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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Yuji Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Takuya Shirasaka, Saitama, JP;
Koichiro Miyata, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell device is equipped with an ECUwhich executes a start-up control of a fuel cell stack, and executes a normal electric distribution control, after completion of the start-up control, for controlling a supply flow rate of a fuel gas to an anode electrode and a supply flow rate of an oxidant gas to a cathode electrode, so that a predetermined target current is supplied from the fuel cell stackto an electric load. The ECUmakes a current adjustment elementto be in a state where a current larger than a minimum current necessary for the fuel cell stackin the normal electric distribution control is supplied from the fuel cell stackto the electric load, in the start-up control, during the period from starting of the supply of hydrogen to the anode electrodeuntil a gas channel of the anode electrodeis filled with hydrogen.