Battery control device for calculating battery deterioration based on internal resistance increase rate
View Patent ↗A battery monitoring device includes: a current detection unit that detects an electric current flowing through a battery; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the battery; a temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of the battery; an internal resistance increase rate calculation unit that calculates the internal resistance increase rate of the battery based on the detected electric current, voltage between the both ends, and temperature; and a calculation invalid time setting unit that sets a predetermined calculation invalid time according to the characteristics of the internal resistance increase rate. The calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate is invalidated for an invalid period from the start of charging or discharging of the battery to the lapse of the calculation invalid time.
1. A battery control device, comprising:
a current detector that detects an electric current flowing through a battery;
a voltage detector that detects a voltage between both ends of the battery;
a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the battery; and
a controller programmed to
calculate an internal resistance increase rate of the battery based on the electric current detected by the current detector, the voltage between the both ends detected by the voltage detector, and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor;
obtain calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate which correspond to a degree of deterioration of the battery, by setting a predetermined calculation invalid time based on the internal resistance increase rate,
wherein the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate are invalidated for an invalid period from a start of charging or discharging of the battery to a lapse of the calculation invalid time by stopping calculation of the internal resistance increase rate for the invalid period to obtain a stable rate of increase in an internal resistance value of the battery, and
wherein the calculation invalid time is increased when the electric current is increased; and
control the charging and the discharging of the battery based on the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate.
2. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller stops the calculation of the internal resistance increase rate for the invalid period to invalidate the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate for the invalid period.
3. The battery control device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further programmed to determine the health state of the battery based on the internal resistance increase rate, wherein
the deterioration state determination unit outputs a certain SOH as the health state of the assembled battery for the invalid period.
4. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further programmed to determine the health state of the assembled battery based on the internal resistance increase rate, wherein
the controller determines the degree of deterioration of the assembled battery to the exclusion of the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate for the invalid period to invalidate the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate for the invalid period.
5. The battery control device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller outputs a certain health state as the health state of the battery for the invalid period.
6. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the calculation invalid time according to the magnitude of the electric current detected by the current detector.
7. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the calculation invalid time according to the temperature.
8. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further programmed to calculate the charging state of the battery, wherein
the controller sets the calculation invalid time according to the charging state.
9. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the calculation invalid time according to the frequency of calculating the internal resistance increase rate.
10. The battery control device according to claim 9 , wherein the controller sets the degree of reliability of the calculation results of the internal resistance increase rate based on the length of the calculation invalid time.
11. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation invalid time is increased when the temperature is higher or lower than a predetermined temperature.
12. The battery control device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation invalid time is increased when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is increased.