IP Library Granted Patent US 10,101,401
Granted Patent B2
US 10,101,401 · App. 15/056,915 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Energy storage device management apparatus, energy storage device management method, energy storage device module, energy storage device management program, and movable body

Inventors: Kenichi Sejima (Kyoto, JP); Takeyuki Shiraishi (Kyoto, JP); Yoshihiko Mizuta (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
G01R31/3651G01R31/3624
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Patent No.
US 10,101,401
App. No.
15/056,915
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An energy storage device management method for deciding an SOC estimated value includes: preparing first and second SOC estimation methods for estimating an SOC; and employing a predetermined value as the SOC estimated value when a first SOC region and a second SOC region are different. V-SOC correlation between a voltage and the state of charge of the energy storage device is sectioned into a plurality of SOC regions. The first SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the first SOC estimation method belongs to, and the second SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the second SOC estimation method belongs to. The predetermined value is set to a value close to a boundary value on a side close to the first SOC region of boundary values sectioning the second SOC region, or a value between the boundary value and an intermediate value of the second SOC region.

Claims (45)

1. An energy storage device management method for deciding a state of charge (SOC) estimated value, which is a value indicating a state of charge of an energy storage device, comprising:

executing first and second SOC estimation methods for estimating an SOC of the energy storage device in ways different from each other; and

adjusting a reset value as the SOC estimated value when a first SOC region and a second SOC region are different from each other,

wherein a V-SOC correlation between a voltage and the state of charge of the energy storage device is sectioned into a plurality of SOC regions,

wherein the first SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the first SOC estimation method belongs to, and the second SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the second SOC estimation method belongs to, and

wherein the reset value is set to:

a limit value of the second SOC region on a side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region; or

a value between the limit value of the second SOC region on the side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region and a median value of the second SOC region.

2. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , wherein the first SOC estimation method is a method in which the SOC of the energy storage device is estimated, using data obtained by measuring a current flowing in/from the energy storage device, and the second SOC decision method is a method in which the SOC of the energy storage device is estimated, using data obtained by measuring the voltage of the energy storage device.

3. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first SOC region and the second SOC region are a same, the SOC estimated based on the first SOC estimation method is employed as the SOC estimated value.

4. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , wherein one of the SOC regions includes a region corresponding to a voltage flat region in which as to the voltage of the energy storage device, change of the voltage to the change of the SOC in the V-SOC correlation is smaller than that in an other region.

5. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

adjusting the reset value as the SOC estimated value when the first and second SOC estimation methods do not match with each other.

6. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first SOC region and the second SOC region match with each other, the SOC estimated based on the first SOC estimation method is employed as the SOC estimated value.

7. The energy storage device management method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second SOC estimation methods are applied in the first SOC regions and the second SOC region.

8. An energy storage device management apparatus, comprising:

an information processor adapted to output a state of charge (SOC) estimated value, which is a value indicating a state of charge of an energy storage device, and to execute first and second SOC estimation methods for estimating an SOC of the energy storage device in ways different from each other,

wherein a V-SOC correlation between a voltage and the state of charge of the energy storage device is sectioned into a plurality of SOC regions,

wherein the information processor is further adapted to adjust a reset value as the SOC estimated value when a first SOC region and a second SOC region are different from each other, the first SOC region being the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the first SOC estimation method belongs to, and the second SOC region being the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the second SOC estimation method belongs to, and

wherein the information processor is further adapted to set the reset value to:

a limit value of the second SOC region on a side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region, or

a value between the limit value of the second SOC region on the side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region and a median value of the second SOC region.

9. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first SOC estimation method is a method in which the SOC of the energy storage device is estimated, using data obtained by measuring a current flowing in/from the energy storage device, and the second SOC estimation method is a method in which the SOC of the energy storage device is estimated, using data obtained by measuring the voltage of the energy storage device.

10. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, when the first SOC region and the second SOC region are a same, the SOC estimated based on the first SOC estimation method is employed as the SOC estimated value.

11. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein one of the SOC regions includes a region corresponding to a voltage flat region in which as to the voltage of the energy storage device, change of the voltage to the change of the SOC in the V-SOC correlation is smaller than that in an other region.

12. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the V-SOC correlation includes information regarding a plurality of the voltage flat regions.

13. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the energy storage device includes a lithium ion battery including an iron-phosphate based positive active material.

14. An energy storage device module, comprising:

an energy storage device; and

the energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 .

15. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information processor further adjusts the reset value as the SOC estimated value when the first and second SOC estimation method do not match with each other.

16. The energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first and second SOC estimation methods are applied in the first SOC region and the second SOC region.

17. An energy storage device management program for causing a computer that controls an energy storage device to decide a state of charge (SOC) estimated value, which is a value indicating a state of charge of the energy storage device, the computer executing first and second SOC estimation methods for estimating an SOC of the energy storage device in ways different from each other, wherein the program causes the computer to perform:

adjusting a reset value as the SOC estimated value when a first SOC region and a second SOC region are different from each other,

wherein a V-SOC correlation between a voltage and the state of charge of the energy storage device is sectioned into a plurality of SOC regions,

wherein the first SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the first SOC estimation method belongs to, and the second SOC region is the SOC region that the SOC estimated by the second SOC estimation method belongs to, and

wherein the reset value is set to:

a limit value of the second SOC region on a side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region, or

a value between the limit value of the second SOC region on the side of the second SOC region which is close to the first SOC region and a median value of the second SOC region.

18. A movable body, comprising:

an energy storage device; and

the energy storage device management apparatus according to claim 8 .

19. The energy storage device management program according to claim 17 , wherein the program further causes the computer to perform:

adjusting the reset value as the SOC estimated value when the first and second SOC estimation methods do not match with each other.

20. The energy storage device management program according to claim 17 , wherein the first and second SOC estimation methods are applied in the first SOC region and the second SOC region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2016
From: SEJIMA, KENICHI; SHIRAISHI, TAKEYUKI; MIZUTA, YOSHIHIKO
To: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 037862/0762 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-043456 · Mar 5, 2015 · national
JP 2016-018035 · Feb 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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