IP Library Granted Patent US 9,897,659
Granted Patent B2
US 9,897,659 · App. 14/778,585 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Secondary battery charge status estimation device and secondary battery charge status estimation method

Inventor: Yohei Ishii (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
G01R31/3637G01R31/3624G01R31/3651G01R31/3662H01M10/48H02J7/0021
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Patent No.
US 9,897,659
App. No.
14/778,585
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Charge state estimation device includes: current/voltage acquiring unit for acquiring a charge/discharge current value and inter-terminal voltage value of secondary battery; combined current calculating unit for calculating a combined current value from the charge/discharge current value acquired at a time t; estimation time setting unit for setting, as an estimation time for charge state estimation, the time at which the combined current value exists within a predetermined threshold range; internal resistance estimating unit for estimating the internal resistance value of secondary battery on the basis of the inter-terminal voltage values and charge/discharge current values of secondary battery at the estimation time T and at sampling time before the estimation time; and charge state estimating unit for estimating the open circuit voltage value and charge state value of the secondary battery on the basis of the inter-terminal voltage value of secondary battery at the estimation time and the internal resistance value.

Claims (12)

1. A charge state estimation device of a secondary battery for estimating a charge state value SOC of the secondary battery repeatedly charged and discharged in a short time, the charge state estimation device comprising:

a current/voltage acquiring unit for acquiring a charge or discharge current value and an inter-terminal voltage value of the secondary battery at a predetermined sampling time interval;

a combined current calculating unit for calculating, by a predetermined current combining method, a combined current value Iw(t) from the charge or discharge current value I(t) acquired at a time t in consideration of a charge or discharge state before the time t;

an estimation time setting unit for setting, as an estimation time for charge state estimation, a time t=T at which the combined current value Iw(t) exists within a predetermined threshold range;

an internal resistance estimating unit for estimating an internal resistance value R of the secondary battery based on the inter-terminal voltage value V(T) and the charge or discharge current value I(T) of the secondary battery at the estimation time T and the inter-terminal voltage value V(T−n) and the charge or discharge current value I(T−n) of the secondary battery at a sampling time (T−n) before the estimation time T, the n being a natural number of 1 or more; and

a charge state estimating unit for estimating an open circuit voltage value Voc of the secondary battery based on the inter-terminal voltage value V(T) of the secondary battery at the estimation time T and the internal resistance value R, and estimating the charge state value SOC of the secondary battery based on a Voc-SOC relation showing a relationship between the previously determined open circuit voltage value Voc and the charge state value SOC.

2. The charge state estimation device of the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the combined current calculating unit calculates the combined current value from Iw(t)=αI(t)+(1−α)Iw(T−n) using a predetermined combination coefficient α, the Iw(t) shows the combined current value at the time t, and the Iw(T−n) shows the combined current value at the sampling time (T−n) before the estimation time T.

3. The charge state estimation device of the secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein

the combination coefficient α is set based on a charge or discharge characteristic of the secondary battery.

4. The charge state estimation device of the secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising

a capacity variation estimating unit for estimating a capacity variation value from a charge or discharge state value in an initial state of the secondary battery based on the plurality of charge state values SOC at different charge or discharge operation times.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 064745/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: ISHII, YOHEI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036698/0962 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-070209 · Mar 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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