US 12,434,565 B2
Vehicle control apparatus for controlling fuel cell system and control method thereof
Jung Tak Kang, Incheon (KR); and Yong Doo Son, Incheon (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 Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,353.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0036901 (KR), filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302911 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 3/00 (2019.01); H01M 8/04303 (2016.01); H01M 8/04664 (2016.01); H01M 8/04955 (2016.01); H01M 8/04992 (2016.01)
CPC B60L 3/0053 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04303 (2016.02); H01M 8/04671 (2013.01); H01M 8/04955 (2013.01); H01M 8/04992 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a fuel cell system, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying a fuel cell module in which an error occurs among fuel cell modules included in the fuel cell system and an error type;
stopping the fuel cell system, when a number of times the same error consecutively occurs is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value;
stopping the fuel cell module in which the error occurs, when the number of times the same error consecutively occurs is smaller than the predetermined threshold value; and
operating the fuel cell module, in which the error occurs, again,
wherein only the fuel cell module in which the error occurs is operated again when a degree of the error occurring in a power conversion device is less than or equal to a first threshold numerical value and the number of times the error occurs is less than or equal to a threshold number of times, when the error type is a power conversion device error occurring in the power conversion device.