Fuel cell power plant for mobile unit

摘要

Disclosed is a fuel cell power plant for a mobile unit, the mobile unit provided with a drive device 29 driving the mobile unit when supplied with electrical power, the power plant comprising: a fuel cell 21 generating power when supplied with fuel; a battery 27 charged with power generated by the fuel cell; a power regulation device 31 selectively distributing power from the fuel cell and the battery to the drive device; a controller 33 functioning to determine a short-term operation running mode or a normal running mode; activate the fuel cell when a normal running mode is determined from the determination result; and control the fuel cell and the power regulation device so that the fuel cell is not activated and power from the battery is supplied to the drive device when the short-term operation running mode is determined.