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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Yuji Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Kenichiro Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Chihiro Wake, Saitama, JP;
Go Kikuchi, Saitama, JP;
Koichiro Miyata, Saitama, JP;
Yuji Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Kenichiro Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Chihiro Wake, Saitama, JP;
Go Kikuchi, Saitama, JP;
Koichiro Miyata, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell system that can quickly transition to idling stop and can suppress degradation of the electrolyte membrane and decline in cell voltage during idling stop, without requiring a discharge resistor to be provided, and a control method thereof are provided. A fuel cell system () includes a fuel cell () configured by layering a plurality of fuel cell cells that generate power by reactant gas being supplied thereto, and a supply devicethat supplies reactant gas to the fuel cell (), in which idling stop control is initiated to supply air of a lower flow rate than during idling power generation to the fuel cell (), while producing lower current than during idling power generation from the fuel cell (), in a case of a predetermined condition being established during idling power generation.