Patent ID: 11916266
Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  H  B  G  Y | IPC B  C  H

Claim 0:
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.