SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FAST START-UP AND WARM-UP IN TURBOCHARGED FUEL CELLS

Provided herein are systems and methods for improving warm-up times for fuel cells. A method of the present disclosure includes detecting, by one or more processors, a warm-up condition of a fuel cell, and controlling, by the one or more processors, a first valve and a second valve, to cause pressurized oxygen and pressurized hydrogen to be supplied to a catalytic converter arranged downstream from the fuel cell, to cause the catalytic converter to produce heat to be transferred to a coolant loop of the fuel cell, during the warm-up condition.