IP Library Granted Patent US 11,374,425
Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,425 · App. 16/333,945 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Battery energy storage system, battery management system, and control method for controlling battery temperature

Inventors: Fanny Matthey (Tokyo, JP); Shin Yamauchi (Tokyo, JP); Kei Sakabe (Tokyo, JP); Ryohhei Nakao (Hitachinaka, JP); Daiki Komatsu (Tokyo, JP); Keiichiro Ohkawa (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
H02J7/0091G01R31/36H01M10/48H01M10/486H02J7/0029G01R31/382H02J7/0021H02J7/007192H02J7/045H02J2007/0067
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Patent No.
US 11,374,425
App. No.
16/333,945
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a battery system in which a battery cell does not exceed a use limit temperature, and a time taken for returning to the charging/discharging process is shortened even if a frequency for the battery system to stop a charging/discharging process is reduced and the charging/discharging process is stopped. The battery system disclosed in the invention includes a plurality of battery cells and a control circuit which controls a charging/discharging current of the battery cell. The control circuit performs a plurality of temperature rising estimations on the basis of a battery temperature, a charging/discharging current, and a time width of a time window. The control circuit selects the charging/discharging current corresponding to a temperature rising estimation in which the temperature of the battery cell does not exceed a use limit temperature among the temperature rising estimations.

Claims (12)

1. A battery system, comprising:

a plurality of battery cells;

a temperature sensor;

a current sensor;

a voltage sensor; and

a control circuit configured to:

control a charging/discharging current of the battery cells,

calculate a state of charge and a state of health of the battery cells,

store different current limit values and different time widths of time windows,

select an optimum combination from combinations of the current limit values and the time widths of the time windows, and

select, in a next cycle, the optimum combination relative to temperature information and a charging/discharging current at a time of the next cycle,

wherein the optimum combination ensures that a temperature of the battery cells does not exceed a use limit temperature of the battery cells and utilization of the battery cells increases.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052165/0773 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
To: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 052165/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2019
From: MATTHEY, FANNY; YAMAUCHI, SHIN; SAKABE, KEI; NAKAO, RYOHHEI; KOMATSU, DAIKI; OHKAWA, KEIICHIRO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049365/0412 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-066634 · Mar 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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