Shut down system and control method of fuel cell vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10147960-B2
Application number	US-201615378755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Sep 5, 2016
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A shut down system of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a fuel cell configured to output a high voltage; a rechargeable high voltage battery; a bidirectional converter arranged between an output terminal of the fuel cell and the high voltage battery; a first relay arranged between the fuel cell and the bidirectional converter; and a controller configured to control a voltage of the bidirectional converter when the fuel cell vehicle stalls to reduce a voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell and turn off the first relay when a voltage value of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage reference value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shut down system of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
a fuel cell configured to output a high voltage;
a rechargeable high voltage battery;
a bidirectional converter arranged between an output terminal of the fuel cell and the high voltage battery;
a first relay arranged between the fuel cell and the bidirectional converter;
a controller configured to control a voltage of the bidirectional converter when the fuel cell vehicle stalls to reduce a voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell and turn off the first relay when a voltage value of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage reference value;
a resistor part configured to consume the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell; and
a second relay arranged between the fuel cell and the resistor part,
wherein the controller turns on the second relay when the fuel cell vehicle stalls to allow the resistor part to consume the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell.

2. The shut down system of claim 1 , wherein the controller turns off the second relay when the voltage value of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage minimum value.

3. The shut down system of claim 1 , wherein the controller turns off the first relay when a preset reference time lapses after turning on the second relay.

4. The shut down system of claim 1 , wherein the controller turns off the first relay when chargeable power of the high voltage battery based on the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset power reference value.

5. The shut down system of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls a voltage of the bidirectional converter so that the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is reduced to a preset rate of change.

6. A shut down control method of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
controlling, by a controller, a voltage of a bidirectional converter provided between a fuel cell and a high voltage battery when the fuel cell vehicle stalls to reduce a voltage of an output terminal of the fuel cell;
turning off, by the controller, a first relay provided between the fuel cell and the bidirectional converter when the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage reference value; and
turning on, by the controller, a second relay provided between a resistor part provided to consume the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell and the fuel cell when the vehicle stalls.

7. The shut down control method of claim 6 , further comprising:
turning off, by the controller, the second relay when the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage minimum value.

8. The shut down control method of claim 6 , further comprising:
turning off, by the controller, the first relay when a preset reference time lapses after turning on the second relay.

9. The shut down control method of claim 6 , further comprising:
turning off, by the controller, the first relay when chargeable power of the high voltage battery based on the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset power reference value.

10. The shut down control method of claim 6 , wherein the controller controls the voltage of the bidirectional converter so that the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is reduced to a preset rate of change.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that control a voltage of a bidirectional converter provided between a fuel cell and a high voltage battery when a fuel cell vehicle stalls to reduce a voltage of an output terminal of the fuel cell;
program instructions that turn off a first relay provided between the fuel cell and the bidirectional converter when the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage reference value; and
program instructions that turn on a second relay provided between a resistor part provided to consume the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell and the fuel cell when the vehicle stalls.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
program instructions that turn off the second relay when the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset voltage minimum value.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
program instructions that turn off the first relay when a preset reference time lapses after turning on the second relay.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
program instructions that turn off the first relay when chargeable power of the high voltage battery based on the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is below a preset power reference value.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the voltage of the bidirectional converter is controlled so that the voltage of the output terminal of the fuel cell is reduced to a preset rate of change.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Kyu Il
• Yoo Jae Yeong
• Ok Sung Suk

Classifications

• H01M8/04992

  characterised by the implementation of mathematical or computational algorithms, e.g. feedback control loops, fuzzy logic, neural networks or artificial intelligence · CPC title

• H01M8/04873 Primary

  of the individual fuel cell · CPC title

• H01M8/04303 Primary

  applied during shut-down · CPC title

• B60L58/31

  for starting of fuel cells · CPC title

• B60Y2200/91

  Electric vehicles · CPC title