US 11,876,258 B2
Operation method for hydrogen production apparatus and control device for hydrogen production apparatus
Akihiko Fukunaga, Tokyo (JP); Toshio Tezuka, Tokyo (JP); Tadashi Seike, Tokyo (JP); Hirofumi Nishio, Tokyo (JP); and Daisaku Tateishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ENEOS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ENEOS Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,434.
Application 17/212,434 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/038268, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-187679 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0210774 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); C01B 3/32 (2006.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0606 (2016.01); B60S 5/02 (2006.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01)
CPC H01M 8/04089 (2013.01) [B60S 5/02 (2013.01); C01B 3/32 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/0606 (2013.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); C01B 2203/1604 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1609 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/40 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operation method for a hydrogen production apparatus that is disposed in a hydrogen station and produces hydrogen gas to be supplied to a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) arriving at the hydrogen station, the operation method comprising:
starting up a hydrogen production apparatus up to a first operation load ratio preset for a rated operation;
increasing an operation load of the hydrogen production apparatus to a second operation load ratio, larger than the first operation load ratio, at a first timing associated with an arrival of the FCV; and
decreasing the operation load of the hydrogen production apparatus to a third operation load ratio, smaller than the second operation load ratio, at a second timing associated with a completion of hydrogen filling into the FCV;
wherein an increase in the operation load due to the first timing with respect to a subsequent FCV arriving at the hydrogen station next to a previous FCV takes precedence over a decrease in the operation load due to the second timing with respect to the previous FCV.