FUEL CELL OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION METHOD, FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted 16 Nov 2004 · 14 office actions
Assignee: Toyota Motor
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Inventors: Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Kouta Manabe, Hiroshi Sugiura, Nobuo Watanabe · Examiner: John S. Maples
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An output characteristic of a fuel cell is estimated by detecting an output current of the fuel cell and a voltage between terminals of the fuel cell, and then estimating the output characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of the detected output current and the detected voltage between the terminals, and a basic output characteristic of the fuel cell.
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| Type | Document | Date |
|---|---|---|
| related publication | US 20020064697 A1 | 30 May 2002 |
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