A control system and a control method of fuel cell stacks are provided. The control system includes a set of fuel cell stacks, a secondary battery, a monitoring device, and a control device. Each fuel cell stack has a power output that can be independently started up or shut down. The secondary battery is connected to power output terminals of the fuel cell stacks via a power transmission path. The monitoring device is configured to monitor an electrical parameter of the power transmission path. The control device receives an electrical parameter signal from the monitoring device, and outputs a control signal to shut down or start up the power output of at least one of the fuel cell stacks if the electrical parameter's value is higher than a predetermined upper limit or lower than a predetermined lower limit.

A fuel cell vehicle includes a hydrogen injector, a controller, and a first power supply. The hydrogen injector is configured to open when supplied with a current large than or equal to a predetermined current threshold. The controller is configured to control a current that is supplied to the hydrogen injector such that the supply current follows a target current value. The first power supply is configured to supply electric power to the hydrogen injector and a prescribed auxiliary. The controller is configured to increase the target current value when the controller detects at least one of a first start signal for starting the prescribed auxiliary and a second start signal for informing startup of the prescribed auxiliary.

A method and a system for controlling startup of a fuel cell are provided. The method includes sensing a startup request signal and boosting a Bi-directional high-voltage DC/DC Converter (BHDC) of a main bus stage when the startup request signal has been sensed by a controller. A valve of an air/hydrogen line is then opened together with the boosting of the BHDC and the startup of the fuel cell is completed by allowing an output of the fuel cell after the valve of the air/hydrogen line is opened.

A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, auxiliary machinery, a tank, a storage amount detection unit that detects a measured value representing the amount of fuel gas stored in the tank, a secondary battery, a power accumulation amount detection unit that detects an amount of power accumulated in the secondary battery, a feed detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit stops the supply of the fuel gas to the fuel cell when the measured value is less than a threshold value, electrically disconnects the secondary battery from the auxiliary machinery when the amount of accumulated power is less than a lower limit amount of accumulated power, and electrically connects the secondary battery to the auxiliary machinery after the feeding of the fuel gas to the tank is detected.

An operating control method of a fuel cell stack is provide. The method includes diagnosing performance of a fuel cell stack based on an output current of the fuel cell stack, when an operating voltage of the fuel cell stack is within a predetermined diagnostic voltage range. Whether a recovery operation of the fuel cell stack is required is determined based on the diagnosed performance of the fuel cell stack and the voltage of the fuel cell stack is reduced, when the recovery operation of the fuel cell stack is required to recover performance of the fuel cell stack.

An apparatus for measurement control of a cell voltage of a fuel cell includes: terminals connected between the cells of a fuel cell connected in series; first resistors connected in series to the terminals; capacitors each connected in parallel between the first resistors to store voltages; switches connected to the first resistors to switch into a closed or an open state; a second resistor connected in series between a lowest cell among the cells and a semiconductor GND to provide a path for a current flow when an inverse voltage occurs in the cells; a diode connected in parallel to the second resistor to provide a path for a current flow when an inverse voltage does not occur in the cells; and a controller to change the state of each switch depending on a cell voltage measurement or open-wire diagnosis mode and perform cell voltage measurement and open-wire diagnosis.

The fuel cell system, is a fuel cell system, comprising a fuel cell stack assembly, wherein the fuel cell stack assembly comprises a fuel cell stack and a data storage configured to store a start-up history of the fuel cell stack; wherein the data storage comprises a detector configured to detect a presence or absence of a connection to at least one selected from the group consisting of an external power source and an external communication device; and wherein the data storage starts up when a voltage of the fuel cell stack is a predetermined threshold value or more.

A power generating system comprised of a hydrogen fuel cell and rechargeable battery connected together in series to be used as a load following system without the use of a DC-DC converter. The hydrogen fuel cell's cathode air compressor is driven off of the output of this power generation system. This is made possible by the following innovations: A novel way to wire the systems in series with the use of switches and bypass diodes, a method to limit the system output voltage so that we do not exceed the maximum voltage of downstream components, and an isolated DC-DC converter to charge the rechargeable battery with the hydrogen fuel cell.

An electrical power generating system for providing auxiliary or backup power to a load bus. The system may be used indoors, and generally includes a fuel cell unit comprising a first DC output, an electrical storage unit comprising a DC input coupled to the first DC output of the fuel cell, the electrical storage unit further comprising a second DC output. An inverter coupled to the second DC output receives power, the inverter comprising a first AC output. The system includes a contactor connected between the first AC output and an AC load bus. The AC load bus comprises an AC voltage, and a controller comprising inputs is adapted to sense a phase, a frequency, and a magnitude of the first AC output and the AC voltage and close the contactor when they substantially match.

Disclosed are a grid-connected power conversion system and a control method thereof. The grid-connected power conversion system includes a fuel cell stack generating a DC voltage, a power conversion system (PCS) converting the DC voltage supplied from the stack into an AC voltage, a multi-input transformer including a primary coil having a plurality of voltage input terminals and a secondary coil transforming a magnitude of the voltage applied to the primary coil and outputting the transformed voltage, the plurality of voltage input terminals determining the number of turns of the primary coil differently from each other, one of the plurality of voltage input terminals receiving the AC voltage converted in the PCS, and a controller selecting the one of the plurality of voltage input terminals of the multi-input transformer based on the magnitude of the DC voltage generated from the stack and determining whether to replace the stack.