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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell stackadapted for an electrochemical reaction of a fuel gas to generate an electric power is provided with a working point measuring sectionfor measuring a generation voltage and a generation current of the fuel cell stack, and connected to a controllerincluding an output characteristic map memoryfor storing output characteristics of the fuel cell stack, and a potential output power estimatorfor estimating a potential output power of the fuel cell stackbased on a combination of a current generation voltage Vand a current generation current Imeasured by the working point measuring sectionand pieces of information stored in the output characteristic map memory