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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dae Keun Chun, Seoul, KR;
Hwan Soo Shin, Uiwang-si, KR;
Hyun Suk Choo, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Keun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Hyuk Lee, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A fuel cell management method includes removing droplets remaining in a fuel cell stack using air supplied to a cathode and hydrogen supplied to an anode. Hydrogen and oxygen remaining are removed in the fuel cell stack by stopping the supply of the hydrogen and the air, and the hydrogen and the oxygen in the fuel cell stack are chemically reacted to remove residual hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is generated in the cathode of the fuel cell stack after removing the residual hydrogen and oxygen. The residual oxygen is additionally removed using the generated hydrogen, the generated hydrogen is absorbed on a surface of a catalyst layer formed on the anode and cathode and accelerating the chemical reaction of hydrogen and air.