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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
The fuel cell system includes: a fuel cellthat receives supply of reactant gas to generate power; output characteristic updating means for updating an output characteristic of the fuel cellbased on output current and output voltage measured by a current sensorand a voltage sensor; maximum power calculation means for calculating, using the output characteristic, the maximum power available at the fuel cell; and determination means for determining whether a value of the output characteristic is in an assumed situation where the output characteristic value is assumed to be temporarily lowered, wherein while the output characteristic value is determined by the determination means to be in the assumed situation, the maximum power calculation means calculates the maximum power using the output characteristic updated by the output characteristic updating means just before transition to the assumed situation.