摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a residual moisture content remaining in a fuel cell when the fuel cell of a fuel cell system is stopped in a specific time zone where, if the fuel cell is stopped in a startup process, residual water would block up an air passage after the fuel cell is stopped. <P>SOLUTION: There are included residual moisture content prediction means which, if a fuel cell stops during its startup process, predicts a residual moisture content remaining on an oxidizer electrode side in the fuel cell, and fuel cell startup means which, before starting the fuel cell, reduces the pressure of oxidant gas supplied to the fuel cell by a pressure adjustment valve below a prescribed operation pressure so that the predicted residual moisture content predicated by the residual moisture content prediction means will not exceed a prescribed moisture content. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |