Granted Patent B2

US 12,276,705 · App. 18/473,316 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Inventor: Shaoyan Chen (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

G01R31/396G01R31/3835H01M10/441H01M10/482H02J7/0047

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A battery cell sampling voltage compensation method performed by a voltage sampling apparatus to measure a battery cell sampling voltage of a battery cell, wherein the voltage sampling apparatus is electrically connected to a battery pack connected in series, the battery pack comprises a plurality of modules connected in series, each module comprises a plurality of battery cells connected in series, at least one cross-module busbar electrically connects two different battery cells respectively belonging to two different modules in the battery pack and is located in a sampling channel of the voltage sampling apparatus, the sampling channel is formed between two sampling terminals of the voltage sampling apparatus, the two sampling terminals are electrically connected to two electrode terminals of one of the two battery cells connected to the cross-module busbar respectively, and the method comprises the following steps:

after confirming that all battery cells connected to the voltage sampling apparatus are in a normal state, charging or discharging the battery pack at a preset current to obtain sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells using the voltage sampling apparatus;

determining, based on the obtained sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells, the battery cell connected to the cross-module busbar and requiring sampling voltage compensation in the plurality of modules, and calculating an impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar; and

performing sampling voltage compensation on the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation based on the impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the charging or discharging the battery pack at a preset current comprises circulating the preset current in all battery cells in the battery pack for a predetermined period of time.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the preset current is greater than a current for 1c charging/discharging of a battery cell, and the current for 1c charging/discharging of a battery cell is a current for the battery cell to be fully charged or fully discharged in 1 hour.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the preset current is a stable value during charging or discharging.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation in the plurality of modules comprises:

calculating a difference between a sampling voltage of each battery cell in a module and an average sampling voltage of all battery cells in this module, and determining a battery cell for which the difference is greater than a first preset threshold as a battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the calculating an impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar comprises:

calculating a difference between a sampling voltage of the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation and an average sampling voltage of the remaining battery cells after excluding the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation from the module, determining an impedance of the cross-module busbar based on the difference and the preset current, and determining an impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar based on a current flowing through the cross-module busbar and the impedance of the cross-module busbar.

7. The method according to claim 6 , comprising recording the impedance of the cross-module busbar, and predicting a state of the cross-module busbar based on multiple records of the impedance of the cross-module busbar.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of determining whether a battery cell is in the normal state,

wherein with the battery pack being in a resting state, when a difference between a sampling voltage of each battery cell in the module and an average sampling voltage of all battery cells in the module is less than a second preset threshold, it is determined that all battery cells in the module are in the normal state.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein that the battery pack is in a resting state comprises: when a state of charge SOC of the battery pack is within a preset range, a flow current of the battery pack is a resting current.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the resting current is less than 5 A.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the preset range for the SOC of the battery pack is between 30% and 80%.

12. The method according to claim 1 , comprising: when all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, setting a condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 1.

13. The method according to claim 12 , comprising: during use of the battery pack, when the condition test flag bit of the battery pack is 1, determining whether all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, if at least one battery cell is not in the normal state, setting the condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 0 and redetecting whether all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, and when it is determined that all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, resetting the condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 1.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein all battery cells in the battery pack are battery cells of a same type.

15. A battery cell sampling voltage compensation apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to: when executing the computer program, implement the method according to claim 1 .

16. An electric apparatus comprising a battery pack and the apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the battery pack is configured to supply electrical energy.

17. A battery cell sampling voltage compensation method performed by a voltage sampling apparatus to measure a battery cell sampling voltage of a battery cell, wherein the voltage sampling apparatus is electrically connected to a battery pack, the battery pack comprises a plurality of modules connected in series, each module comprises a plurality of battery cells connected in series, at least one cross-module busbar electrically connects two different battery cells respectively belonging to two different modules in the battery pack and is located in a sampling channel of the voltage sampling apparatus, and the method comprises:

after confirming that all battery cells connected to the voltage sampling apparatus are in a normal state, charging or discharging the battery pack at a preset current to obtain sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells using the voltage sampling apparatus;

calculating, based on the obtained sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells of one module of the plurality of modules, a difference between a sampling voltage of each battery cell an average sampling voltage of all battery cells in the module;

determining a battery cell for which the difference is greater than a first preset threshold as the battery cell connected to the cross-module busbar and requiring sampling voltage compensation;

calculating a difference between a sampling voltage of the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation and an average sampling voltage of the remaining battery cells after excluding the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation from the module;

determining an impedance of the cross-module busbar based on the difference and the preset current, and determining an impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar based on a current flowing through the cross-module busbar and the impedance of the cross-module busbar; and

performing sampling voltage compensation on the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation based on the impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar.

18. A battery cell sampling voltage compensation method performed by a voltage sampling apparatus to measure a battery cell sampling voltage of a battery cell, wherein the voltage sampling apparatus is electrically connected to a battery pack, the battery pack comprises a plurality of modules connected in series, each module comprises a plurality of battery cells connected in series, at least one cross-module busbar electrically connects two different battery cells respectively belonging to two different modules in the battery pack and is located in a sampling channel of the voltage sampling apparatus, and the method comprises:

when all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, setting a condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 1;

during use of the battery pack, when the condition test flag bit of the battery pack is 1, determining whether all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, if at least one battery cell is not in the normal state, setting the condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 0 and redetecting whether all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, and when it is determined that all battery cells in the battery pack are in the normal state, resetting the condition test flag bit of the battery pack to 1;

after confirming that all battery cells connected to the voltage sampling apparatus are in a normal state, and charging or discharging the battery pack at a preset current to obtain sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells using the voltage sampling apparatus;

determining, based on the obtained sampling voltages of the plurality of battery cells, the battery cell connected to the cross-module busbar and requiring sampling voltage compensation in the plurality of modules;

calculating an impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar; and

performing sampling voltage compensation on the battery cell requiring sampling voltage compensation based on the impedance voltage of the cross-module busbar.

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