IP Library Granted Patent US 9,935,477
Granted Patent B2
US 9,935,477 · App. 14/909,278 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Charge/discharge control method and charge/discharge control apparatus for lithium ion battery

Inventors: Chieko Araki (Tokyo, JP); Hirofumi Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Yonemoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
H02J7/007G01R31/3606H01M10/0525H01M10/44H01M10/48
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Patent No.
US 9,935,477
App. No.
14/909,278
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a charge/discharge control method of a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode active material and connected to a charge/discharge control device, battery information regarding a charge/discharge state of the lithium ion battery is acquired by the charge/discharge control device, a degradation state of the lithium ion battery is determined on the basis of the battery information, by the charge/discharge control device, and a voltage range for charge/discharge of the lithium ion battery is changed on the basis of a determination result of the degradation state, by the charge/discharge control device.

Claims (12)

1. A charge/discharge control method for a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode active material, the lithium ion battery being connected to a charge/discharge control device, the method comprising:

acquiring battery information regarding a charge/discharge state of the lithium ion battery by the charge/discharge control device;

calculating a Q-dV/dQ curve showing a relationship of discharge capacity Q of the lithium ion battery and dV/dQ, which shows a ratio of a change amount dV of a battery voltage V to a change amount dQ of the discharge capacity Q on the basis of the battery information, by the charge/discharge control device;

determining a degradation state of the lithium ion battery on the basis of the information-dV/dQ curve, by the charge/discharge control device; and

changing a voltage range for charge/discharge of the lithium ion battery on the basis of a determination result of the degradation state, by the charge/discharge control device;

wherein SOC recalculation to recalculate a relationship of the discharge capacity Q of the lithium ion battery and a state of charge SOC of the lithium ion battery is executed on the basis of the determination result of the degradation state, by the charge/discharge control device, and the voltage range is changed on the basis of a result of the SOC recalculation, by the charge/discharge control device.

2. A charge/discharge control device for controlling charge/discharge of a lithium ion battery having a negative electrode active material, comprising:

a battery information acquisition unit which acquires battery information regarding a charge/discharge state of the lithium ion battery;

a degradation state determination unit which determines a degradation state of the lithium ion battery, on the basis of the battery information acquired by the battery information acquisition unit; and

a voltage range change unit which changes a voltage range for charge/discharge of the lithium ion battery, on the basis of a determination result of the degradation state by the degradation state determination unit

wherein the degradation state determination unit calculates a Q-dV/dQ curve showing a relationship of discharge capacity Q of the lithium ion battery and dV/dQ, which shows a ratio of a change amount dV of a battery voltage V to a change amount dQ of the discharge capacity Q, on the basis of the battery information, and determines the degradation state of the lithium ion battery, on the basis of the Q-dV/dQ curve; and

wherein the voltage range change unit executes SOC recalculation to recalculate a relation of the discharge capacity Q of the lithium ion battery and a state of charge SOC of the lithium ion battery, on the basis of the determination result of the degradation state, and changes the voltage range, on the basis of a result of the SOC recalculation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2016
From: ARAKI, CHIEKO; TAKAHASHI, HIROFUMI; YONEMOTO, MASAHIRO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 037634/0028 →
Continuity (1)
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