Patent ID: 7532987
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H01M,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel-cell power generation system including a fuel-cell power generator adapted to generate electricity to be supplied to an electrical appliance, said system comprising: power measurement means for measuring an actual power-consumption value in the appliance; power-consumption estimation means for estimating a future power-consumption value over a time-period after a point in time according to a neural network model using, as an input value, the actual power consumption value before the point in time, measured by said power measurement means; and operation control means for initiating a start-up operation of the fuel-cell power generator at a point in time before the estimated future power-consumption value initially becomes greater than a lower limit of output power of the fuel-cell power generator, by a time period necessary to activate the fuel-cell power generator, when the estimated future power consumption value estimated by said power-consumption estimation means is successively greater than the lower limit of output power for a given time period.