The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for purging water or gas from a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system may include a multi-phase valve system and/or a separate valve system. The opening and closing of the valve systems for removing gas and water is controlled by a controller,

A fuel cell hydrogen supply fault diagnosis system is provided. The system includes multiple fuel tanks that store hydrogen therein to supply the hydrogen and a fuel tank valve disposed at each of the fuel tanks and configured to be opened or closed to supply or shut off the hydrogen of the fuel tanks. A pressure sensor measures pressure in a fuel supply line that extends from each of the multiple fuel tanks to be integrally connected to a fuel cell stack. A supply amount estimator then estimates a supply amount of hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell stack and a consumption amount estimator estimates a consumption amount of hydrogen consumed in a reaction in the fuel cell stack or discharged therefrom. A fault detector then detects a hydrogen supply state.

A fuel cell device includes a solid oxide fuel cell; an air-tight housing accommodating the solid oxide fuel cell; a gas concentration detector detecting a gas concentration of a combustible stagnant gas; and a controller performing an emergency stop by instantly stopping the supply of the fuel to the fuel electrode when the gas concentration is higher than an upper limit concentration and performing a normal stop by lowering a temperature of the fuel cell device while supplying the fuel to the fuel electrode when the gas concentration is not higher than the upper limit concentration and the gas concentration is higher than a predetermined concentration.

A fuel cell mount apparatus includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, a pipe arrangement, a fluid adjustment part, a pressure detection part, and a control device. The pipe arrangement is individually connected to each of the fuel cell stacks. The fluid adjustment part adjusts a pressure or a flow rate of a fluid which flows through the pipe arrangement. The pressure detection part is disposed on a portion which requires a desired pressure or flow rate of the fluid in the pipe arrangement and detects the pressure of the fluid. The control device controls the fluid adjustment part on the basis of a detection result of the pressure detection part.

A method for determining a sealing tightness of a fuel cell stack includes providing of fuel into a cathode space, sealed off gas-tight against further components of a cathode subsystem, formed at least partly by the fuel cell stack, and detecting of a value which is indicative of a pressure change in the cathode space, where a cathode test pressure in the cathode space is higher than a pressure outside the fuel cell stack.

[Object] To provide a cell stack device, the power generation efficiency of which is improved, and a fuel cell module and a fuel cell device that include the cell stack device. [Solution] A cell stack device 1 includes a cell stack 2 that includes a plurality of fuel cells 3 electrically connected to one another and arranged, the fuel cells 3 that each includes a gas channel through which a reactant gas flows. In the cell stack device 1, the fuel cells 3 of the cell stack 2 are provided in the form of fuel cell groups that each include an arbitrary number of the fuel cells 3. In the cell stack device 1, the fuel cell groups are arranged such that average pressure loss values of the fuel cells 3 of the fuel cell groups increase sequentially from a central portion to an end portion side in a fuel cell 3 arrangement direction. Thus, the power generation efficiency of the cell stack device 1 can be improved.

A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell; a combustor configured to combust a fuel and an oxidizing gas to supply a combustion gas to a cathode inlet of the fuel cell; a combustion fuel supply device configured to supply a fuel to the combustor; a combustion oxidizing gas supply device configured to supply an oxidizing gas to the combustor; an anode-discharged-gas discharge passage configured to discharge an anode discharged gas from an anode outlet of the fuel cell; a cathode-discharged-gas discharge passage configured to discharge a cathode discharged gas from a cathode outlet of the fuel cell; and a controller configured to control a supply of the fuel to the combustor by the combustion fuel supply device and a supply of the oxidizing gas to the combustor by the combustion oxidizing gas supply device, wherein the controller includes a post-stop-request combustor-supply control unit configured to execute the supply of the fuel and the supply of the oxidizing gas to the combustor after a request for stopping the fuel cell system.

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell module having an anode having an anode inlet configured to receive anode feed gas and an anode outlet configured to output anode exhaust into an anode exhaust conduit. The fuel cell module further includes a cathode having a cathode inlet configured to receive cathode feed gas and a cathode outlet. The fuel cell system also includes an anode exhaust processing system fluidly coupled to the anode exhaust conduit and a gas injection system disposed downstream of the anode inlet and upstream of the anode exhaust processing system. The gas injection system is configured to inject a gas within the anode exhaust conduit to prevent an under-pressurization condition of the anode.

An apparatus for inspecting a stack assembly including a fluid channel through which fluid is supplied into fuel cell stacks includes a frame, a conveyor that is installed in the frame and that carries the stack assembly in a predetermined direction of movement to locate the stack assembly in a predetermined inspection position, a masking mechanism that is installed in the frame and that masks a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet of the stack assembly to seal the fluid channel of the stack assembly from outside the stack assembly, and a gas injection mechanism that is installed in the frame and that injects an inspection gas into the fluid channel of the stack assembly to inspect a sealing state of the fluid channel in the stack assembly, in a state in which the stack assembly is sealed by the masking mechanism.

A fuel cell system 1 is provided with a fuel cell 10 provided with an air passage 10a, an air inflow path 21, an air outflow path 23, a compressor 22, a pressure regulating valve 24, a bypass passage 27, and a bypass valve 28. A first threshold value is calculated based on an FC inlet pressure-lower limit value. When it is judged that an FC inlet pressure-command value is lower than the first threshold value, feedback control of the opening degree of the pressure regulating valve is suspended without suspending feedback control of the opening degree of the bypass valve if it is judged that the FC pressure loss-lower limit value is larger than the bypass pressure loss-lower limit value, and feedback control of the opening degree of the bypass valve is suspended without suspending feedback control of the opening degree of the pressure regulating valve if it is judged that the bypass pressure loss-lower limit value is larger than the FC pressure loss-lower limit value.