IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,067
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,067 · App. 17/834,928 · Granted May 6, 2025

Method, apparatus and system for thermal runaway processing and storage medium

Inventors: Xiaobo Chen (Ningde, CN); Jianhuang Ke (Ningde, CN); Yao Li (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
H01M10/482H01M10/613H01M10/625H01M10/6567
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Patent No.
US 12,294,067
App. No.
17/834,928
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus and system for thermal runaway processing and a storage medium. The method first obtains a battery parameter for each of a plurality of battery modules in a power battery pack, then determines that a thermal runaway is occurred in a first battery module based on the battery parameter for each of the plurality of battery modules; and then obtains a second battery module based on the first battery module, wherein the second battery module corresponds to at least one battery module excluding the first battery module in the power battery pack; and finally supplies power to a chiller system with the second battery module.

Claims (32)

1. A method for thermal runaway processing, performed by a battery management system (BMS), comprising:

obtaining a battery parameter for each of three or more battery modules, wherein the three or more battery modules form a power battery pack, and each of the three or more battery modules is communicatively coupled to the BMS;

determining that a thermal runaway is occurred in a first battery module based on the battery parameter for each of the three or more battery modules;

obtaining a second battery module based on the first battery module, wherein the second battery module corresponds to at least one of the three or more battery modules excluding the first battery module in the power battery pack; and

supplying power to a chiller system with the second battery module, wherein the chiller system is configured to cool the power battery pack,

wherein obtaining the second battery module based on the first battery module comprises:

selecting, from the three or more battery modules excluding the first battery module in the power battery pack, the second battery module based on a rated voltage of the chiller system and a battery temperature in the power battery pack or based on the rated voltage of the chiller system and a temperature of a cooling liquid, wherein an output voltage of the second battery module is greater than or equal to the rated voltage of the chiller system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second battery module based on the first battery module comprises:

sending, to a vehicle control unit (VCU), first information which comprises information of the first battery module, so as to cause the VCU to generate second information based on the rated voltage of the chiller system and the first information; and

obtaining the second information sent by the VCU, wherein the second information comprises information of the second battery module.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second battery module based on the first battery module comprises:

obtaining the rated voltage of the chiller system sent by a Vehicle Control Unit (VCU); and

obtaining the second battery module based on the rated voltage of the chiller system and the first battery module.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second battery module based on the first battery module comprises:

obtaining the second battery module, under at least one of conditions:

a voltage difference between voltages at a highest voltage terminal and a lowest voltage terminal of a power supply circuit of the second battery module is less than or equal to a first preset threshold, and

a power of the power supply circuit of the second battery module is greater than a second preset threshold.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second battery module based on the first battery module comprises:

sending, to a vehicle control unit (VCU), a voltage difference between voltages at a highest voltage terminal and a lowest voltage terminal of a power supply circuit of the second battery module, so as to cause the VCU to feed back information of the second battery module based on the voltage difference, wherein the VCU is configured to feed back the information of the second battery module under a condition that the voltage difference is less than or equal to a first preset threshold; and

obtaining the information of the second battery module.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the battery parameter comprises a real-time battery module voltage,

wherein determining that the thermal runaway is occurred in the first battery module based on the battery parameter for each of the three or more battery modules comprises:

determining that the thermal runaway is occurred in the first battery module, under at least one of conditions:

a difference between a real-time battery module voltage of the first battery module and a reference voltage is greater than or equal to a third preset threshold, and

a rate of change on the real-time battery module voltage of the first battery module is greater than or equal to a fourth preset threshold, and

a sampling for the real-time battery module voltage of the first battery module is abnormal.

7. A battery management system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the memory is stored with instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method for thermal runaway processing according to claim 1 .

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is stored with computer-executable instructions for implementing the method for thermal runaway processing according to claim 1 .

9. A system for thermal runaway processing, comprising the battery management system according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011626769.6 · Dec 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021131273 · Nov 17, 2021
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