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| 20090092870 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a fuel cell system of dead end type capable of generating power with high efficiency. A fuel cell system | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090098435 | FUEL CELLS - In a fuel cell stack, each separator is constructed by sequentially stacking and joining an anode-facing plate | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090130520 | FUEL BATTERY - A fuel cell that can prevent local accumulation of a reaction-irrelevant gas in the fuel cell. A gas diffusion layer is stacked on a membrane electrode assembly, which is a stack of an electrolyte membrane and electrode catalyst layers. A separator including gas flow channels is attached to the gas diffusion layer such that the gas flow channels are adjacent to the gas diffusion layer. A gas distribution channel through which gas supplied to the membrane electrode assembly flows is formed in the separator. The gas flow channels communicate with the gas distribution channel at upstream ends thereof and are substantially closed at downstream ends thereof. The gas flow channels are configured so that downstream parts of the gas flow channels and upstream parts of the gas flow channels are adjacent to each other. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100104912 | FUEL CELL AND VEHICLE HAVING FUEL CELL - A fuel cell has: an electrolyte; an anode provided on one side of the electrolyte and having a fuel-gas consuming face at which fuel gas is consumed; a cathode provided on the other side of the electrolyte and having an oxidizing-gas consuming face at which oxidizing gas is consumed; and a fuel-gas passage portion forming a passage through which fuel gas is supplied to predetermined regions of the fuel-gas consuming face of the anode. The fuel cell has an operation mode in which almost the entire amount of the supplied fuel gas is consumed at the fuel-gas consuming face of the anode. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100167150 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a simple and compact fuel cell system that prevents degradation of the performance of a fuel cell stack due to accumulation of impurities and improves fuel efficiency by reducing discharge of a fuel gas. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100173219 | FUEL CELL BATTERY SYSTEM - A fuel cell battery ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110008703 | FUEL CELL WITH DEAD-END ANODE - A fuel cell ( | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20100183944 | FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL-EQUIPPED VEHICLE, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE UNIT - The invention provides a fuel cell, which includes: an electrolyte; an anode that is placed on one side of the electrolyte and has a fuel gas consumption surface on which fuel gas is consumed; a cathode that is placed on the other side of the electrolyte; and a fuel gas passage having a first passaged for distributing fuel gas to previously set regions on the fuel gas supply surface, a second passage for supplying the distributed fuel gas to the regions, and a fuel gas supply portion for supplying fuel gas from the first passage to the second passage. The fuel cell consumes most of the supplied fuel gas in the regions on the fuel gas consumption surface. A fuel gas passage has a fuel gas leakage suppression portion for suppressing leakage of fuel gas between the first passage and the second passage. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100323270 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes: an anode-forming layer that is provided on an outer side of one surface of an electrolyte membrane and that includes an anode; a cathode provided on an outer side of another surface of the electrolyte membrane; a partition wall portion that is formed in the anode-forming layer in the thickness direction thereof, and that divides at least a surface of the anode-forming layer remote from the electrolyte membrane into blocks, and that restrains movement of a gas between adjacent blocks; and a gas introduction portion which has a gas passage portion that allows the fuel gas to pass through and which introduces the fuel gas, via the gas passage portion, into the blocks divided by the partition wall portion. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120214082 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is disclosed comprising: a power generation layer including an electrolyte membrane, and an anode and a cathode provided on respective surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; a fuel gas flow path layer located on a side of the anode of the power generation layer to supply a fuel gas to the anode while flowing the fuel gas along a flow direction of the fuel gas approximately orthogonal to a stacking direction in which respective layers of the fuel cell are stacked; and an oxidizing gas flow path layer located on a side of the cathode of the power generation layer to supply an oxidizing gas to the cathode while flowing the oxidizing gas along a flow direction of the oxidizing gas opposed to the flow direction of the fuel gas. A power generation area of the fuel cell, in which electric power is generated, has an upstream region including a most upstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas and a downstream region including a most downstream position along the flow direction of the fuel gas. A midstream region, which is a remaining region of the power generation area other than the upstream region and the downstream region, has higher water vapor transfer resistance between the anode side and the cathode side than the upstream region and the downstream region. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130089798 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell system | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130149628 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING AMIOUNT OF LIQUID WATER IN FUEL CELL, METHOD OF ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF LIQUID WATER DISCHARGED FROM FUEL CELL, ESTIMATION APPARATUS OF LIQUID WATER AMOUNT IN FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The procedure of the invention successively obtains an estimated value of amount of liquid water in a fuel cell during operation in each specified period by the following steps (a) to (d), thereby improving the detection accuracy of the water condition inside the fuel cell. The step (a) obtains a previous estimated value. The step (b) obtains a drainage rate that represents an amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell per unit time, based on the previous estimated value and a value representing a current flow rate of a reactive gas in the fuel cell. The step (c) multiplies the drainage rate by a period of obtaining the estimated value, so as to calculate an amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell for a specified duration. The step (d) determines a current estimated value, based on the amount of liquid water discharged from the fuel cell for the specified duration. | 06-13-2013 |
