (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for enhancing the performance of fuel cells in fuel cell vehicles. Some embodiments comprise a current control module for controlling the application of a load to the fuel cell and a voltage monitoring module for monitoring one or more voltages within the fuel cell. The current control module may be configured to apply a delay period before applying a load to the fuel cell after the fuel cell has reached an open circuit voltage. In other embodiments, a fixed delay period may be applied before applying a load to the fuel cell after the fuel cell has reached an open circuit voltage or, for example, an incremental set of delay periods that increase as measured temperature decreases.