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US20060210853A1
US20060210853A1 US10/568,286 US56828606A US2006210853A1 US 20060210853 A1 US20060210853 A1 US 20060210853A1 US 56828606 A US56828606 A US 56828606A US 2006210853 A1 US2006210853 A1 US 2006210853A1
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  • the present invention relates to a fuel cell system, more particularly a purge control in a fuel cell system having an anode gas circulation system.
  • a fuel cell is an electrochemical device to convert chemical energy of fuel gas such as hydrogen gas and oxidant gas containing oxygen supplied thereto, directly to electric energy which is extracted from electrodes provided on both sides of an electrolyte thereof.
  • a fuel cell using a solid polymer electrolyte membrane has low operation temperature and can be easily handled, and therefore, it has been a focus of attention as a power source for an electric vehicle.
  • the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is required to be retained in a moderately humidified state in order to exert sufficient hydrogen ion conductivity.
  • the fuel gas or the oxidant gas or the both gases are humidified to be supplied to the fuel cell.
  • water added for the humidification and water produced by a power generation reaction in the fuel cell are condensed and may cause clogging or blocking of a gas passage in the fuel cell, depending on operating conditions of the fuel cell.
  • nitrogen contained in the air passes through a solid polymer membrane thereof, and accumulates in a fuel gas circulation system. Consequently, a fuel gas partial pressure decreases at a fuel electrode of the fuel cell, lowering operation efficiency thereof.
  • purging is performed for the fuel gas circulation system.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-243417 discloses a fuel cell system which removes impurities accumulated in a hydrogen gas circulation system by opening a purge valve provided in the system and releasing anode off-gas to outside of the system.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell system which removes clogging of gas passages in the fuel cell without lowering the operation efficiency thereof.
  • An aspect of the present invention is a fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell to be supplied with a gas for power generation, the gas unused for the power generation to be discharged out of the fuel cell; a circulation flow path through which the gas discharged out of the fuel cell is resupplied to the fuel cell; a variable flow rate circulation pump for circulating the gas through the circulation flow path; a valve for discharging the gas in the circulation flow path to the outside of the circulation flow path; a voltage sensor for measuring voltage of the fuel cell; and a controller for controlling the circulation pump and the valve, wherein the circulation pump and the valve are controlled based on the voltage measured by the voltage sensor.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a fuel cell system according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows relationship between fuel cell load and operation pressure of a fuel cell of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 shows relationship between fuel cell load and average cell voltage of the fuel cell of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a purge operation of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 5 shows a relationship between fuel cell load and hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a purge operation of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 shows a relationship between fuel cell load and purge flow rate Qp of the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a purge operation of a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • a fuel cell system 1 includes a fuel cell stack 2 , a hydrogen gas supply system 1 a which supplies hydrogen gas as fuel gas to the fuel cell stack 2 , an air supply system 1 b which supplies air to the fuel cell stack 2 , and a control unit 32 .
  • the hydrogen gas supply system 1 a includes: a hydrogen tank 3 which stores hydrogen gas; a pressure control valve 4 which regulates pressure of the hydrogen gas taken out of the hydrogen tank 3 ; a hydrogen gas supply line 5 through which the pressure control valve 4 and the fuel cell stack 2 are communicated with each other; a hydrogen circulation pump 6 which feeds hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell stack 2 back to an inlet of the fuel cell stack 2 and circulates the hydrogen gas through a hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 ; and a purge valve 7 which discharges the hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell stack 2 to the outside of the system.
  • the air supply system 1 b includes: a compressor 9 which takes in air from the outside of the system and compresses the air; a humidifier 12 which humidifies the compressed air to supply the humidified air to the fuel cell stack 2 ; a condenser 13 which collects water from the air discharged from the fuel cell stack 2 ; a pressure control valve 14 which regulates pressure of the discharged air; a water tank 17 which stores the water collected by the condenser 13 ; and a water pump 18 which sends the water in the water tank 17 to the humidifier 12 .
