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Granted Patent B2
US 8,729,861 · App. 12/677,217 · Granted May 20, 2014

Power storage system

Inventors: Takehiko Nishida (Nagasaki, JP); Katsuaki Kobayashi (Nagasaki, JP); Tomoh Akiyama (Hiroshima, JP); Katsuo Hashizaki (Nagasaki, JP); Hidehiko Tajima (Nagasaki, JP); Kazuyuki Adachi (Fukuoka, JP); Shinji Murakami (Fukuoka, JP); Yoshihiro Wada (Fukuoka, JP); Hiroyuki Shibata (Fukuoka, JP); Kouji Kurayama (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,729,861
App. No.
12/677,217
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object to provide a battery system whose life can be extended. A cell pack having at least one lithium secondary battery that uses a manganese-based cathode material and a control unit that controls charging and discharging of the cell pack are provided, and the control unit controls charging and discharging within a low-degradation voltage range that is set on the basis of a target cell degradation rate.

Claims (22)

1. A battery system comprising:

a battery unit having at least one lithium secondary battery that uses a manganese-based cathode material; and

a control unit that controls charging and discharging of the battery unit,

wherein the control unit controls charging and discharging within a low-degradation voltage range that is set on the basis of a target cell degradation rate.

2. A battery system according to claim 1 , wherein when a cell voltage goes out of the low-degradation voltage range, the control unit performs charging or discharging until the cell voltage coincides with a reference cell voltage that is set within the low-degradation voltage range on a high-voltage side.

3. A battery system according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of operation modes including a low-degradation operation mode is provided, and

wherein the control unit controls charging or discharging within the low-degradation voltage range when the low-degradation operation mode is selected.

4. A battery system comprising:

a battery unit having at least one lithium secondary battery that uses a manganese-based cathode material; and

a control unit that controls charging and discharging of the battery unit,

wherein the control unit controls charging and discharging within a low-degradation state-of-charge range that is set on the basis of a target cell degradation rate.

5. A battery system according to claim 4 , wherein when a state-of-charge goes out of the low-degradation state-of-charge range, the control unit performs charging or discharging until the state of charge coincides with a reference state of charge that is set within the low-degradation state-of-charge range on a high-state-of-charge side.

6. A battery system according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of operation modes including a low-degradation operation mode is provided, and

wherein the control unit controls charging and discharging within the low-degradation state-of-charge range when the low-degradation operation mode is selected.

7. A battery system according to claim 3 , comprising an input unit for manually setting switching of the operation modes.

8. A battery system according to claim 6 , comprising an input unit for manually setting switching of the operation modes.

9. A battery system according to claim 3 , wherein a switching condition of the operation modes is registered in advance in the control unit, and switching of the operation modes is performed on the basis of the switching condition.

10. A battery system according to claim 6 , wherein a switching condition of the operation modes is registered in advance in the control unit, and switching of the operation modes is performed on the basis of the switching condition.

11. A battery system according to claim 1 , used in a power storage system in which charging is performed in a preset period and discharging is performed in a preset period.

12. A battery system according to claim 4 , used in a power storage system in which charging is performed in a preset period and discharging is performed in a preset period.

13. A battery system according to claim 11 , wherein the period for charging is set at nighttime and the period for discharging is set at daytime.

14. A battery system according to claim 12 , wherein the period for charging is set at nighttime and the period for discharging is set at daytime.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND ASSIGNEE NAME TO KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 024303 FRAME 0028. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 14, 2010
From: NISHIDA, TAKEHIKO; KOBAYASHI, KATSUAKI; AKIYAMA, TOMOH; HASHIZAKI, KATSUO; TAJIMA, HIDEHIKO; ADACHI, KAZUYUKI; MURAKAMI, SHINJI; WADA, YOSHIHIRO; SHIBATA, HIROYUKI; KURAYAMA, KOUJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 024385/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2010
From: NISHIDA, TAKEHIKO; KOBAYASHI, KATSUAKI; AKIYAMA, TOMOH; HASHIZAKI, KATSUO; TAJIMA, HIDEHIKO; ADACHI, KAZUYUKI; MURAKAMI, SHINJI; WADA, YOSHIHIRO; SHIBATA, HIROYUKI; KURAYAMA, KOUJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024303/0028 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-240794 · Sep 18, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100207580A1 · Aug 19, 2010