WO2008099905A1 - 燃料電池システム - Google Patents
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- H01M8/04223—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
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- the present invention relates to a fuel cell system.
- a fuel cell system including a fuel cell that generates power by receiving a supply of a reaction gas (a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas) has been proposed and put into practical use.
- a fuel cell system is provided with a fuel supply flow path for flowing fuel gas supplied from a fuel supply source such as a hydrogen tank to the fuel cell, and the fuel supply flow path includes a fuel supply path from the fuel supply source. It is common to provide a regulator (regulator) that reduces the fuel gas supply pressure to a certain value.
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and includes an on-off valve that changes a supply state of a fuel gas to the fuel cell, and a sensor that detects a gas state for controlling the on-off valve.
- the purpose is to suppress fuel cell power generation abnormalities caused by sensor abnormalities.
- a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel supply channel for flowing fuel gas supplied from a fuel supply source to the fuel cell, and an upstream of the fuel supply channel.
- An on-off valve that adjusts the gas state on the fuel supply side and supplies it to the downstream side, a sensor that detects the gas state on the fuel supply flow path, and a control means that controls the on-off valve based on the detection value of the sensor, The control means stops the opening / closing operation of the on-off valve when the sensor falls into an abnormal state.
- Gas state means a gas state represented by flow rate, pressure, temperature, molarity, etc., and particularly includes at least one of gas flow rate and gas pressure.
- Control means for determining that the sensor has fallen into an abnormal state when the state has been exceeded for a predetermined time In the fuel cell system, a shutoff valve for shutting off the fuel gas supplied from the fuel supply source is provided on the upstream side of the on-off valve, and control means for closing the shutoff valve when the sensor falls into an abnormal state is adopted. be able to.
- the shutoff valve upstream of the on-off valve can be closed due to a sensor abnormality, so that it is possible to suppress an excessive increase in the pressure of the fuel gas upstream of the on-off valve, It becomes possible to suppress the failure of the on-off valve.
- a control unit that resumes the opening / closing operation of the on-off valve when the sensor recovers from an abnormal state to a normal state.
- Control means that determines that the sensor has recovered from the abnormal state to the normal state when the predetermined lower limit value or more and not more than the predetermined upper limit value and the state has continued for a predetermined time) can be employed.
- an injector can be used as the on-off valve, and a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the fuel gas on the downstream side of the injector can be used as the sensor.
- the engineer is an electromagnetic drive that can adjust the gas state (gas flow rate and gas pressure) by driving the valve body directly with a predetermined driving cycle with electromagnetic driving force and separating it from the valve seat It is a type on-off valve.
- a predetermined control unit drives the valve body of the injector to control the fuel gas injection timing and injection time, whereby the flow rate and pressure of the fuel gas can be controlled.
- a fuel cell system comprising: an on-off valve that changes a supply state of fuel gas to the fuel cell; and a sensor that detects a gas state for controlling the on-off valve. It is possible to suppress power generation abnormalities in the fuel cell.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a fuel cell system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a control block diagram for explaining a control mode of the control device of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3A is a time chart showing the time history of the detected value of the secondary pressure sensor of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3B is a time chart showing an example of the control operation of the injector of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3C is a time chart showing an example of the control operation of the shutoff valve of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3D is a time chart showing an example of forced intermittent operation of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation method of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5A is a time chart showing the time history of the detected value of the secondary pressure sensor of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5B is a time chart showing another example of the control operation of the injector of the fuel cell system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a modification of the fuel cell system shown in FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- the fuel cell system 1 includes a fuel cell 10 that generates electric power upon receiving a supply of reaction gas (oxidizing gas and fuel gas). It includes an oxidizing gas piping system 2 that supplies air as oxidizing gas, a hydrogen gas piping system 3 that supplies hydrogen gas as fuel gas to the fuel cell 10, and a control device 4 that performs integrated control of the entire system.
- reaction gas oxidizing gas and fuel gas
- oxidizing gas piping system 2 that supplies air as oxidizing gas
- hydrogen gas piping system 3 that supplies hydrogen gas as fuel gas to the fuel cell 10
- a control device 4 that performs integrated control of the entire system.
- the fuel cell 10 has a stack structure in which a required number of unit cells that generate power upon receiving a reaction gas are stacked.
- the electric power generated by the fuel cell 10 is supplied to a PCU (Power Control Unit) 11.
- P C U 1 1 includes an inverter D C—D C converter or the like disposed between the fuel cell 10 and the traction motor 12. Further, the fuel cell 10 is provided with a current sensor 13 for detecting a current during power generation.
