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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Michio Yoshida, Miyoshi, JP;
Kenji Umayahara, Miyoshi, JP;
Atsushi Imai, Gamagori, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04664 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/0438 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04955 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04679 (2013.01); H01M 8/0488 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/04388 (2013.01); H01M 8/04402 (2013.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/04567 (2013.01); H01M 16/003 (2013.01); H01M 8/04589 (2013.01); H01M 8/04955 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, and a control portion that determines whether there is leakage of the fuel gas. The control portion has start means for starting the fuel cell by raising the voltage of the fuel cell from a starting voltage to an operation voltage that is lower than an open-circuit voltage, and leakage determination means for determining whether there is leakage of the fuel gas before the voltage of the fuel cell reaches the operation voltage when the fuel cell is started.