Battery control apparatus and battery system
A battery control apparatus for a battery system includes: a first operation unit that computes a first state of charge of a battery according to a first technique on the basis of an electric current value, a voltage value, and an internal resistance value of the battery; a second operation unit that computes a second state of charge of the battery according to a second technique different from the first technique; and a correction unit that corrects the internal resistance value of the battery. if a difference equal to or more than a specified value is detected between the first state of charge and the second state of charge, the correction unit corrects the internal resistance value of the battery with a resistance correction amount according to the difference and the electric current value.
1. A battery control apparatus comprising:
a first operation unit that computes a first state of charge of a battery according to a first technique on a basis of an electric current value, a voltage value, and an internal resistance value of the battery;
a second operation unit that computes a second state of charge of the battery according to a second technique different from the first technique;
an internal resistance operation execution judgment unit that judges that an internal resistance correction operation can be executed if a difference between the first state of charge and the second state of charge is equal to or more than a specified value;
an internal resistance correction amount operation unit that computes a resistance correction amount according to an absolute value of the difference between the first state of charge and the second state of charge and an absolute value of the electric current value; and
an internal resistance correction unit that corrects the internal resistance value with the computed resistance correction amount if it is judged that the internal resistance correction operation can be executed,
wherein the resistance correction amount becomes a larger value when the difference is larger and an absolute value of the electric current value is smaller.
2. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a degradation degree operation unit that computes a degradation degree of the battery on the basis of the internal resistance value corrected by the internal resistance correction unit.
3. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein if the second state of charge, the electric current value, and a temperature of the battery satisfy a specified condition, the internal resistance correction unit further corrects the internal resistance value with the computed resistance correction amount.
4. The battery control apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein if the difference is not detected or the second state of charge does not satisfy the specified condition, the internal resistance correction unit does not correct the internal resistance value, but outputs the internal resistance value which was corrected in an immediately preceding operation cycle during which the difference was detected and it was judged that the second state of charge, the electric current value, and the temperature of the battery satisfied the specified condition.
5. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resistance correction amount is further a value according to a temperature of the battery.
6. The battery control apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the resistance correction amount is a smaller value when the temperature of the battery is higher.
7. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the resistance correction amount is further a value according to a degradation degree of the battery.
8. The battery control apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the resistance correction amount is a larger value when the degradation degree of the battery is higher.
9. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first technique computes the first state of charge based on an open circuit voltage of the battery calculated using the electric current value, voltage value, and internal resistance value.
10. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second technique computes the second state of charge by adding a change amount of state of charge caused by current flow to a previous state of charge value.
11. The battery control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first state of charge and the second state of charge are combined using a weighted average, and
wherein a weight coefficient becomes smaller when the electric current value is larger and becomes larger when the electric current value is smaller.
12. A battery system comprising:
the battery control apparatus stated in claim 1 ; and
an assembled battery in which a plurality of batteries are connected and controlled by the battery control apparatus.