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| 20090174587 | CURRENT SWITCH CIRCUIT AND D/A CONVERTER, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - [Means for Solving the Problem] In a current switch circuit A used for a current steering D/A converter, a current switch basic circuit | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100315276 | CURRENT SWITCH CIRCUIT AND D/A CONVERTER, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - [Means for Solving the Problem] In a current switch circuit A used for a current steering D/A converter, a current switch basic circuit | 12-16-2010 |
| 20130018262 | FATTY TISSUE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEAANM Matsunaka; ToshiyukiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Matsunaka; Toshiyuki Tokyo JPAANM Horinaka; HiromichiAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Horinaka; Hiromichi Osaka JPAANM Morikawa; HiroyasuAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Morikawa; Hiroyasu Osaka JPAANM Ogawa; TomohiroAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Ogawa; Tomohiro Osaka JP - Provided is a fatty tissue image display device capable of displaying an index indicating the degree of progress of fatty change. The fatty tissue image display device is provided with a light source ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20140118786 | OPERATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION METHOD - An operation device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a touch panel, storage portion, and display reception portion. The touch panel displays a predetermined screen, and, when a key representing a predetermined name has been pressed on the screen, receives an input of a setting condition regarding the key. The storage portion stores as a table a name of a key displayed on the screen and an alternative name in association with each other, the alternative name being different from the name and representing a function substantially equivalent to a function of the name. The display reception portion, if an alternative name exists for a name in the table, displays, near a key of the name for which the alternative name exists, the alternative name corresponding to the name. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20150032439 | OPERATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Operation device which, when user selects predetermined language key, switches display character sets of display language displayed on screen to translated character sets of translation language specified by predetermined language key. Operation device includes language switch portion and display character retrieval portion. Language switch portion judges whether all translated character sets of translation language specified by selected language key exist in correspondence with display character sets. Display character retrieval portion checks whether same character set as display character set of display language corresponding to missing translated character set exists in other display character sets of display language when not all translated character sets exist. When same character set as display character set of display language exists in other display character sets, language switch portion substitutes another translated character set of translation language, which corresponds to same character set that exists in other display character sets, for missing translated character set. | 01-29-2015 |
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| 20090103014 | Cellulose Acylate Film, and Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - A cellulose acylate film comprising: (A) at least one retardation regulator that has an absorbance, in terms of a 1.0 g/liter solution, of 0.1 or less for a 1 cm path length within a wavelength region of 450 nm or greater but not greater than 800 nm; and (B) at least one near infrared absorber that has at least one maximum absorption wavelength at 700 nm or greater but not greater than 1200 nm and has an absorbance, in terms of a 1.0 g/liter solution, of 30.0 or less for a 1 cm path length within a wavelength region of 450 nm or greater but not greater than 650 nm. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090117294 | CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A cellulose derivative film having high optical isotropy over the whole visible region and high durability against high temperature and humidity conditions is provided. The film contains a cellulose derivative having a substituent the polarizability anisotropy Δα (=αx−(αy+αz)/2) of which is 2.5×10 | 05-07-2009 |
| 20150227246 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To make it possible to exclusively treat an operating input to a touch sensor or an operating input to an operating key different from the touch center as an operating input serving as a basis for the performance of processing. A processing executing section ( | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150254396 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication section receives a connection request from a game controller to connect the game controller with an information processing apparatus. A registered user information holding section holds biometric information of a user registered in the information processing apparatus. A biometric authentication portion compares biometric information of a user included in a taken image with biometric information held in the registered user information holding section to determine whether the imaged user is a user registered in the information processing apparatus. After the imaged user is found to be a user registered in the information processing apparatus, a login controller executes login processing of the user, or to be more specific, stores information for identifying a device included in the taken image and information for identifying the user into a login user storage portion by relating these items of information with each other. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150281296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A streaming data acquisition section | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150370342 | CHARACTER STRING INPUT SYSTEM - The present invention is intended to realize character string input using two or more devices by an efficient technique. A character string input system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a first input device and acquires a first character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The second information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a second input device and acquires a second character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The first information processing apparatus outputs an input character string on the basis of the first character string acquired by the time input of the second character string is started by use of the second input device and the second character string. