Control systems and methods to meet fuel cell fuel demand

Systems and methods for controlling fluid flow in a fuel cell circuit of a vehicle. A system may have a fuel cell stack configured to receive hydrogen gas. The system may have a current sensor configured to detect current flowing through the fuel cell stack. The system may have a plurality of actuat...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hasegawa, Shigeki, Mizuno, Nobukazu, Farnsworth, Jared M, Folick, Daniel C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems and methods for controlling fluid flow in a fuel cell circuit of a vehicle. A system may have a fuel cell stack configured to receive hydrogen gas. The system may have a current sensor configured to detect current flowing through the fuel cell stack. The system may have a plurality of actuators, which may include at least one injector, a pump, and a shut valve. The system may have an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU may estimate pressures of the hydrogen gas and non-hydrogen gases in the circuit. The ECU may determine a current increase rate based on the detected current. The ECU may apply a compensatory hydrogen gas stoic to a base hydrogen gas stoic to meet a target hydrogen gas stoic by controlling one or more of the actuators based on the estimated pressures when the current increase rate is above a predetermined threshold value.