Storage battery evaluation device, energy storage system, and storage battery evaluation method
According to one embodiment, a storage battery evaluation device includes a charging/discharging controller and a deterioration evaluator. The charging/discharging controller acquires a charging/discharging power command value, performs control to charge and discharge an energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value, sets a dead zone in which the charging and discharging is not performed when an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and performs control to stop the charging and discharging when the charging/discharging command value enters the dead zone. The deterioration evaluator measures a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging and discharging is stopped from a state in which the energy storage device is charged and discharged and evaluates a deterioration state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a charging/discharging controller configured to acquire a charging/discharging power command value, perform control to charge or discharge an energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value, set a dead zone in which an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and perform control to stop the charging or discharging when the charging/discharging power command value enters the dead zone; and
an evaluator configured to measure a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging or discharging is stopped by the charging and discharging power command value entering the dead zone, and evaluate a state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluator evaluates the state of the energy storage device on the basis of response characteristics of voltages of ohmic resistance and reaction resistance of the energy storage device.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the response characteristics of the voltages include amount of the fluctuation of the voltages of the ohmic resistance and the reaction resistance.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluator evaluates the state of the energy storage device on the basis of a response characteristic of a voltage of diffused resistance of the energy storage device.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the response characteristic of the voltage includes a value of an intercept of an equation representing the response characteristic of the voltage of the diffused resistance.
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging/discharging controller performs control to apply impulse to the energy storage device while the charging or discharging of the energy storage device is stopped, and
the evaluator evaluates the state of the energy storage device by measuring a response of a voltage due to the application of the impulse.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a setter configured to set the threshold, wherein
the charging/discharging controller uses the threshold set by the setter.
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device is a cell, a module in which a plurality of the cells are connected in series, in parallel, or in series and in parallel, a battery board in which a plurality of the modules are connected in series, in parallel, or in series and in parallel, or a battery array in which a plurality of the battery boards are connected in series, in parallel, or in series and in parallel.
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the state of the energy storage device is a deterioration state of the energy storage device.
10. An energy storage system comprising:
an energy storage device; and
a charging/discharging controller configured to acquire a charging/discharging power command value, perform control to charge or discharge the energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value, set a dead zone in which the charging or discharging is not performed when an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and perform control to stop the charging or discharging when the charging/discharging power command value enters the dead zone; and
an evaluator configured to measure a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging or discharging is stopped by the charging and discharging power command value entering the dead zone, and evaluate a state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.
11. A information processing method comprising:
acquiring a charging/discharging power command value;
performing control to charge or discharge an energy storage device according to the charging/discharging power command value;
setting a dead zone in which the charging or discharging is not performed when an absolute value of the charging/discharging power command value is equal to or smaller than a threshold;
performing control to stop the charging or discharging when the charging/discharging power command value enters the dead zone;
measuring a response characteristic of a voltage of the energy storage device at a time when the charging or discharging is stopped by the charging and discharging power command value entering the dead zone; and
evaluating a state of the energy storage device on a basis of the response characteristic.