- the oxidizing gas piping system 2 includes an air supply channel 21 for supplying the oxidizing gas (air) humidified by the humidifier 20 to the fuel cell 10, and humidifying the oxidized off-gas discharged from the fuel cell 10.
- the air supply passage 21 is provided with a compressor 24 that takes in the oxidizing gas in the atmosphere and pumps it to the humidifier 20.
- the hydrogen gas piping system 3 includes a hydrogen tank 30 as a fuel supply source storing high-pressure hydrogen gas, and a hydrogen supply as a fuel supply channel for supplying the hydrogen gas from the hydrogen tank 30 to the fuel cell 10. Water discharged from channel 3 1 and fuel cell 10 And a circulation flow path 3 2 for returning the raw off gas to the hydrogen supply flow path 31.
- a reformer that generates hydrogen-rich reformed gas from a hydrocarbon-based fuel
- a high-pressure gas tank that stores the reformed gas generated by the reformer in a high-pressure state.
- a tank having a hydrogen storage alloy may be employed as a fuel supply source.
- the hydrogen supply flow path 3 1 is provided with a shut-off valve 3 3 that shuts off or allows the supply of hydrogen gas from the hydrogen tank 30, a regulator 3 4 that adjusts the pressure of the hydrogen gas, and an injector 3 5. It has been. Further, on the upstream side of the injector 35, there are provided a primary pressure sensor 4.1 and a temperature sensor 4 2 for detecting the pressure and temperature of the hydrogen gas in the hydrogen supply flow path 31. Further, the pressure of the hydrogen gas in the hydrogen supply flow path 3 1 is detected downstream of the injector 35 and upstream of the junction A 1 between the hydrogen supply flow path 3 1 and the circulation flow path 3 2. A secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is provided. The secondary pressure sensor 43 corresponds to an embodiment of the sensor and the pressure sensor in the present invention.
- the regulator 34 is a device that regulates the upstream pressure (primary pressure) to a preset secondary pressure.
- a mechanical pressure reducing valve for reducing the primary pressure is employed as the regulator 34.
- the mechanical pressure reducing valve has a structure in which a back pressure chamber and a pressure regulating chamber are formed with a diaphragm therebetween, and the primary pressure is set to a predetermined pressure in the pressure regulating chamber by the back pressure in the back pressure chamber. It is possible to adopt a known configuration in which the pressure is reduced to a secondary pressure. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, by arranging two regulators 34 on the upstream side of the indicator 35, the upstream pressure of the indicator 35 can be effectively reduced.
- the degree of freedom in designing the mechanical structure of the injector 35 can be increased. Further, since the upstream pressure of the injector 35 can be reduced, the valve body of the injector 35 becomes difficult to move due to an increase in the differential pressure between the upstream pressure and the downstream pressure of the injector 35. Can be suppressed. Accordingly, it is possible to widen the adjustable pressure range of the downstream pressure of the injector 35, and to suppress the decrease in the response 1 "of the injector 35.
- the injector 35 is an electromagnetically driven on-off valve that can adjust the gas flow rate and gas pressure by driving the valve body directly at a predetermined driving cycle with electromagnetic driving force and separating it from the valve seat.
- the injector 35 is provided with a valve seat having an injection hole for injecting gaseous fuel such as hydrogen gas, a nozzle pod that supplies and guides the gaseous fuel to the injection hole, and an axial direction (gas flow direction) with respect to the nozzle pod. And a valve body movably accommodated and held to open and close the injection hole.
- the valve body of the indicator 35 is driven by a solenoid that is an electromagnetic drive device, and the opening area of the injection hole is set in two steps by turning on and off the pulsed excitation current supplied to the solenoid.
- the injector 35 is a valve that directly opens and closes the valve (valve body and valve seat) with an electromagnetic driving force, and has a high responsiveness because its driving cycle can be controlled to a highly responsive region.
- Injector 35 is configured to change at least one of the opening area (opening) and the opening time of the valve provided in the gas flow path of injector 35 in order to supply the required gas flow rate downstream. Adjust the gas flow rate (or hydrogen molar concentration) supplied to the downstream side (fuel cell 10 side). In addition, the gas flow rate is adjusted by opening and closing the valve body of the injector 35, and the gas pressure supplied downstream of the injector 35 is depressurized from the gas pressure upstream of the injector 35. It can also be interpreted as a pressure reducing valve or a regulator. In the present embodiment, a predetermined pressure range is set according to the gas demand. 08 052481
- variable pressure control valve that can change the pressure adjustment amount (pressure reduction amount) of the upstream gas pressure of the injector 35 so as to match the required pressure.
