IP Library Granted Patent US 10,809,302
Granted Patent B2
US 10,809,302 · App. 15/843,841 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Online detection method for internal short-circuit of battery

Inventors: Shengjie Yuan (Shanghai, CN); Gaokun Liu (Shanghai, CN); Chong He (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
G01R31/3648G01R31/389G01R31/396G01R31/50H01M2/1077H01M10/48H01M10/482H02J7/0029H02J7/0068H01M2/34H01M10/613H01M2200/00H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,809,302
App. No.
15/843,841
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to an online detection method for internal short-circuit of power battery, which comprises the following steps: in the process of charging and discharging, when the state of charge of a power battery is greater than a preset first threshold, monitoring and recording the voltage for each cell in the power battery; in accordance with the recorded historical voltages of each cell, determining whether there is a cell with voltage less than a second threshold in the process of charging, and less than a third threshold in the process of discharging, if so, then marking the corresponding cell as an internal short-circuited cell. The present application could accurately determine whether a malfunction of internal circuit of power battery occurs during the operation of a vehicle, so as to guarantee the safety of the vehicle and the people on-board.

Claims (28)

1. An online detection method for internal short-circuit of power battery, comprising the following steps:

in the process of charging and discharging, when the state of charge of the power battery is greater than a preset first threshold, monitoring and recording the voltage for each cell in the power battery;

in accordance with the recorded historical voltages of each cell, determining whether there is a cell with voltage less than a second threshold in the process of charging, and less than a third threshold in the process of discharging, if so, then marking the corresponding cell as an internal short-circuited cell;

wherein prior to said monitoring the voltage for each cell of the power battery, a step is provided for determining whether to monitor or not, said step comprising:

calculating the voltage differences between each string of cells in the power battery, if there is a voltage difference that is greater than a preset fourth threshold, then monitoring the voltage of each cell in the power battery.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said second threshold is the difference between the average voltage of all cells in the power battery and a preset first voltage variable, and said third threshold is the difference between the average voltage of all cells in the power battery and a preset second voltage variable.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method for detecting a cell with voltage less than the second threshold in the process of charging is:

step A1, in accordance with the monitored voltage of each cell, calculating the average voltage of all cells in the power battery, and correspondingly calculating the second threshold;

step A2, successively comparing the voltage of each cell to said second threshold, determining whether there is a cell with voltage less than said second threshold, if so, then executing step A3, if not, then executing step A4;

step A3, marking the cell with voltage less than said second threshold as a low voltage cell in the charging process;

step A4, waiting until the charging current is larger than a preset value of charging current to repeat the above steps.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein value range of said preset value of charging current is [2 C, 5 C], where C is the charge-discharge rate.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein said preset value of charging current is 2 C.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method for detecting a cell with voltage less than a third threshold in the process of discharging is:

step B1, in accordance with the monitored voltage of each cell, calculating the average voltage of all cells in the power battery, and correspondingly calculating the third threshold;

step B2, successively comparing the voltage of each cell to said third threshold, determining whether there is a cell with voltage less than said third threshold, if so, then executing step B3, if not, then executing step B4;

step B3, marking the cell with voltage less than said third threshold as a low voltage cell in the process of discharging;

step B4, waiting until the discharging current is larger than a preset value of discharging current to repeat the above steps.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein value range of said preset value of discharging current is [5 C, 8 C], where C is the charge-discharge rate.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, said preset value of discharging current is 5 C.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein value range of said first threshold is [50%, 90%].

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said forth threshold is 20 mv.

11. The method of claim 2 , wherein said first voltage variable is 50 mv; and said second voltage variable is 100 mv.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein after making the cell as internal short-circuited, a processing step is also provided, which comprises: sending a warning message and disabling charging, or disabling battery energy recovery, or operating cooling system at maximum capacity, or limiting system power to a limp home mode.

13. The method of claim 2 , wherein said forth threshold is 20 mv.

14. The method of claim 3 , wherein said first voltage variable is 50 mv; and said second voltage variable is 100 mv.

15. The method of claim 2 , wherein value range of said first threshold is [50%, 90%].

16. The method of claim 2 , wherein after making the cell as internal short-circuited, a processing step is also provided, which comprises: sending a warning message and disabling charging, or disabling battery energy recovery, or operating cooling system at maximum capacity, or limiting system power to a limp home mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
To: NIO (ANHUI) HOLDING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054280/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2018
From: YUAN, SHENGJIE; LIU, GAOKUN; HE, CHONG
To: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046461/0086 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 1169204 · Dec 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180172772A1 · Jun 21, 2018
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