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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Kota Manabe, Toyota, JP;

Hiroyuki Imanishi, Toyota, JP;

Tomoya Ogawa, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04037 (2013.01); H01M 8/0488 (2013.01); H01M 8/0491 (2013.01); H01M 8/04268 (2013.01); H01M 8/04335 (2013.01); H01M 8/04358 (2013.01); H01M 8/04365 (2013.01); H01M 8/04388 (2013.01); H01M 8/04395 (2013.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/04567 (2013.01); H01M 8/04589 (2013.01); H01M 8/04731 (2013.01); H01M 8/04873 (2013.01); H01M 8/04902 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); H01M 8/04492 (2013.01); H01M 8/04649 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell system includes; a fuel cell which generates electricity by using a fuel gas and an oxidant gas as reaction gases; current control means which controls current of a fuel cell; voltage control means which controls voltage of the fuel cell; and heat value control means which calculates a heat value required by the fuel cell system and decides a target current value of the current control means and a target voltage value of the voltage control means so as to generate the calculated necessary heat amount, thereby controlling the heat value. Thus, it is possible to supply a heat required for the fuel cell system without increasing the size of the fuel cell system.


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