- an indicator 35 is arranged upstream of the junction A 1 between the hydrogen supply channel 31 and the circulation channel 32.
- the hydrogen gas supplied from each hydrogen tank 30 is joined (hydrogen gas joining part A 2) Install the indicator 35 on the downstream side.
- An exhaust flow path 3 8 is connected to the circulation flow path 3 2 via a gas-liquid separator 3 6 and an exhaust drain valve 3 7.
- the gas-liquid separator 36 recovers moisture from the hydrogen off gas.
- the exhaust drain valve 3 7 is operated according to a command from the control device 4 so that moisture recovered by the gas-liquid separator 36, hydrogen off-gas (fuel off-gas) containing impurities in the circulation channel 3 2, Is discharged (purged) to the outside.
- the circulation channel 3 2 is provided with a hydrogen pump 39 that pressurizes the hydrogen off-gas in the circulation channel 32 and sends it to the hydrogen supply channel 31 side.
- the hydrogen off-gas discharged through the air drain valve 37 and the discharge passage 38 is joined with the oxidizing off-gas in the exhaust passage 23 by the diluter 40 and diluted.
- the control device 4 detects an operation amount of an acceleration operation member (accelerator, etc.) provided in the vehicle, and provides control information such as an acceleration request value (for example, a required power generation amount from a load device such as the traction motor 12). In response, the operation of various devices in the system is controlled.
- the load device refers to auxiliary equipment required to operate the fuel cell 10 (for example, compressor 24, hydrogen pump 39, cooling pump motor, etc.), vehicle Actuators used in various devices (transmissions, wheel control devices, steering devices, suspension devices, etc.) It is a collective term for power consumption devices including air conditioners (air conditioners), lighting, and audio.
- the control device 4 is configured by a computer system (not shown). Such a computer system is provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, HDD, input / output interface, display, and the like, and various kinds of control programs recorded in the ROM are read and executed by the CPU. The control operation is realized.
- the control device 4 determines the fuel cell 1 based on the operating state of the fuel cell 10 (the current value during power generation of the fuel cell 10 detected by the current sensor 13).
- the amount of hydrogen gas consumed at 0 (hereinafter referred to as “hydrogen consumption”) is calculated (fuel consumption calculation function: B 1).
- the hydrogen consumption is calculated and updated for each calculation cycle of the control device 4 using a specific calculation formula representing the relationship between the current value of the fuel cell 10 and the hydrogen consumption. .
- control device 4 determines the target of the hydrogen gas at the downstream position of the engine 35 based on the operating state of the fuel cell 10 (current value at the time of power generation of the fuel cell 10 detected by the current sensor 13). Calculate the pressure value (target gas supply pressure to the fuel cell 10) (target pressure value calculation function: B 2).
- target pressure value calculation function: B 2 target pressure value calculation function
- the secondary side pressure sensor 4 3 is arranged for each calculation cycle of the control device 4 using a specific map representing the relationship between the generated current value of the fuel cell 1.0 and the target pressure value. The target pressure value at the selected position is calculated and updated.
- the control device 4 calculates the feed pack correction flow rate based on the deviation between the calculated target pressure value and the detected pressure value of the injector 3 5 downstream position detected by the secondary pressure sensor 4 3.
- the feed pack correction flow rate is a hydrogen gas flow rate added to the hydrogen consumption in order to reduce the deviation between the target pressure value and the detected pressure value.
- the feedback correction flow rate is calculated and updated every calculation cycle of the control device 4 using the PI type feedback control law.
- control device 4 detects the upstream gas state of the injector 35 based on the gas state upstream of the injector 35 (the pressure of the hydrogen gas detected by the primary pressure capacitor 41 and the temperature of the hydrogen gas detected by the temperature sensor 42).
- the static flow rate is calculated (Static flow rate calculation function: B 4).
- the static flow rate is calculated for each calculation cycle of the control device 4 using a specific calculation formula representing the relationship between the pressure and temperature of the hydrogen gas upstream of the indicator 35 and the static flow rate. To update.
- the control device 4 calculates the invalid injection time of the injector 35 based on the gas state (hydrogen gas pressure and temperature) upstream of the indicator 35 and the applied voltage (invalid injection time calculation function: B 5 )
- the invalid injection time means the time required from when the injector 35 receives the control signal from the control device 4 until the actual injection is started.
