摘要 |
A fuel cell system and a method for scavenging it are provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas passage, an oxidant gas passage, a communicating passage, a communicating valve, a monitoring device, a valve controller, a scavenging device and a computing device. The monitoring device monitors a state transition of the fuel cell after a termination of power generation. The valve controller opens the communicating valve when a signal indicative of the state transition meets a predetermined criterion. The scavenging device includes a first scavenging device for the oxidant gas passage, and a second scavenging device for the fuel gas passage. The computing device computes an amount of the oxidant gas required for scavenging according to a system shut off time. The scavenging device conducts scavenging with the amount of the oxidant gas obtained by the computing device.
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