A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell stack composed of one or more fuel cells, a discharging flow path for conducting an exhaust from the fuel cells connected to the fuel cells and a radiator for cooling the exhaust to a controlled temperature.
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What is claimed is: 1. A fuel cell system comprising: one or more fuel cells, each of the fuel cells having an anode and a cathode; a mixing tank supplying a fuel to the anode; a discharging flow path connected to the fuel cells, the discharging flow path conducting an exhaust from the fuel cells t
What is claimed is: 1. A fuel cell system comprising: one or more fuel cells, each of the fuel cells having an anode and a cathode; a mixing tank supplying a fuel to the anode; a discharging flow path connected to the fuel cells, the discharging flow path conducting an exhaust from the fuel cells to the mixing tank; a radiator installed on the discharging flow path, the radiator cooling the exhaust to a controlled temperature so as to condense a controlled amount of water meeting a demand in the fuel cells; a ventilator controllably feeding air to the radiator; and a controller unit controlling the ventilator so as to control cooling the exhaust to the controlled temperature, wherein the controller unit calculates the controlled temperature in accordance with an equation of in which Tfin--cathode is the controlled temperature, Iop is a current generated by the fuel cells,Ic.o. is a proton current converted from a quantity of a crossover methanol through the fuel cells, F is the Faraday constant, Fcathode--out is a flow rate of gas exhausted from the cathodes, N is a number of the fuel cells, and P is gas pressure in the radiator. 2. The fuel cell system of claim 1, further comprising: a collector tank linked with the radiator and collecting condensed water from the exhaust; and a connection flow path linking the collector tank to the mixing tank. 3. The fuel cell system of claim 2, further comprising a water emitter emitting the condensed water as a vapor. 4. The fuel cell system of claim 1, wherein the controller unit comprises a data table of a relationship between values of a current generated by the fuel cells and feeding rates of the air fed by the ventilator and controls the ventilator according to the data table. 5. The fuel cell system of claim 1, further comprising a bypass flow path linking the discharging flow path to the mixing tank and bypassing the radiator. 6. The fuel cell system of claim 1, further comprising an airflow path linking the ventilator and the radiator. 7. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack having one or more fuel cells; a discharging flow path discharging an exhaust from the fuel cell stack; a mixing tank supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack; a radiator condensing water from the exhaust in a controlled amount and recycling the water to the mixing tank; a ventilator controllably feeding air to the radiator; and a controller unit controlling the ventilator so as to control the controlled amount, wherein the controller unit calculates the controlled temperature in accordance with an equation of in which Tfin--cathode is the controlled temperature, Iop is a current generated by the fuel cells, Ic.o. is a proton current converted from a cluantity of a crossover methanol through the fuel cells. F is the Faraday constant, Fcathode --out is a flow rate of gas exhausted from the cathodes, N is a number of the fuel cells, and P is gas pressure in the radiator. 8. The fuel cell system of claim 7, wherein the controller unit comprises a data table of a relationship between values of a current generated by the fuel cells and feeding rates of the air fed by the ventilator and controls the ventilator according to the data table. 9. The fuel cell system of claim 7, further comprising a bypass flow path linking the fuel cell stack to the mixing tank and bypassing the radiator. 10. The fuel cell system of claim 7, further comprising an airflow path linking the ventilator and the radiator. 11. The fuel cell system of claim 7, further comprising a water emitter emitting the condensed water as a vapor. 12. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack having one or more fuel cells; a discharging flow path discharging an exhaust from the fuel cell stack; a mixing tank supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack; a radiator condensing water from the exhaust in a controlled amount and recycling the water to the mixing tank; a ventilator controllably feeding air to the radiator; and a controller unit controlling the ventilator so as to control the controlled amount. wherein the controller unit calculates the controlled amount so as to balance the controlled amount of the condensed water with a demand in the fuel cells in accordance with an expression of NIop/6F, in which N is a number of the fuel cells, Iop is the current, and F is the Faraday constant. 13. The fuel cell system of claim 12, wherein the controller unit comprises a data table of a relationship between values of a current generated by the fuel cells and feeding rates of the air fed by the ventilator and controls the ventilator according to the data table. 14. The fuel cell system of claim 12, further comprising a bypass flow path linking the fuel cell stack to the mixing tank and bypassing the radiator. 15. The fuel cell system of claim 12, further comprising an airflow path linking the ventilator and the radiator. 16. The fuel cell system of claim 12, further comprising a water emitter emitting the condensed water as a vapor. 17. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack having one or more fuel cells; a discharging flow path discharging an exhaust from the fuel cell stack; a mixing tank supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack; a radiator condensing water from the exhaust in a controlled amount and recycling the water to the mixing tank; a ventilator controllably feeding air to the radiator; and a controller unit controlling the ventilator so as to control the controlled amount, wherein the controller unit calculates the controlled amount so as to balance the controlled amount of the condensed water with a demand in the fuel cells to have water in an amount represented by an expression of allowed to be exhausted to the atmosphere, in which N is a number of the fuel cells, Iop is the current generated by the fuel cell state, Ic.o. is a proton current converted from quantity of a crossover methanol through the fuel cell stack, and F is the Faraday constant. 18. The fuel cell system of claim 17, wherein the controller unit comprises a data table of a relationship between values of a current generated by the fuel cells and feeding rates of the air fed by the ventilator and controls the ventilator according to the data table. 19. The fuel cell s stem of claim 17, further comprising a bypass flow path linking the fuel cell stack to the mixing tank and bypassing the radiator. 20. The fuel cell system of claim 17, further comprising an airflow path linking the ventilator and the radiator. 21. The fuel cell system of claim 17, further comprising a water emitter emitting the condensed water as a vapor.
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