Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090325004 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF FUEL CELL IN FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method for controlling output of a fuel cell to improve fuel efficiency of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle, in which the fuel cell is operated at a constant power at a maximum efficiency point, wherein the fuel cell and a storage means are directly connected if the output and energy of the storage means is insufficient, and the power generation of the fuel cell is stopped when the level of energy of the storage means is increased during stopping or during low power operation such that the fuel cell is intensively operated at the maximum efficiency point, thus improving the fuel efficiency of the fuel cell and the efficiency of the fuel cell system. | 12-31-2009 |
20100009219 | IDLE STOP-START CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention provides an idle stop-start control method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle including a fuel cell as a main power source and a storage means as an auxiliary power source, in which air and hydrogen supply is cut off during low power operation where the efficiency of the fuel cell is low and during regenerative braking such that residual oxygen and hydrogen are consumed to drop the voltage of a fuel cell stack, thus stopping the operation of the fuel cell. | 01-14-2010 |
20100098977 | CURRENT COLLECTOR OF END PLATE FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention provides a current collector of an end plate for a fuel cell and a method for controlling the same, in which a plurality of current collector plates having different resistance values is mounted on an end plate so that the current of a fuel cell is consumed during cold start and during low power operation to improve cold startability of the fuel cell and, further, the durability of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is improved due to an increase in voltage during low power operation. | 04-22-2010 |
20100104921 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a separator for a fuel cell, in which a water discharge hole such as a venturi tube or a water discharge means including a metal plate for condensing water is provided on a land of the separator being in contact with a gas diffusion layer (GDL) of a fuel cell so that water generated by a reaction is easily discharged from the GDL through the water discharge means. | 04-29-2010 |
20110025241 | SENSORLESS CONTROL METHOD OF HIGH PERFORMANCE PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DURING EMERGENCY OPERATION - The present invention provides a position sensorless control method of a high performance permanent magnet synchronous motor during emergency operation, which can accurately detect a magnetic pole position of the synchronous motor based on a position sensorless vector control using an adaptive observer configured based on a permanent magnet synchronous motor model. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029172 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR POSITION AND CREEP OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling motor position and creep of an electric vehicle, in which when a running vehicle is stopped, motor position control for maintaining the vehicle in the stopped position even when a brake pedal is released is performed, and then creep torque control is performed such that the vehicle is prevented from rolling backwards and suddenly starting when the vehicle is restarted after a stop on a slope. | 02-03-2011 |
20110053012 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED HUMIDIFICATION PERFORMANCE - The present invention provides a fuel cell system, which reduces the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack to a humidifier to increase the humidity thereof when the fuel cell stack operates at high temperature and high power, and thus improves the humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier and improves the performance of the fuel cell stack. | 03-03-2011 |
20110070515 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF FUEL CELL AT LOW TEMPERATURE - The present invention provides a method for controlling the operation of a fuel cell system at low temperature that can suitably prevent flooding in a cathode of a fuel cell stack during low-temperature operation, thus improving the operation stability and durability of the fuel cell stack. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a method for controlling the operation of a fuel cell system at low temperature, the method comprising determining whether the temperature of a fuel cell stack reaches a normal temperature; calculating, when it is determined that the temperature of the fuel cell stack is lower than the normal temperature, a target temperature at a cathode outlet to maintain water present in a cathode of the fuel cell stack in a vapor phase based on information related to an operation state of the fuel cell stack detected by an operation state detection means; and calculating a target amount of coolant based on the calculated target temperature at the cathode outlet and the information related to the operation state of the fuel cell stack, and controlling the amount of coolant supplied to the fuel cell stack based on the calculated target amount of coolant. | 03-24-2011 |
20140145500 | POWER DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL-SUPERCAPACITOR HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention provides a power distribution device and method for a fuel cell-supercapacitor hybrid vehicle, which can prevent an initial discharge of a supercapacitor during acceleration of the fuel cell-supercapacitor hybrid vehicle and, at the same time, enable the supercapacitor to provide power assist during high speed and high power operation. The power distribution device includes a relay mounted on a charge/discharge line between a fuel cell and a supercapacitor, a unidirectional buck converter disposed between an output terminal of the supercapacitor and a bus terminal of the fuel cell and outputting supercapacitor energy to the bus terminal of the fuel cell only when power assist is required, and a control means controlling the operation of the relay and the unidirectional buck converter. | 05-29-2014 |
20140288737 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A method of controlling power of the fuel cell vehicle includes dividing an expected driving path of the fuel cell vehicle into a plurality of sections and setting the plurality of sections according to a gradient, and comparing whether a predicted battery state of charge variation is within a battery charging/discharging allowance range for each of the plurality of divided sections The method further includes comparing predicted power with a predetermined maximum allowance power for each of the plurality of divided sections, and setting the plurality of divided sections as a battery charging/discharging prohibition section and a battery charging/discharging allowance section in advance according to a result of the comparison of the predicted battery state of charge variation and the predicted power. | 09-25-2014 |