Method and circuit arrangement for setting an injection strategy for an injector of a fuel cell system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12580208-B2
Application number	US-202017428645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2020
Priority date	Feb 8, 2019
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A method for setting an injection strategy for an injector ( 1 ) by way of PWM signals in order to inject fuel in a fuel cell system ( 2 ), has the steps of: setting an injection frequency to a predefinable first value within a predefinable value range with a predefinable pulse duration in the PWM signal using a setting unit ( 3 ), and adjusting the injection frequency to a predefinable second value, different from the first value, within the predefinable value range using an adjustment unit ( 4 ), wherein the pulse duration of the PWM signal is kept constant in order to change a duty cycle of the PWM signal of the injection strategy. A corresponding circuit arrangement ( 8 ), a fuel cell system ( 2 ) and a computer program ( 9 ) are also described herein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . Method for setting an injection strategy for an injector ( 1 ) by way of a PWM, Pulse Width Modulated, signals in order to inject fuel in a fuel cell system ( 2 ), having the steps of:
setting an injection frequency to a predefinable first value within a predefinable value range with a predefinable pulse duration in the PWM signal using a setting unit ( 3 ), wherein for the PWM signal, when setting the injection frequency to the predefinable first value, a predefinable duty cycle is selected using a selection unit ( 7 ) on the basis of a lookup table, adjusting the injection frequency to a predefinable second value, different from the predefinable first value, within the predefinable value range using an adjusting unit ( 4 ), wherein the predefinable pulse duration of the PWM signal is kept constant in order to change the predefinable duty cycle of the PWM signal of the injection strategy; wherein the fuel cell system ( 2 ) has at least one fuel cell stack with an anode section and a cathode section and the method comprises the following steps: determining a current pressure value in the anode section using a determining unit ( 5 ), generating a difference value between the current pressure value and a setpoint value using a generating unit ( 6 ), and adjusting the injection frequency on the basis of the generated difference value using the adjusting unit ( 4 ).

2 . Method according to claim 1 , characterised in that, for an adjustment of the injection frequency, at least one operating parameter of the fuel cell system ( 2 ) is determined which is taken into consideration in a quality and/or in a quantity of the adjustment of the injection frequency.

3 . Method according to claim 1 , characterised in that the injection frequency is set or adjusted to a value between 0.2 Hz and 30 Hz.

Assignees

• Avl List Gmbh

Inventors

• Schenk Alexander
• Trojer Stefan
• Kogler Markus

Classifications

• H01M8/04753

  of fuel cell reactants · CPC title

• H01M8/04388 Primary

  of anode reactants at the inlet or inside the fuel cell · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M8/04089 Primary

  of gaseous reactants · CPC title