US 12,327,897 B2
Operation controller of fuel cell and operation control method thereof
Jong Gyun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Jae Won Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,583.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0057961 (KR), filed on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0359897 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04955 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04955 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04626 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operation controller for controlling an operation of a fuel cell in a system for generating a drive output through a fuel cell and a battery, the operation controller comprising a processor which is configured to:
selectively perform a driving stop control of the fuel cell through an operation variable including a required drive output and a load weight,
wherein:
when the required drive output is less than or equal to a first output, the processor performs the driving stop control of the fuel cell,
when the required drive output is greater than or equal to a second output, the processor performs a normal output control, and
when the required drive output exceeds the first output and is less than the second output, the processor selectively performs the driving stop control or the normal output control of the fuel cell through the operation variable.