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160112399 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A login controller has a function of allowing a user to log in to an information processing apparatus. A sign-in controller has a function of allowing the user to sign in to a network service provided by a server. At login time, a login information receiving unit receives a pass code input by the user for login authentication. A login processing unit performs login authentication using the received pass code. If it is determined that the pass code received by the login processing unit is incorrect, a sign-in processing unit causes the user to sign out of the network service. When the user again signs in to the network service, a screen generating unit receives the pass code for login authentication. A registration processing section then registers the received pass code in a registered user information holding section as a new pass code. | 04-21-2016 |
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| 20140037918 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR USE IN INK JET METHOD AND RECORDED OBJECT - An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition contains a polymerizable compound; and an aluminum pigment subjected to a surface treatment with a phosphate compound. The aluminum pigment subjected to the surface treatment with the phosphate compound is subjected to an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer to obtain an X-ray photoelectron spectrum having a wave form. Thereafter, when a waveform separation was performed by using a Voigt function in such an X-ray photoelectron spectrum, the X-ray photoelectron spectrum has peaks in the rage of 190 eV or more but 192 eV or less. A printed object is also provided. The printed object is produced by applying the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and then irradiating the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition with an ultraviolet ray. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140093709 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR USE IN INK JET METHOD AND PRINTED OBJECT - An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and a polyether based solvent. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. An amount of the polyether based solvent contained in the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is in the range of 0.05 mass % or more but 7.0 mass % or less. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140154480 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR USE IN INK JET METHOD AND PRINTED OBJECT - An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and a liquid component having an alicyclic structure including a hetero atom. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. An amount of the liquid component contained in the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is in the range of 0.05 mass % or more but 7.0 mass % or less. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140154481 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR USE IN INK JET METHOD AND PRINTED OBJECT - An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound and metal powder. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. A polymerizable compound includes a monomer having an alicyclic structure. This makes it possible to provide the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition which has excellent storage stability, can provide excellent dispersion stability of the metal particles of the metal powder. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition. | 06-05-2014 |
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| 20130196125 | RECORDING MATERIAL - A recording material produced by using an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder includes a recording medium and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The thickness of the print layer is T (μm). When an area that is thickness 0.5T (μm) from an outer surface in the print layer is a first area and an area that is thickness 0.5T (μm) from a contact surface contacting the recording medium in the print layer is a second area, a ratio of the glittering powder included in the first area of the print layer is more than 70 percent by volume and less than 95 percent by volume, and a ratio of the glittering powder included in the second area of the print layer is more than 5 percent by volume and less than 30 percent by volume. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196126 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR INKJET AND RECORDING MATERIAL - An ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet, which is discharged by an inkjet method, includes a polymerized compound, a metal powder, and a dispersant. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent. The dispersant has a polymeric structure in a basic. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196127 | COMPOSITION FOR INKJET AND RECORDING MATERIAL - A composition for inkjet adapted to be discharged by an inkjet method includes a metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. The metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane compound and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester as a surface preparation agent. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140302291 | RECORDING MATERIAL - A recording material includes an ultraviolet-curable composition for inkjet that includes a polymerized compound and a glittering powder to produce the recording material, a recording medium, and a print layer formed on the recording medium. The content rate of the glittering powder in the print layer is more than 0.1 percent by volume and less than 5.0 percent by volume. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150145935 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method includes discharging a composition including a metal powder, an organic solvent, and a binder resin. Metal or metal alloy constitutes at least a surface of the metal powder, and the surface of the metal powder is treated by a surface preparation with a fluorinated silane composition and/or a fluorinated phosphate ester. | 05-28-2015 |
