Battery pack charging system and its control method and apparatus, control unit, and storage medium
The present application discloses a battery pack charging system and its control method. The battery pack charging system includes a battery pack, a charging apparatus, a negative pulse absorbing branch, and a control unit; the negative pulse absorbing branch includes a switch, a power resistor connected in series with the switch, and a supercapacitor connected in series with the power resistor; and the control method includes: monitoring an SOC value of the battery pack in a negative pulse charging process for the battery pack; when the SOC value increases by a preset value, controlling the switch to be closed so that the power resistor and the supercapacitor can absorb discharge energy of the battery pack; and after the closing time of the switch lasts for a preset duration, controlling the switch to be opened so that depolarization speed in the negative pulse charging process may be increased.
1 . A method for controlling a battery pack charging system, wherein the control method is applied to a control unit in the battery pack charging system, and the control method comprises:
monitoring a SOC value of the battery pack in a negative pulse charging process for the battery pack;
controlling a switch in the battery pack charging system to be closed every time the SOC value increases by a preset value; and
controlling the switch to be opened after the closing time of the switch lasts for a preset duration;
wherein the battery pack charging system comprises the battery pack, a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack, a negative pulse absorbing branch connected in parallel with the battery pack, a control unit for controlling the battery pack charging system, a cooling unit connected with the control unit, and a DC/DC conversion unit; the negative pulse absorbing branch includes a switch, a power resistor connected in series with the switch, and a supercapacitor connected in series with the power resistor; the DC/DC conversion unit, the power resistor, and the supercapacitor form a closed loop, a first end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the control unit, and a second end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the cooling unit.
2 . The control method for a battery pack charging system according to claim 1 , wherein after the controlling the switch to be closed, the method further comprises:
controlling the DC/DC conversion unit in the battery pack charging system to start, so that the started DC/DC conversion unit in the battery pack charging system converts discharge energy into a power supply voltage for the cooling unit in the battery pack charging system.
3 . The control method for a battery pack charging system according to claim 1 , wherein after the controlling the switch to be closed, the method further comprises:
controlling the cooling unit in the battery pack charging system to start, so that the started cooling unit dissipates heat for the power resistor in the battery pack charging system under the action of a power supply voltage.
4 . The control method for a battery pack charging system according to claim 1 , wherein after the controlling the switch to be opened, the method further comprises:
continuously controlling the DC/DC conversion unit in the battery pack charging system to start, so that the continuously started DC/DC conversion unit continuously converts discharge energy absorbed by the supercapacitor in the battery pack charging system into a power supply voltage for the cooling unit in the battery pack charging system;
continuously controlling the cooling unit to start, so that the continuously started cooling unit continuously dissipates heat for the power resistor in the battery pack charging system under the action of the power supply voltage; and
when it is determined that the discharge energy absorbed by the supercapacitor has been consumed, controlling to turn off the DC/DC conversion unit and the cooling unit.
5 . The control method for a battery pack charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring a SOC value of the battery pack comprises: acquiring a current capacity of the battery pack, and calculating according to the current capacity and its full charge capacity to obtain a current SOC value of the battery pack.
6 . The control method for a battery pack charging system according to claim 1 , wherein after controlling the switch to be closed, the method further comprises:
setting a charging power of the charging apparatus in the battery pack charging system to 0, so that charging the battery pack with positive pulses is suspended while the switch is closed.
7 . A control unit, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein
the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to enable the control unit to execute the method for controlling the battery pack charging system according to claim 1 .
8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor of a control unit, implements the control method for the battery pack charging system according to claim 1 .
9 . An apparatus for controlling a battery pack charging system, wherein the apparatus is arranged in the battery pack charging system; and the apparatus comprises:
a monitoring module for monitoring an SOC value of the battery pack in a negative pulse charging process for the battery pack;
a switch closing control module for controlling a switch in the battery pack charging system to be closed every time the SOC value increases by a preset value;
a switch opening control module for controlling the switch to be opened after the closing time of the switch lasts for a preset duration;
a first starting module for continuously controlling a cooling unit in the battery pack charging system to start after the switch is controlled to be opened, so that the continuously started cooling unit continuously dissipates heat for a power resistor in the battery pack charging system under the action of a power supply voltage for the cooling unit;
a second starting module for continuously controlling a DC/DC conversion unit to start after the switch is controlled to be opened, so that the continuously started DC/DC conversion unit in the battery pack charging system converts discharge energy absorbed by a supercapacitor in the battery pack charging system into the power supply voltage for the cooling unit; and
a turn-off control module for controlling the DC/DC conversion unit and the cooling unit to be turned off when it is determined that the discharge energy absorbed by the supercapacitor has been consumed.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the second starting module is further used for controlling the DC/DC conversion unit in the battery pack charging system to start after the switch is controlled to be closed, so that the started DC/DC conversion unit converts discharge energy into the power supply voltage for the cooling unit in the battery pack charging system.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first starting module is further used for controlling the cooling unit in the battery pack charging system to start after the switch is controlled to be closed, so that the started cooling unit dissipates heat for the power resistor in the battery pack charging system under the action of the power supply voltage in the battery pack charging system.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the monitoring module is specifically used to:
acquire a current capacity of the battery pack, and calculate according to the current capacity and its full charge capacity to obtain a current SOC value of the battery pack.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a power setting module for setting a charging power of a charging apparatus in the battery pack charging system to 0, so that charging the battery pack with positive pulses is suspended while the switch is closed.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the battery pack charging system comprises the battery pack, a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack, a negative pulse absorbing branch connected in parallel with the battery pack, a control unit for controlling the battery pack charging system, the cooling unit connected with the control unit, and the DC/DC conversion unit; the negative pulse absorbing branch includes the switch, the power resistor connected in series with the switch, and the supercapacitor connected in series with the power resistor; the DC/DC conversion unit, the power resistor, and the supercapacitor form a closed loop, a first end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the control unit, and a second end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the cooling unit.
15 . A battery pack charging system, comprising:
a battery pack, a charging apparatus for charging the battery pack, a negative pulse absorbing branch connected in parallel with the battery pack, a control unit for controlling the battery pack charging system, a cooling unit connected with the control unit, and a DC/DC conversion unit; the negative pulse absorbing branch includes a switch, a power resistor connected in series with the switch, and a supercapacitor connected in series with the power resistor; the DC/DC conversion unit, the power resistor, and the supercapacitor form a closed loop, a first end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the control unit, and a second end of the DC/DC conversion unit is connected to the cooling unit;
a first starting module for continuously controlling the cooling unit to start after the switch is controlled to be opened, so that the continuously started cooling unit continuously dissipates heat for the power resistor under the action of a power supply voltage for the cooling unit;
a second starting module for continuously controlling the DC/DC conversion unit to start after the switch is controlled to be opened, so that the continuously started DC/DC conversion unit converts discharge energy absorbed by the supercapacitor into the power supply voltage for the cooling unit; and
a turn-off control module for controlling the DC/DC conversion unit and the cooling unit to be turned off when it is determined that the discharge energy absorbed by the supercapacitor has been consumed.
16 . The battery pack charging system according to claim 15 , wherein
the power resistor and the supercapacitor are used to absorb discharge energy of the battery pack after the switch is closed;
the DC/DC conversion unit is used to convert the discharge energy into a power supply voltage for the cooling unit after started; and
the cooling unit is used to dissipate heat for the power resistor under the action of the power supply voltage after started.