  • the fuel cell stack 2 is formed of a plurality of unit cells stacked on one another. Each of the cells has an anode AN, a cathode CA, and a solid electrolyte membrane M sandwiched therebitween, wherein the hydrogen gas is supplied to the anode AN and the air is supplied to the cathode CA.
  • a temperature sensor 21 which detects a temperature Tc of the fuel cell stack 2
  • a cell voltage sensor 22 which detects cell voltages CV of the respective cells of the fuel cell stack 2
  • a pressure sensor 34 which detects hydrogen gas pressure at an outlet of the fuel cell stack 2 .
  • the hydrogen gas discharged from the fuel cell stack 2 is pressure-fed and resupplied to the fuel cell stack 2 through the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 by the hydrogen circulation pump 6 .
  • the hydrogen gas from the hydrogen tank 3 is introduced into the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 on the downstream of the hydrogen circulation pump 6 and supplied to the fuel cell stack 2 .
  • the purge valve 7 When impurities such as nitrogen, CO and water are accumulated in the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 or when starting up the system, the purge valve 7 is opened to release the circulating hydrogen gas to the outside of the circulation flow path 8 . The operation of this purging operation will be described later.
  • Each cell voltage CV of the fuel cell stack 2 is detected by the cell voltage sensor 22 and the detected value is sent to the control unit 32 .
  • the temperature Tc of the fuel cell stack 2 and the hydrogen gas pressure Ph are detected by the temperature sensor 21 and the pressure sensor 34 , respectively, and are sent to the control unit 32 .
  • the control unit 32 is a controller which controls the fuel cell system 1 based on the values of CV, Ph and Tc detected by the sensors 21 , 22 and 34 and controls the hydrogen circulation pump 6 and the purge valve 7 based on the cell voltages CV detected by the cell voltage sensor 22 .
  • control unit 32 although not particularly limited, is formed of a microprocessor including a CPU, a program ROM, a work RAM and an input-output interface.
  • the purge valve 7 is a valve which allows the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 and the outside of the system to communicate/non-communicate with each other and has a variable opening which can be adjusted arbitrarily.
  • the compressor 9 compresses air taken in from the outside of the system.
  • the compressed air is humidified by the humidifier 12 provided on an air supply line 11 and supplied to the fuel cell stack 2 .
  • Air discharged from the fuel cell stack 2 contains water produced in reaction of power generation in the fuel cell stack 2 .
  • the condenser 13 provided downstream of the fuel cell stack 2 collects the water.
  • the pressure control valve 14 which provides the air supply system 1 b with a desired pressure.
  • the water condensed and collected by the condenser 13 is introduced into the water tank 17 via an ON/OFF valve 15 in a water channel 16 .
  • the water in the water tank 17 is pressure-fed by the pump 18 and supplied to the humidifier 12 through a feed line 19 .
  • the excess water is returned to the water tank 17 through a return line 20 .
  • the hydrogen gas and air are regulated according to this requested output and supplied to anode AN side passage and cathode CA side passage of the fuel cell stack 2 , respectively.
  • a hydrogen gas pressure in the anode AN and an air pressure in the cathode CA are set to be higher as the fuel cell load becomes heavier.
  • a closed loop is formed in the hydrogen gas supply system 1 a .
  • the hydrogen gas discharged from an anode side outlet of the fuel cell stack 2 is fed to an anode side inlet and circulated through the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 by the hydrogen circulation pump 6 .
  • a purge operation is performed. Specifically, in the purge operation, the purge valve 7 is temporarily opened and the gas containing impurities in the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 is released to the outside of the system.
  • the control unit 32 reads each cell voltage CV of the fuel cell stack 2 from the cell voltage sensor 22 and computes an average cell voltage AVG. CV of all the cells.
  • S 2 it is determined whether or not there is a cell with its voltage lower than the average cell voltage AVG. CV computed in S 1 by a predetermined value (for example, 0.1 V) or more.
  • a hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh 1 in a normal operation is increased at a constant rate as fuel cell load (output current) of the fuel cell stack 2 increases, while in a low load range, regardless of a change in the fuel cell load, the flow rate Qh is maintained substantially constant for ensuring even distribution of the supplied gas.
