Battery degradation detection device and battery temperature estimation device
The battery degradation detection device includes an impedance measurement unit and a degradation detection unit. The impedance measurement unit measures impedances of a battery at a plurality of frequencies. The impedance for at least one of the plurality of frequencies, measured by the impedance measurement unit, has a positive imaginary component. The degradation detection unit detects degradation of the battery on the basis of real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies detected by the impedance measurement unit.
1. A battery degradation detection device comprising:
an impedance measurement processing circuitry for measuring impedances of a battery at a plurality of frequencies; and
a degradation detector for detecting degradation of the battery on the basis of real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies measured by the impedance measurement processing circuitry, wherein
the impedance for at least one of the plurality of frequencies has a positive imaginary component,
the real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies represent a tendency of change in the real component of the impedance of the battery in a range where the imaginary component of the impedance is positive,
the plurality of frequencies include a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency,
the real component of the impedance measured at the first frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a first conduction path in a current collecting portion of the battery, and the real component of the impedance measured at the second frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a second conduction path in the current collecting portion, and
the second conduction path is formed in a part of the first conduction path, due to a skin effect in the current collecting portion.
2. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the impedances at the plurality of frequencies each have an imaginary component equal to or greater than 0.
3. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 1 , further comprises a temperature corrector for correcting the real components of the impedances measured by the impedance measurement processing circuitry to values corresponding to resistance components at a predetermined reference temperature.
4. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the impedance measurement processing circuitry measures impedances at the plurality of frequencies, for a battery module including a plurality of batteries connected to each other, and
the degradation detector detects degradation of the battery module.
5. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first frequency is equal to or greater than 1 kHz and smaller than 10 kHz.
6. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second frequency is equal to or greater than 10 kHz.
7. A battery degradation detection device comprising:
an impedance measurement processing circuitry for measuring impedances of a battery at a plurality of frequencies; and
a degradation detector for detecting degradation of the battery on the basis of real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies measured by the impedance measurement processing circuitry, wherein
the impedance for at least one of the plurality of frequencies has a positive imaginary component,
the degradation detector detects degradation of the battery on the basis of a difference between the real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies,
the real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies represent a tendency of change in the real component of the impedance of the battery in a range where the imaginary component of the impedance is positive,
the plurality of frequencies include a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency,
the real component of the impedance measured at the first frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a first conduction path in a current collecting portion of the battery, and the real component of the impedance measured at the second frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a second conduction path in the current collecting portion, and
the second conduction path is formed in a part of the first conduction path, due to a skin effect in the current collecting portion.
8. A battery degradation detection device comprising:
an impedance measurement processing circuitry for measuring impedances of a battery at a plurality of frequencies; and
a degradation detector for detecting degradation of the battery on the basis of real components of the impedances at the plurality of frequencies measured by the impedance measurement processing circuitry, wherein
the impedance for at least one of the plurality of frequencies has a positive imaginary component,
the plurality of frequencies include a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency,
the real component of the impedance measured at the first frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a first conduction path in a current collecting portion of the battery, and the real component of the impedance measured at the second frequency corresponds to a resistance component of a second conduction path in the current collecting portion, and
the second conduction path is formed in a part of the first conduction path, due to a skin effect in the current collecting portion.
9. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the first frequency is equal to or greater than 1 kHz and smaller than 10 kHz.
10. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the second frequency is equal to or greater than 10 kHz.
11. The battery degradation detection device according to claim 8 , wherein
the impedance measurement processing circuitry measures impedances at the plurality of frequencies, for a battery module including a plurality of batteries connected to each other, and
the degradation detector detects degradation of the battery module.