- a specific map that represents the relationship between the pressure and temperature of the hydrogen gas on the flow side of the indicator 35, the applied voltage, and the invalid injection time is used. The shooting time is calculated and updated.
- the control device 4 calculates the injection flow rate of the indicator 35 by adding the hydrogen consumption amount and the feedback correction flow rate (injection flow rate calculation function: B 6). Then, the control device 4 calculates the basic injection time of the injector 35 by multiplying the value obtained by dividing the injection flow rate of the injector 35 by the static flow rate by the drive cycle of the injector 35, and calculates the basic injection time and The total injection time of the injector 35 is calculated by caloring the invalid injection time (total injection time calculation function: B 7).
- the drive cycle means a stepped (on / off) waveform cycle representing the open / close state of the injection hole of the injector 35. In the present embodiment, the drive period is set to a constant value by the control device 4.
- control device 4 controls the gas injection time and the gas injection timing of the injector 35 by sending a control signal for realizing the total injection time of the injector 35 calculated through the above procedure, Adjust the flow rate and pressure of the hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell 10. In this way, the control device 4 controls the injector 35 with reference to the detected pressure value at the downstream position of the injector 35 detected by the secondary pressure sensor 43.
- control device 4 determines whether the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is abnormal during normal operation of the fuel cell 10 and determines that the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is in an abnormal state. Stop the injection operation (open / close operation) by the injector 3 5 and make it fully closed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the control device 4 detects that the value detected by the secondary pressure sensor 43 is less than a predetermined lower limit value or exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, and The state is T for a predetermined time. If it continues, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is in an abnormal state, and the injector 3 5 is fully closed as shown in FIG. 3B. That is, the control device 4 functions as an embodiment of the control means in the present invention.
- control device 4 determines that the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is in an abnormal state
- the control device 4 has a shut-off valve provided in the hydrogen supply passage 31 as shown in FIG.
- control device 4 is capable of operating the secondary pressure sensor during the forced intermittent operation described above.
- the control device 4 detects that the value detected by the secondary-side pressure sensor 43 is not less than a predetermined lower limit value and not more than a predetermined upper limit value, and the state is maintained for a predetermined time T. . If it continues, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 43 has recovered from the abnormal state to the normal state, and the injection operation (opening / closing operation) by the injector 35 is resumed as shown in FIG. 3B.
- the control device 4 opens the shut-off valve 3 3 that has been closed as shown in FIG. 3C. Then, supply of hydrogen gas from the hydrogen tank 30 is resumed.
- the control device 4 determines that the secondary side pressure sensor 4 3 has recovered from the abnormal state to the normal state, the exhaust gas provided in the circulation flow path 3 2 as shown in FIG. 3D. Open drain valve 3 7 and operate hydrogen pump 3 9 and compressor 2 4 to shift from forced intermittent operation to normal operation and restart power generation.
- the control device 4 of the fuel cell system 1 detects the pressure value of the hydrogen gas downstream of the injector 3 5 using the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 during normal operation (pressure detection during normal operation). Process: S 1). Then, the control device 4 detects that the detected value in the normal pressure detecting step S1 is less than the predetermined lower limit value or exceeds the predetermined upper limit value, and the state is the predetermined time T. It is determined whether or not to continue (abnormality determination step: S 2).
- the control device 4 determines that the detection value of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is not less than the predetermined lower limit value and not more than the predetermined upper limit value, or the detection value of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 Even if is less than the predetermined lower limit value or exceeds the predetermined upper limit value, the condition remains at the predetermined time T. If not, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 43 is normal and the control operation is terminated as it is.
- the control device 4 detects that the detection value of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is less than a predetermined lower limit value or exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, and the state is a predetermined time T. If it continues, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 43 has entered an abnormal state, and the injection operation by the injector 35 is stopped to make it fully closed (injector stop process: S 3). The control device 4 closes the shut-off valve 3 3 provided in the hydrogen supply flow path 31 and the exhaust drain valve 3 7 provided in the circulation flow path 3 2 together with the stop of the injector 35, and the hydrogen Stop pump 3 9 and compressor 2 4 to shift from normal operation to forced intermittent operation to temporarily stop power generation.
