Method and system for diagnosing state of fuel cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10910659-B2
Application number	US-201916299756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A method and system for diagnosing a state of fuel cell are provided. The system includes a signal measurement unit that has a high pass filter with a predetermined cut-off frequency and a voltage measurement circuit, and that measures a first AC voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis signal and a noise measurement unit including a band pass filter that has a predetermined pass band and a voltage measurement circuit, and that measures a second AC voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis noise. A controller calculates a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of fuel cell state diagnosis data based on the first and second AC voltages, determines the corresponding fuel cell state diagnosis data to be reliable when the SNR value is greater than a predetermined reference value, and applies the fuel cell state diagnosis data to a control of a fuel cell vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for diagnosing a state of fuel cell by a system for diagnosing a state of fuel cell, comprising:
measuring, by a controller, a first alternating current (AC) voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis signal by collecting fuel cell voltage signals greater than a predetermined cut-off frequency;
measuring, by the controller, a second AC voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis noise by collecting fuel cell voltage signals of a predetermined pass band;
calculating, by the controller, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of fuel cell state diagnosis data based on a signal region of the first AC voltage and a noise region of the second AC voltage; and
determining, by the controller, the corresponding fuel cell state diagnosis data to be reliable when the SNR value is greater than a predetermined reference value, and applying the fuel cell state diagnosis data to a control of a fuel cell vehicle,
wherein in the calculating of the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of fuel cell state diagnosis data the SNR is calculated by defining the band neighboring the signal frequency except the fuel cell state diagnosis signal frequency to be the noise region.

2. The method for diagnosing a state of fuel cell of claim 1 , further comprising:
measuring, by the controller, a voltage deviation that is a difference between a maximum voltage value and a minimum voltage value among the second AC voltage values.

3. The method for diagnosing a state of fuel cell of claim 2 , further comprising:
comparing, by the controller, the voltage deviation with a predetermined reference deviation while the SNR value is greater than the predetermined reference value; and
determining, by the controller, the corresponding fuel cell state diagnosis data to be reliable when the voltage deviation is less than the predetermined reference deviation.

4. The method for diagnosing a state of fuel cell of claim 1 , further comprising:
discarding, by the controller, the fuel cell state diagnosis data when the SNR value is less than the reference value.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Won Sangbok
• Kum Young Bum
• Jeong Kwi Seong

Classifications

• Y02T90/40

  Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M8/04641

  of the individual fuel cell · CPC title

• H01M8/04552

  of the individual fuel cell · CPC title

• H01M8/04992 Primary

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

• H01M2250/20

  Fuel cells in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title