Driving control method and system of fuel cell system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484586-B2
Application number	US-201414554228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Jul 15, 2014
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A driving control method and system of a fuel cell system are provided. The method includes monitoring an exterior temperature. In addition, the method includes increasing hydrogen pressure at an anode side of a fuel cell stack when the exterior temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature during the monitoring.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving control method of a fuel cell system, comprising:
monitoring, by a controller, an exterior temperature;
increasing, by the controller, hydrogen pressure at an anode side of a fuel cell stack when the outdoor temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature during the monitoring process;
adjusting, by the controller, a difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side to a preset pressure or less when a temperature of the fuel cell stack is greater than a preset stack temperature; and
re-increasing, by the controller, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side of the fuel cell stack when the exterior temperature is less than the preset exterior temperature when a fuel cell vehicle is stopped.

2. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is increased to an allowable maximum value.

3. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein in the re-increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is re-increased to an allowable maximum value.

4. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is increased to maintain the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side to a preset first pressure.

5. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is increased to change the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side based on a temperature of the fuel cell stack.

6. The driving control method of claim 5 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure is increased to decrease the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and the air pressure at the cathode side as the temperature of the fuel cell stack is increased.

7. The driving control method of claim 5 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure is increased to cause the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and the air pressure at the cathode side to become a maximum value when the temperature of the fuel cell stack is less than the preset stack temperature.

8. The driving control method of claim 1 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is increased to change the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side based on an internal resistance value of the fuel cell stack.

9. The driving control method of claim 8 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure is increased to increase the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side as the internal resistance value of the fuel cell stack becomes lower than a preset reference internal resistance value.

10. The driving control method of claim 8 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure is increased to cause the difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side to become a maximum value when the internal resistance value of the fuel cell stack becomes lower than a preset reference internal resistance value at a predetermined ratio or less.

11. A driving control system of a fuel cell system, comprising:
a memory configured to store program instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to:
monitor an exterior temperature;
increase hydrogen pressure at an anode side of a fuel cell stack when the outdoor temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature during the monitoring process;
adjust a difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side to a preset pressure or less when a temperature of the fuel cell stack is greater than a preset stack temperature after increasing the hydrogen pressure; and
re-increase the hydrogen pressure at the anode side of the fuel cell stack when the exterior temperature is less than the preset exterior temperature when a fuel cell vehicle is stopped after adjusting the difference.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein in the increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is increased to an allowable maximum value.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein in the re-increasing of the hydrogen pressure, the hydrogen pressure at the anode side is re-increased to an allowable maximum value.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that monitor an exterior temperature;
program instructions that increase hydrogen pressure at an anode side of a fuel cell stack when the outdoor temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature during the monitoring process;
program instructions that adjust a difference between the hydrogen pressure at the anode side and air pressure at a cathode side to a preset pressure or less when a temperature of the fuel cell stack is greater than a preset stack temperature after increasing the hydrogen pressure; and
program instructions that re-increase the hydrogen pressure at an anode side of the fuel cell stack when the exterior temperature is less than a preset exterior temperature when a fuel cell vehicle is stopped after adjusting the difference.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Jae Jun
• Jeong Kwi Seong

Classifications

• H01M8/0432 Primary

  Temperature; Ambient temperature · CPC title

• H01M2250/20

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

• H01M8/04753

  of fuel cell reactants · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• 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