- control device 4 uses the secondary pressure sensor 43 to determine the hydrogen gas pressure value on the downstream side of the injector 35 while performing the forced intermittent operation through the injector stop step S3. Detected (intermittent pressure detection step: S 4), and the detected value is not less than a predetermined lower limit value and not more than a predetermined upper limit value, and the state is T for a predetermined time. It is determined whether or not to continue (return determination step: S 5).
- the state is the predetermined time T. If it does not continue, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is in an abnormal state, and control returns to the injector stop step S 3 to continue control.
- the control device 4 detects that the detection value of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is not less than a predetermined lower limit value and not more than a predetermined upper limit value, and the state is a predetermined time T. If it continues, it is determined that the secondary pressure sensor 43 has recovered from an abnormal state to a normal state, and the injection operation by the indicator 35 is restarted (indicator restart process: S 6). The control device 4 reopened the shut-off valve 3 3 and the exhaust drain valve 3 7 that were closed, and restarted the hydrogen pump 3 9 and the compressor 2 4 together with the restart of the injector 3 5. Shift from forced intermittent operation to normal operation to resume power generation.
- the supply state of hydrogen gas to the fuel cell 10 0 is prevented from being abnormal due to the malfunction of the injector 35 due to the abnormality of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3. can do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the power generation state of the fuel cell 10 from becoming abnormal, and the components inside the fuel cell 10 are deteriorated due to a rapid increase in the amount of fuel supplied to the fuel cell 10. Can be avoided.
- the injector 3 5 can close the shutoff valve 3 3 on the upstream side in accordance with the abnormality of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3. It is possible to prevent the upstream hydrogen gas pressure from rising excessively. Therefore, the failure of the injector 35 can be suppressed.
- the opening / closing operation of the indicator 35 is automatically restarted. The fuel supply to the fuel cell 10 can be resumed. Therefore, when the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 recovers from the abnormal state to the normal state, the power generation by the fuel cell 10 can be automatically resumed.
- the value detected by the secondary pressure sensor 43 is less than a predetermined lower limit value or exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, and the state is a predetermined time T.
- the force S shows an example in which the secondary pressure sensor 43 is determined to be in an abnormal state when it is sustained, and the method of abnormality determination is not limited to this.
- the force at which the detection value at the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is less than a predetermined lower limit value, or the detection value at the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 has a predetermined upper limit value. If exceeded, it is immediately determined that the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 is in an abnormal state, and the injector 35 can be fully closed as shown in FIG. 5B.
- the value detected by the secondary pressure sensor 43 is not less than the predetermined lower limit value and not more than the predetermined upper limit value, and the state is the predetermined time T.
- the method for determining recovery from the abnormal state is not limited to this.
- the detected value at the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 falls below a predetermined lower limit value and below a predetermined upper limit value, the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 immediately becomes abnormal.
- the injection operation by the indicator 35 can be restarted by determining that the vehicle has recovered from the normal state.
- the example in which the circulation flow path 32 is provided in the hydrogen gas piping system 3 of the fuel cell system 1 has been shown.
- the controller 4 determines the abnormality of the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 in the same manner as in the previous embodiment, and the secondary pressure sensor 4 3 falls into an abnormal state. In this case, the injector 35 can be fully closed.
- the on-off valve adjusts the gas state upstream of the supply flow path (hydrogen supply flow path 3 1). As long as it is supplied to the downstream side, it is not limited to the indicator 35.
- the secondary pressure sensor 43 is arranged at the downstream position of the indicator 35 in the hydrogen supply flow path 31 and the pressure at this position is adjusted (approaches a predetermined target pressure value).
- the injector 35 is controlled, but the position of the secondary pressure sensor is not limited to this.
- a secondary pressure sensor can be placed in the vicinity (on the circulation channel 3 2). In such a case, a map in which the target pressure value at each position of the secondary pressure sensor is recorded in advance, and the feedback correction flow rate is calculated based on this map.
- shut-off valve 3 3 and the regulator 3 4 are provided in the hydrogen supply flow path 31
- the injector 35 has a function as a variable pressure control valve.
- the shut-off valve 3 3 does not necessarily have to be provided with the regulator 3 4. Therefore, when the indicator 35 is employed, the shut-off valve 3 3 and the regulator 3 4 can be omitted, so that the system can be reduced in size and cost.
- the fuel cell system according to the present invention can be mounted on a fuel cell vehicle, and can also be applied to various moving bodies (mouth pots, ships, aircrafts, etc.) other than fuel cell vehicles. It can be installed. Further, the fuel cell system according to the present invention may be applied to a stationary power generation system used as a power generation facility for a building (house, building, etc.).
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