Fuel-cells generator system and method of generating electricity from fuel cells
CA 2214769 C · Owner: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Kawatsu, Shigeyuki
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A fuel-cells generator system of the present invention carries out an appropriate control to ensure a high output even when a catalyst carried on an electrode is poisoned. An electronic control unit of the fuel-cells generator system measures an output voltage E of fuel cells a concentration D, of carbon monoxide included in a gaseous fuel a temperature, T of the fuel cells, and a pressure P of the gaseous fuel at steps S100 through S130. When the output voltage E has been lowered by the amount of change that is not less than a predetermined voltage E0 at step S140 and when the concentration D of carbon monoxide measured by a carbon monoxide sensor represents the poisoned state of a …
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- Filed September 5, 1997 and granted July 24, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 5, 2017.
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