IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,815,558
Granted Patent B2
US 11,815,558 · App. 17/615,646 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Apparatus and method for diagnosing abnormal degradated battery cell

Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee (Daejeon, KR); Dong Keun Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Sung Yul Yoon (Daejeon, KR); Seung Hyun Kim (Daejeon, KR); An Soo Kim (Daejeon, KR); Chae Bin Shin (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
G01R31/392G01R31/3842G01R31/396H02J7/005H02J7/0048
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Patent No.
US 11,815,558
App. No.
17/615,646
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a battery management system and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.

Claims (41)

1. A battery management system (BMS) comprising:

an SOC calculation unit configured to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells;

a change amount calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC, change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells; and

an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit configured to diagnose abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average,

wherein the abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit is further configured to:

diagnose a battery cell whose (SOC change amount/SOC change amount average) value is greater than or equal to a reference value as an abnormally deteriorated battery cell.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit diagnoses a battery cell that is maintained for more than a reference period with a (SOC change amount/SOC change amount average) value equal to or greater than the reference value as an abnormally deteriorated battery cell.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the change amount calculation unit calculates the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average by using the SOC calculated by the SOC calculation unit during a standby period of the plurality of battery cells.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit diagnoses whether the battery cell is abnormally deteriorated regardless of voltages of the plurality of battery cells.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the change amount calculation unit calculates an SOC change amount due to self-discharge during the standby period as the SOC change amount.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the change amount calculation unit periodically calculates the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SOC calculation unit comprises a voltage sensor for measuring a voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, and

the SOC calculation unit calculates an SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage measured by the voltage sensor.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SOC calculation unit comprises:

a current sensor that measures a current charged and discharged in the plurality of battery cells; and

a timer that measures a time during which the current is charged and discharged, and

the SOC calculation unit calculates an SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells based on a current measured by the current sensor and a time measured by the timer.

9. A battery cell abnormal deterioration diagnosis method comprising:

calculating, by a battery management system (BMS), a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells;

calculating, by the BMS, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated, SOC during a preset period;

calculating, by the BMS, an SOC change amount average that is an average of SOC change amounts of all of the plurality of battery cells; and

diagnosing, by the BMS, whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormally deteriorated using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average, including:

calculating a SOC change amount/SOC change amount average value;

comparing the calculated value with a first reference value; and

diagnosing a battery cell, among the plurality of battery cells, whose SOC change amount/SOC change amount average value is greater than or equal to the first reference value, as an abnormally deteriorated battery cell.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the BMS calculates the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average during a standby period of the plurality of battery cells.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the BMS diagnoses whether the battery cell is abnormally deteriorated regardless of voltages of the plurality of battery cells.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises calculating, by the BMS, an SOC change amount due to self-discharge during the standby period as the SOC change amount.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises periodically calculating, by the BMS, the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the BMS comprises a voltage sensor for measuring a voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, and

wherein the method further comprises calculating, by the BMS, an SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage measured by the voltage sensor.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the BMS comprises:

a current sensor that measures a current charged and discharged in the plurality of battery cells; and

a timer that measures a time during which the current is charged and discharged, and

wherein the method further comprises calculating, by the BMS, an SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells based on a current measured by the current sensor and a time measured by the timer.

16. A battery management system (BMS) comprising:

an SOC calculation unit configured to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells;

a change amount calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells; and

an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit configured to diagnose abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average,

wherein the abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit is further configured to:

diagnose a battery cell that is maintained for more than a reference period with a (SOC change amount/SOC change amount average) value equal to or greater than the reference value as an abnormally deteriorated battery cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2021
From: LEE, HYUN CHUL; KWON, DONG KEUN; YOON, SUNG YUL; KIM, SEUNG HYUN; KIM, AN SOO; SHIN, CHAE BIN
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0156065 · Nov 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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