A monitoring system includes a plurality of monitoring devices adjacently
provided to a group of integrated fuel cell stacks for measuring a
voltage of the fuel cell units. Each of the monitoring devices includes a
plurality of monitoring sensors adapted for electrically connecting to a
predetermined set of fuel cell units and a MCU (Micro-Chip-Unit) for
sequentially and circularly switching each two neighboring monitoring
sensors for reading the voltage of each respective fuel cell. A CAN bus
is provided for electrically and collectively interconnecting the
monitoring devices with a central operator which is arranged in such a
manner that when said the voltage of the respective fuel cell unit
exceeds a safety range, the central operator generates an alert signal
for indicating an abnormal operation of the respective fuel cell.