A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel cell, a fuel cell control unit having a normal mode and a meeting mode in which quietness is given a higher priority than in the normal mode, as a control mode of the fuel cell, a determining unit configured to determine whether there is a request to switch the control mode to the meeting mode, and a mode switch unit configured to switch the control mode to the meeting mode when the determining unit determines that there is a request to switch the control mode to the meeting mode.

a fuel cell system without a high pressure line of a hydrogen supplying system, including a gas charging line formed between a gas charging station and a high pressure vessel charged with gas by the gas charging station, and a gas supplying line formed between the high pressure vessel and a stack, includes: a regulator provided in the gas supplying line; a solenoid valve provided in the gas supplying line between the regulator and the high pressure vessel; and a check valve provided in a bypass line connecting one point of the gas supplying line between the regulator and the solenoid valve and one point of the gas charging line.

A connection block including connections, which are connected to one another by connection channels. The connection block includes at least two fluid paths, which extend independently from one another through the connection block, which are each provided with a branching, and which each comprise a fluid inlet connection, a first fluid outlet connection and a second fluid outlet connection. For or each fluid path, at least one temperature sensor for measuring a temperature in the fluid path and/or at least one pressure sensor for measuring a pressure in the fluid path are provided.

A hydrogen supply control method of a fuel cell system is provided. The method includes measuring the pressure of a front line of a supply line having relatively low humidity and the pressure of a front end of an ejector, without a pressure sensor of an anode. The amount of supplied hydrogen is then adjusted using the measured pressure and the pressure of the anode is estimated more accurately.

A safety management system for an aircraft, or a propulsion system thereof including a fuel cell assembly and a combustion engine, may include various sensors and controllers configured to execute a safety action. At least one sensor is configured to detect at least one operating parameter of the propulsion system, and a controller is configured to determine that the at least one operating parameter has achieved a safety threshold and to execute a safety action when the at least one operating parameter has achieved the safety threshold. The safety action is configured to control operation of the fuel cell assembly and to control operation of the combustion engine.

One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a fuel cell power system. The system may include one or more fuel cells configured to generate electric power and a compressor configured to supply compressed air to the one or more fuel cells. The system may further include one or more sensors. The sensors may be configured to generate a signal indicative of at least one measured parameter of air flow across the one or more fuel cells. The system may also include a controller in communication with the one or more fuel cells, the compressor, and the sensors. The controller may be configured to determine a desired pressure drop based on at least one calculated parameter, determine a control command for the compressor based on the desired pressure drop, and adjust the control command based on a feedback gain parameter and a feed forward gain parameter.

A method for treating hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases of fuel cells, wherein the residual gases are fed to a gas circuit, and a residual gas mixture resulting therefrom is circulated in the gas circuit by a device for converting hydrogen and oxygen to water. In order to reduce the amount of hydrogen and oxygen in the residual gas mixture, at least part of the residual gas mixture is discharged from the gas circuit.

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a circuit, a pump, a pressure regulating valve, and a control apparatus. The fuel cell includes a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a separator. The separator has a gas channel and a coolant channel. The circuit is coupled to the coolant channel and allows a coolant to circulate therethrough. The pump delivers the coolant toward the coolant channel. The pressure regulating valve adjusts a pressure of the coolant in the coolant channel. The control apparatus controls a flow rate of the coolant in the coolant channel by controlling a rotational speed of the pump on the basis of a temperature of the fuel cell, and controls the pressure of the coolant in the coolant channel by controlling a position of the pressure regulating valve on the basis of a pressure of gas in the gas channel.

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, first and second supply devices, a gas-liquid separator, a discharge valve, first and second ejectors for discharging fuel gas and off gas to the fuel cell, a measuring device for gas pressure, and a control device. The first ejector has a discharge amount smaller than the second ejector. The first ejector has a circulation amount larger than the second ejector. The control device executes the supply during a first time from the first supply device at each first cycle such that the pressure becomes a first target value, and when the first ejector is in an abnormal state, stops the first supply device, executes the supply during a shorter second time from the second supply device at each shorter second cycle such that the pressure becomes a higher second target value, and opens and closes the discharge valve at each first cycle.

The fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; an anode supply pipe; a fuel gas supplier disposed at the anode supply pipe, the fuel gas supplier configured to adjust a supply quantity of a fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell; an ejector disposed at the anode supply pipe at a position between the fuel gas supplier and the anode supply port; an anode circulation pipe connected to the anode discharge port and the ejector; a circulation stop unit disposed at the anode circulation pipe, the circulation stop unit configured to stop circulation of the fuel gas through the anode circulation pipe; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the anode supply pipe at a position between the ejector and the anode supply port; and a controller. When a first pressure acquired from the pressure sensor is equal to or less than a predetermined lower limit value, the controller controls the fuel gas supplier to perform constant quantity supply control to supply the fuel gas of a predetermined supply quantity, and controls the circulation stop unit to perform circulation stop control to stop the circulation through the anode circulation pipe, and the controller determines abnormality at the ejector and the anode circulation pipe by using a second pressure acquired from the pressure sensor after the fuel gas supplier performs the constant quantity supply control and the circulation stop unit performs the circulation stop control.