FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A fuel cell system and a control method therefor are capable of improving power generation efficiency of the fuel cell more reliably during a normal operation. A fuel cell system 10 is arranged along a vehicle frame 200 of a motorcycle. The fuel cell system 10 includes a fuel cell 12 having a cathode 12c, an air pump 34 which supplies the cathode 12c with oxygen-containing air, and a CPU 72 which controls operation of elements which constitute the fuel cell system 10. The CPU 72 determines, depending on situations, whether or not to perform an oxygen-starving process which is a process of starving the cathode 12c of the oxidizer during the normal operation, and stops the air pump 34 when a determination is made to perform the oxygen-starving process.