Patent ID: 7795753

Claim:
A fuel cell system control unit comprising: a first power converter electrically connected to an electric power system; an electric load connected to an electric line which ties the electric power system and the first power converter; a set of fuel cells connected to a DC circuit of said first power converter through a second power converter; a secondary battery connected to said DC circuit through a third power converter; a system voltage detecting means which detects an AC voltage on the power system and outputs its detected value; a receiving current detector for detecting the receiving current which is total of a current flowing through said first power converter and a current flowing through the electric load; means for calculating a receiving electric power based on the receiving current detected by said receiving current detector and the system voltage detected by said system voltage detecting means; means for controlling said third power converter so that said receiving power does not exceed a receiving power threshold value; means for calculating the output power of the secondary battery; means for calculating the output power of the set of fuel cells; means for calculating the load power which the load consumes based on the receiving power, the output power of the secondary battery, and the output power of the set of fuel cells; means for calculating an average value of the load power by filtering the load power calculated; means for controlling the second power converter so that the output power of the set of fuel cells approaches the average value of load power; and means for controlling the first electric power converter so that a DC side voltage of the first electric power converter approaches a predetermined DC voltage instruction value.