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| 20150112003 | PIGMENT DISPERSION LIQUID AND SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - A pigment dispersion liquid is a pigment dispersion liquid for a solvent-based ink including a base metal pigment and an organic solvent, in which the base metal pigment is subjected to a surface treatment by a fluorine-based compound, and in which the concentration of a fluorine element is from 8 atm % to 35 atm % when an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of the surface of the base metal pigment is performed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150125671 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF RECORDING MATERIAL, AND RECORDING MATERIAL - A recording material includes applying a first ink including a first polymerized compound using an inkjet method, polymerizing the first polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a first layer, applying a second ink containing a second polymerized compound and metal powder on the area on which the first layer is formed using the inkjet method, and polymerizing the second polymerized compound using ultraviolet light irradiation to form a second layer. A discharged volume of the first ink in the area is 2.0 to 20.0 g/m | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150210859 | BASE METAL PIGMENT, AQUEOUS BASE METAL PIGMENT DISPERSION LIQUID, AND AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION - Disclosed herein is a base metal pigment, which is used for an aqueous ink composition containing water as a part of a solvent, in which the base metal pigment is surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound, and has a zeta potential of greater than or equal to −50 mV and less than or equal to −15 mV, as measured by an ultrasonic zeta potential measurement device, in a pH range of greater than or equal to 5 and less than or equal to 10. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150224795 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes forming an under layer by applying an active energy ray curable first ink composition which contains a metallic pigment to a printing medium, forming an intermediate layer by applying an active energy ray curable second ink composition to the under layer, and forming a first image by applying the first ink composition to the intermediate layer. In addition, it is possible to include irradiating of active energy rays onto the under layer before the forming of the intermediate layer, irradiating of active energy rays onto the intermediate layer before the forming of the first image, and irradiating of active energy rays onto the first image after the forming of the first image. | 08-13-2015 |
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| 20160133963 | RESIDUAL WATER SCAVENGING PROCESSING METHOD IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method includes predicting, while fuel cell system is operated, whether or not the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined temperature; performing, when it is predicted that the outside temperature becomes equal to or less than the first predetermined temperature, residual water scavenging processing on only an oxidizer gas supply/discharge mechanism and thereafter stopping the operation of the fuel cell system; predicting, after the stop of the operation of the fuel cell system, whether or not the temperature of a predetermined component included in the fuel cell system becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined temperature; and performing the residual water scavenging processing on the fuel gas supply/discharge mechanism when it is predicted that the temperature of the predetermined component becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined temperature. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133967 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL AND OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF FUEL CELL - The operation control method of a fuel cell includes acquiring a startup temperature of the fuel cell; acquiring a present temperature of the fuel cell; setting a present target operation point of the fuel cell that is identified by an output voltage value and an output current value based on the startup temperature, or based on the startup temperature and the present temperature; controlling at least one of the flow of the reaction gas supplied to the fuel cell, and an output voltage of the fuel cell so that the operation point of the fuel cell becomes the target operation point, and setting the target operation point includes a process of setting an operation point having a low output voltage value as the target operation point when the startup temperature is low as compared to the case when the startup temperature is high, if the present temperature is the same. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133971 | FLOW CONTROL METHOD OF COOLING MEDIUM IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The method comprises: determining whether or not an inlet temperature is equal to or above a lower-limit temperature of a temperature range in which generated water does not freeze within the fuel cell; and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to become more than the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is equal to or above the lower-limit temperature, and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to be equal to or below the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is not equal to or above the lower-limit temperature. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160141650 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a fuel gas path supplied with fuel and allowing a part of fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell to circulate; an exhaust mechanism discharging the reacted fuel gas to an outside; a circulation mechanism circulating the fuel gas; and a control unit configured to temporarily stop circulation of the fuel gas by the circulation mechanism when determining that discharge from the exhaust mechanism is not normal, drive the circulation mechanism so that the fuel gas circulates at a first circulation speed when determining that the discharge is not normal and a parameter relating to water vapor in the fuel gas path is equal to a predetermined value or greater, and drive the circulation mechanism so that the fuel gas circulates at a second circulation speed greater than the first circulation speed when determining that the discharge is normal. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141665 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - To provide technology that is capable of inhibiting a decrease in starting properties of a pump in a low-temperature environment. A fuel cell system is equipped with a control unit, a fuel cell, and a pump. The control unit acquires the temperature of the fuel cell as a parameter expressing the temperature of the pump while operation of the fuel cell is stopped. The control unit rotates rotation body of the pump when it is detected that the temperature of the pump is a threshold value or less set within a predetermined range lower than the freezing point based on the detected temperature of the fuel cell. