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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Hiromichi Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Kiyohide Hibino, Saitama, JP;
Ryo Jinba, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Yamazaki, Saitama, JP;
Hiromichi Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Kiyohide Hibino, Saitama, JP;
Ryo Jinba, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Yamazaki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a fuel-cell electric vehicle is running at idle, and a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the vehicle comes into the idle state, forthcoming stopping of an operation of the vehicle is predicted, and the operation mode of a fuel cell is shifted to a residual water reduction mode in which residual water remaining inside the fuel cell is reduced. In the residual water reduction mode, for example, the amount of humidification for air to be supplied to the fuel cell is reduced, so that the air with reduced humidity passes through the fuel cell, to thereby increase the amount of residual water removed by the air. Accordingly, the residual water inside the fuel cell can be reduced before the actual stopping of the operation of the vehicle.