  • the increase of the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh can be adjusted.
  • the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is increased at a substantially constant increase rate as the fuel cell load increases.
  • the flow rate may be increased by a substantially constant increase amount (indicated by a thin line in FIG. 5 ) over the whole fuel cell load range, or alternatively, the increase rate may be varied along with the load.
  • the lowering of the average cell voltage AVG. CV is caused by accumulation of impurities in the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 due to diffusion of nitrogen from the cathode CA or the like. If the average cell voltage AVG. CV is lowered by a predetermined value (for example, 0.1 V) or more, the purge valve 7 is opened for a predetermined period of time (for example, 5 seconds) in S 6 and S 8 . Accordingly, nitrogen and the like are discharged to the outside of the system together with the hydrogen gas in the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 . Thus, the average cell voltage AVG. CV is restored.
  • CV 1 for a current fuel cell load FCL 1 is obtained from the corrected voltage characteristic and compared with the average cell voltage AVG. CV in the actual operation.
  • the clogging of gas passages in the fuel cells can be eliminated by increasing the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh.
  • the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is increased without opening the purge valve 7 . Consequently, amount of the hydrogen gas to be discharged to the outside of the system is suppressed and fuel gas consumption is improved.
  • the purge valve 7 For the lowering of the cell voltages caused by the increasing concentration of impurities in the circulated hydrogen gas due to nitrogen diffusion or the like, the purge valve 7 is opened to discharge the impurities. Thus, the cell voltages can be surely restored.
  • the lowering of the cell voltages due to long-term factors, such as aged deterioration of the cells, may be corrected by learning.
  • the determinations or judgments described above are possible even if the average cell voltage of the fuel cell gradually drops.
  • the cause of the lowering of the cell voltages is determined based on the cell-to-cell variation in the cell voltages CV.
  • the cause of the lowering of the cell voltages may be determined based on a hydrogen concentration detected by a hydrogen concentration sensor provided on a hydrogen gas circulation system.
  • the hydrogen circulation pump is used as means for circulating hydrogen
  • an ejector may be used in conjunction therewith.
  • a second embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and is different from the first embodiment only in an operation thereof. With reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 , description will be given to the only difference. S 1 to S 7 in FIG. 6 are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 .
  • a hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh 2 of the hydrogen circulation pump 6 is reduced in S 21 .
  • Opening the purge valve 7 downstream the fuel cell stack 2 necessarily increases a flow rate of hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell stack 2 . This will compensate for the reduction in the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh 2 .
  • the flow rate Qh 2 is set to be smaller in order to efficiently discharge high concentration of impurities of gas in the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 to the outside of the system. Thus, a nitrogen concentration can be reduced in a shorter period of time.
  • the reduction in the flow rate Qh 2 is set to be approximately equivalent to the increase in the flow rate of hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell stack 2 when the purge valve 7 is opened.
  • a purge flow rate Qp at the purge valve 7 when the purge valve 7 is opened changes depending on pressure difference between upstream and downstream of the purge valve and a fluid flowing therethrough.
  • the value obtained by subtracting the flow rate Qp from the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh obtained from the curve of thick line in FIG. 5 (Qh ⁇ Qp) is set as the circulation flow rate Qh 2 of the hydrogen circulation pump 6 .
  • the amount of reduction in the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh 2 in the purge operation may be set to be smaller, for example, than the purge flow rate Qp, as long as the fuel cell to be used is not particularly affected thereby. In this case, efficiency in purging the hydrogen gas circulation flow path 8 is further improved.
  • the processing proceeds to S 22 after S 21 and the purge valve 7 is kept open until valve opening time of the purge valve 7 reaches a predetermined time. After the predetermined time has elapsed in S 22 , the processing proceeds to S 23 and the purge valve 7 is closed. Subsequently, in S 24 , the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is restored to the normal flow rate Qh 1 and the processing returns.
  • the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is reduced when opening the purge valve.
  • the duration of purging can be shortened while suppressing unnecessary discharge of hydrogen.
  • the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is increased in S 2 and S 3 .
