Young Jae Kim, Lee Jae Yong, Jin Ho Kim, Hye Jung Cho, Hu Lei, Young Soo Joung, China Patent: CN101165958
A fuel cell system to rapidly increase the temperature of unit cells. The fuel cell system includes; a plurality of current generating unit cells; a load circuit to supply the current to a load; a short circuit to connect the cells to an electrically closed loop without passing through the load; a thermo sensor to measure the temperature of the cells, and a controller that controls the delivery of the current to the load circuit and the short circuit, according to the temperature measured by the thermo sensor. The fuel cell system can rapidly increase the temperature of the unit cells when the temperature of the unit cells is below an operating temperature, thereby reducing the time required for the fuel cell to generate a stable output voltage.