Control procedure for a fuel
cell system, comprising: Deriving, by means of a control, a
voltage of a fuel
cell stack (10) by charging a high-
voltage battery (220); Deriving, by control, the
voltage of the fuel
cell stack (10) by connecting a fuel cell load device (20) to the fuel cell stack (10) when the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) is less than a predetermined first reference voltage (V1) when the voltage is derived, wherein the fuel cell load device (20) is a load to
discharge a voltage of a fuel cell when starting up or switching off the fuel cell; Adjusting, by means of the control, a voltage of a main
bus connection (211) arranged between the fuel cell stack and an
inverter (231) to an acceptable minimum voltage (V3) in order to prevent the output power of the fuel cell stack (10) from being supplied to loads other than the fuel cell load device (20) until a voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) reaches a predetermined second reference voltage (V2) based on the connection with the fuel cell load device (20); Diagnosing, by control, an operation of the connected fuel cell load device (20); the diagnosis of the operation of the fuel cell load device (20) includes: Diagnosing, by controlling, the operation of the fuel cell load device (20) based on a rate of decrease of the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10), wherein diagnosing the operation of the fuel cell load device (20) based on the rate of decrease of the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) includes: Diagnosing, by controlling, the operation of the fuel cell load device (20) based on both a time required for the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) to reach a certain voltage after the fuel cell load device (20) is connected to the fuel cell stack (10), and on a reference time required for the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) to reach the certain voltage under normal operation of the fuel cell load device (20), wherein the reference time varies based on a vehicle speed, an amount of air inflow, a
water content of the fuel cell stack (10), a
crossover state within the fuel cell stack (10) and the voltage of the fuel cell stack (10) when the fuel cell load device (20) is connected to the fuel cell stack (10).