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141671 | WATER DRAINAGE DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, MOVING BODY AND CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object is to provide a technique that suppresses excessive water drainage from a fuel cell. A water drainage device for fuel cell that drains water from inside of a fuel cell, includes: a purge gas supply system; an operation unit; a water drainage controller; and a water content acquirer. The operation unit receives a water drainage command from a user to give an instruction of purging out water from inside of the fuel cell by the purge gas supply system. When the water content obtained by the water content acquirer is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, the water drainage controller performs either one of: (i) a process of invalidating the water drainage command received by the operation unit; and (ii) a process of changing a processing condition of the purge process to decrease an amount of water drained by the purge process, compared with an amount of water drainage when the obtained water content is higher than the predetermined value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141682 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL - An object is to maintain the voltage of a fuel cell at a desired voltage level and suppress a voltage variation, even in the case of a low load request. A power supply system including a fuel cell causes at least part of a required electric power to be supplied from the fuel cell in an ordinary load state. In a low load state, the power supply system supplies an amount of oxygen that is required to make the voltage of the fuel cell equal to a predetermined target voltage and that is less than an amount of oxygen supplied to the fuel cell in the ordinary load state, to the fuel cell. In a first low load state, the power supply system sets the target voltage to a first target voltage and supplies oxygen to the fuel cell. After a subsequent shift to a state that the required electric power becomes higher than a predetermined reference value to cause the fuel cell to generate electric power at an output voltage that is higher than the first target voltage, in a further shift to a second low load state, the power supply system sets the target voltage to a second target voltage that is higher than the first target voltage and supplies oxygen to the fuel cell. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141685 | Fuel Cell System and Control Method of Fuel Cell System - An objection is to provide a technology by which a decline in the starting performance of a fuel cell system may be controlled in a low-temperature environment. A control method of a fuel cell system includes a temperature acquisition step of acquiring a temperature of the fuel cell at start-up of the fuel cell; and an exhaust gas control step of restricting, when the temperature of the fuel cell is below a predetermined value, a flow rate of an exhaust gas flowing into a flow path configuring portion that configures at least a part of a flow path of the exhaust gas of the fuel cell as compared to the flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing into the flow path configuring portion when the temperature of the fuel cell is equal to or less than the predetermined value. | 05-19-2016 |
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| 20160141655 | METHOD OF DISCHARGING WATER FROM FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of discharging water from a mobile object, which includes a fuel cell, a gas-liquid separator, and a circulation pump, comprises: an inclined state detection step of detecting an inclined state of the mobile object with respect to a horizontal plane; a scavenging start step of starting to supply scavenging gas at a predetermined first supply flow rate to a gas flow path in the fuel cell, by driving the circulation pump; and a supply flow rate increase step of increasing, when the mobile object is in a predetermined inclined state in which an outlet of the gas flow path is directed upward against a direction of gravity, a rotational speed of the circulation pump so that the supply flow rate of the scavenging gas is increased to a second supply flow rate higher than the first supply flow rate after a predetermined period from starting to supply the scavenging gas. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141670 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A fuel cell system | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141672 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING FLUID IN THE SYSTEM - There is provided a fuel cell system, wherein a controller configured to set the flow volume of a fluid in an anode flow path at an outlet of an anode of the fuel cell to a first flow volume, then set thereafter the flow volume of the fluid in the anode flow path at the outlet of the anode to a second flow volume which is smaller than the first flow volume, and discharge the water in the hydrogen discharge flow path by opening an exhaust and drain valve while the fluid is flowing at the second flow volume. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141676 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object is to provide a technique that a current state of a fuel cell may be detected more accurately. A fuel cell system includes a controller, a fuel cell, and an impedance measurer that may measure an impedance of the fuel cell. The controller obtains a first impedance value that expresses the impedance of the fuel cell in a predetermined state, acquires a second impedance value that expresses the impedance of the fuel cell that is measured by the impedance measurer during operation control of the fuel cell, and performs operation control of the fuel cell using the first impedance value and the second impedance value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141683 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, MOVABLE BODY, AND CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a technology for ensuring the safety of a vehicle on which a fuel cell is mounted and the convenience of a user. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141686 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a fuel cell system capable of suppressing the accumulation of impurities in a hydrogen system even when a hydrogen pump stops. A fuel cell system 100 includes a hydrogen pump 4, which is provided in a hydrogen gas circulation flow path 3 and which circulates a hydrogen off-gas discharged from the outlet side of a hydrogen electrode 1 | 05-19-2016 |
