FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME

A fuel cell system 10 includes a fuel cell 14 which has an anode 18 and a cathode 20; a secondary battery 82 which is electrically connected to the fuel cell 14; an air pump 42 for supplying an oxidizer to the cathode 18; and a controller 52 which controls supplying operation of the air pump 42 which supplies the oxidizer to the cathode 18. The controller 52 controls the supplying operations of the air pump 42 so that the number of oxidizer starvation processes in a start-up mode and the number of oxidizer starvation processes in a full-charge mode are both greater than the number of oxidizer starvation processes in a normal operation mode.