Fuel cell system having a converter which increases an output voltage of a fuel cell

摘要

A fuel cell system includes: a converter disposed between a fuel cell and a load to increase an output voltage of the fuel cell; and a control unit that controls the converter at a predetermined duty ratio, wherein the control unit determines a duty command value for the converter from a feed-forward duty and a feed-back duty which are calculated using a command value of a reactor current that flows through a reactor in the converter and/or using a measurement value of the reactor current. In a low-load operation, the control unit sets, as a measurement value of the reactor current, a value obtained by multiplying a midpoint measurement value measured at an intermediate time of an on-duty period by a predetermined coefficient.

主权项

1. A fuel cell system comprising:
a converter disposed between a fuel cell and a load to increase an output voltage of the fuel cell; and a control unit that controls the converter at a predetermined duty ratio, wherein the control unit determines a duty command value for the converter from a feed-forward duty and a feed-back duty, wherein the feed-forward duty and the feed-back duty are calculated using a command value of a reactor current that flows through a reactor in the converter and/or using a measurement value of the reactor current, wherein, in a low-load operation in which a required output from the fuel cell is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, the control unit sets a value obtained by multiplying a midpoint measurement value measured at an intermediate time of an on-duty period by a predetermined coefficient, and wherein the value corresponds to a measurement value of the reactor current that increases and decreases along with switching control of a switching device in the converter at a predetermined duty ratio.