Remaining stored power amount estimation device, method for estimating remaining stored power amount of storage battery, and computer program
This remaining stored power amount estimation device 3 includes: sensors 5, 6 for observing the state of the storage battery 2 ; and a remaining amount estimation unit 15 which, on the basis of a state vector x k representing the state of the storage battery 2 by a plurality of elements included in an equivalent circuit model 20 modeling the storage battery 2 , and an observation vector y k representing an observed value based on the observation result, updates the state of the storage battery 2 , using a Kalman filter, and estimates the SOC of the storage battery 2 . The remaining amount estimation unit 15 changes the internal impedance of the storage battery 2 modeled by the equivalent circuit model 20 , in accordance with values influencing the internal impedance.
1. A remaining stored power amount estimation device for estimating a remaining stored power amount of a storage battery, the remaining stored power amount estimation device comprising:
an observation unit configured to observe a state of the storage battery; and
an estimation unit configured to, on the basis of a state vector and an observation vector, update the state vector using a Kalman filter and estimate the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery, the state vector representing the state of the storage battery on the basis of an equivalent circuit modeling the storage battery, the observation vector representing an observed value based on a result of observation by the observation unit, wherein
the state vector includes the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery,
the estimation unit changes an internal impedance of the storage battery modeled by the equivalent circuit, in accordance with a value influencing the internal impedance,
the value influencing the internal impedance includes an environmental temperature wherein the environmental temperature is the temperature around the storage battery and the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery included in the state vector updated by the estimation unit in an estimation step,
the estimation unit changes in the estimation step, the internal impedance changes based on an Arrhenius equation such that an internal parameter of the storage battery is equal to A×e B/RT ,
wherein R is a gas constant, T is the environmental temperature of the storage battery, A and B are coefficients, and A is a function of the temperature of the storage battery.
2. The remaining stored power amount estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the estimation unit changes, in accordance with the value influencing the internal impedance, two or more setting values among setting values set for elements for representing the internal impedance of the storage battery in the equivalent circuit.
3. The remaining stored power amount estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the estimation unit, while repeatedly updating the state vector, changes the internal impedance of the storage battery modeled by the equivalent circuit, in accordance with the value influencing the internal impedance, every time the state vector is updated.
4. The remaining stored power amount estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the internal parameter of the storage battery is a resistance value.
5. The remaining stored power amount estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the internal parameter of the storage battery is a capacitance value.
6. A method for estimating a remaining stored power amount of a storage battery, the method comprising:
an observation step of observing a state of the storage battery; and
an estimation step of, on the basis of a state vector and an observation vector, updating the state vector using a Kalman filter and estimating the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery, the state vector representing the state of the storage battery on the basis of an equivalent circuit modeling the storage battery, the observation vector representing an observed value based on a result of observation in the observation step, wherein
the state vector includes the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery,
in the estimation step, an internal impedance of the storage battery modeled by the equivalent circuit is changed in accordance with a value influencing the internal impedance,
the value influencing the internal impedance includes an environmental temperature wherein the environmental temperature is the temperature around the storage battery and the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery included in the state vector updated by the estimation unit in an estimation step,
the estimation unit changes in the estimation step, the internal impedance changes based on an Arrhenius equation such that an internal parameter of the storage battery is equal to A×e B/RT ,
wherein R is a gas constant, T is the environmental temperature of the storage battery, A and B are coefficients, and A is a function of the temperature of the storage battery.
7. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute a process for estimating a remaining stored power amount of a storage battery, the computer program causing the computer to execute:
an observation step of observing a state of the storage battery; and
an estimation step of, on the basis of a state vector and an observation vector, updating the state vector using a Kalman filter and estimating the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery, the state vector representing the state of the storage battery by a plurality of elements included in an equivalent circuit modeling the storage battery, the observation vector representing an observed value based on a result of observation in the observation step, wherein
the state vector includes the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery,
in the estimation step, an internal impedance of the storage battery modeled by the equivalent circuit is changed in accordance with a value influencing the internal impedance,
the value influencing the internal impedance includes an environmental temperature wherein the environmental temperature is the temperature around the storage battery and the remaining stored power amount of the storage battery included in the state vector updated by the estimation unit in an estimation step,
the estimation unit changes in the estimation step, the internal impedance changes based on an Arrhenius equation such that an internal parameter of the storage battery is equal to A×e B/RT ,
wherein R is a gas constant, T is the environmental temperature of the storage battery, A and B are coefficients, and A is a function of the temperature of the storage battery.