  • the increase in the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is accompanied by an increase in power consumption of the hydrogen circulation pump 6 .
  • a selection may be made between only increasing the flow rate Qh and the combination of opening the purge valve with increasing the flow rate Qh.
  • a third embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and is different from the first embodiment only in an operation thereof. With reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 , description will be given to the only differences. S 1 to S 4 in FIG. 8 are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the processing proceeds to S 31 and the circulation flow rate is kept until a predetermined period of time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses. After the predetermined time has elapsed in S 31 , the processing proceeds to S 32 . Also when the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is set to the normal value Qh 1 in S 4 , the processing proceeds to S 32 .
  • the processing proceeds to S 33 and the purge valve 7 is opened and kept open until a predetermined period of time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses in S 35 . After the predetermined time has elapsed in S 35 , the processing proceeds to S 36 and the purge valve 7 is closed. Subsequently, in S 37 , the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate Qh is returned to the value Qh 1 in the normal operation. Thereafter, the processing returns to the start.
  • a predetermined period of time for example, 5 seconds
  • the case where lowering of the cell voltages are caused by nitrogen diffusion is less urgent than the case where lowering thereof is caused by clogging.
  • the concentration of nitrogen increases, there occurs variation in the cell voltages CV.
  • the hydrogen gas circulation flow rate is increased without discharging the hydrogen gas to the outside of the system, without specifying the cause of the lowered cell voltages. If the lowering of the cell voltages cannot be resolved even after taking the step described above, the purge valve 7 is opened. Consequently, even if the cause of the lowered cell voltages is the clogging or the nitrogen diffusion and the like, performance of the fuel cell and the like are not deteriorated.
  • Whether to adopt the method of the first embodiment or to use the method of the third embodiment may be determined, taking into consideration the power consumption of the circulation pump and lowering of efficiency caused by nitrogen diffusion.
  • the fuel cell system 1 includes: the fuel cell stack 2 which is supplied with fuel gas to the anode AN thereof and oxidant gas to the cathode CA thereof for power generation; the anode gas circulation flow path 8 which returns the fuel gas discharged from the outlet of the anode gas passage in the fuel cell stack 2 , to the inlet of the anode gas passage; the variable flow rate hydrogen circulation pump 6 which circulates the gas in the anode gas circulation flow path 8 ; the purge valve 7 which discharges the anode off-gas from the outlet of the anode gas passage to the outside of the system; the cell voltage sensor 22 for measuring the cell voltages CV of the fuel cell stack 2 ; and the controller 32 for controlling the hydrogen circulation pump 6 and the purge valve 7 based on the cell voltages CV measured by the cell voltage sensor 22 .
  • the cell voltage sensor 22 measures voltages of a plurality of cells included in the fuel cell stack 2 , respectively.
  • the controller 32 controls, in purge operation, the hydrogen circulation pump 6 to have a smaller circulation flow rate Qh, and the purge valve 7 to have a larger amount of the gas discharged, as there are more cells of which voltages are significantly lowered, or as the variation between the cell voltages is smaller, when the cell voltages are lowered.
  • the fuel cell system 1 further includes clogging detector for detecting clogging of the anode gas passages in the fuel cell stack 2 .
  • This clogging detector determines possibility of clogging to be low, as there are more cells of which voltages are significantly lowered, or as the variation between the cell voltages is smaller, when the cell voltages are lowered.
  • the controller 32 controls, in the purge operation, the hydrogen circulation pump 6 to have a smaller circulation flow rate Qh, and the purge valve 7 to have a larger amount of the gas discharged, as the possibility of clogging becomes lower, when the cell voltages are lowered.
  • the controller 32 sets the circulation flow rate Qh of the hydrogen circulation pump 6 to be larger than the circulation flow rate Qh 1 in the normal operation. Thereafter, if increase rate of the cell voltages CV are low, the controller 32 sets the amount of the gas discharged from the purge valve 7 to be large.
  • a gas circulation pump with variable flow rate, provided on an anode gas circulation flow path, and a purge valve which discharges anode off-gas to the outside of the system are controlled based on the measured cell voltages.

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