Method and device for detecting states of battery and battery pack

• US 10,355,321 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nanjing Silergy Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. (Silergy Corporation)
• Inventors: Huang, Xiaodong, Wang, Zhaofeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Arun C
• Application Number:
  US15/631,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20170373354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 320132
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/0069 measuring voltage or current standards
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/364 Battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3832 without measurement of battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4285 Testing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/446 Initial charging measures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and a device for detecting states of a battery and a battery pack. The disclosure obtains a first state of charge and a second state of charge of the battery by use of a charge calculation method and a method based on battery model, respectively. The charge calculation method is more accurate when the charge-discharge current is large and the method based on battery model performs better in handling a small current, so that a chemistry state of charge obtained by performing a weighted calculation for the first state of charge and the second state of charge can represent the real state of charge of the battery more precisely. The disclosure settles the difficulty on parameter extraction of the conventional model method, eliminates the influence of the accumulated error of the charge calculation method, and combines the advantages of the method based on the battery model and the coulometer method.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a state of a battery, comprising:

obtaining a first state of charge by use of a charge calculation method, and obtaining a second state of charge in accordance with a battery model and a relationship between an open circuit voltage and said state of charge;

performing a weighted calculation for said first state of charge and said second state of charge to obtain a chemistry state of charge; and

obtaining a residual charge in accordance with a present chemistry state of charge, a minimum chemistry state of charge and a present maximum charge amount.

2. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 1, wherein weight values used in said weighted calculation vary with a present charge-discharge current of said battery.

3. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 2, wherein a first weight value corresponding to said first state of charge decreases as said charge-discharge current decreases, and a second weight value corresponding to said second state of charge increases as said charge-discharge current decreases.

4. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 1, wherein obtaining a first state of charge by use of a charge calculation method comprises:

detecting a charge-discharge current and a charge-discharge duration time of said battery;

obtaining said present maximum charge amount and an initial charge amount of present charge-discharge process; and

calculating said first state of charge in accordance with said maximum charge amount, said initial charge amount of present charge-discharge process, said charge-discharge current and said charge-discharge duration time of said battery.

5. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 4, wherein said present maximum charge amount is obtained by updating a changing value of a charge amount and a changing value of a state of charge in a previous charge-discharge process, said changing value of said state of charge is a changing value in said previous charge-discharge process of said first state of charge or of said second state of charge or of said chemistry state of charge.

6. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 5, wherein said present maximum charge amount is updated in a case that said changing value of said state of charge in a charge process or in a discharge process is greater than a predetermined threshold value, or,

said present maximum charge amount is updated in a case that said changing value of said state of charge accumulated in a plurality of charge processes is greater than a predetermined threshold value or in a case that said changing value of said state of charge accumulated in a plurality of discharge processes is greater than a predetermined threshold value.

7. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 4, wherein said initial charge amount of present charge-discharge process is calculated based on said present maximum charge amount and said initial state of charge of present charge-discharge process, and said initial state of charge of present charge-discharge process is said first state of charge or said second state of charge or said chemistry state of charge obtained after previous charge-discharge process.

8. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining a second state of charge in accordance with a battery model and a relationship between open circuit voltage and state of charge comprises:

obtaining a present open circuit voltage (OCV) of said battery in accordance with a battery internal resistance, a battery terminal voltage and a present charge-discharge current of said battery, based on said battery model, and

obtaining said second state of charge corresponding to said present open circuit voltage of said battery based on said relationship between open circuit voltage and state of charge.

9. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 1, wherein said battery internal resistance is updated periodically in accordance with an estimated open circuit voltage of said battery, said battery terminal voltage and said present charge-discharge current of said battery, said estimated battery open circuit voltage is obtained based on said relationship between open circuit voltage and state of charge, which corresponds to said present chemistry state of charge.

10. The method for detecting said state of said battery according to claim 1, further comprising:

calculating at least one of said following battery state parameters in accordance with said chemistry state of charge;

a relative state of charge (RSOC) and a remaining usable time (TTE) of said battery.

13. A device for detecting a state of a battery or a battery pack, comprising:

a processor for performing said method according to claim 1.

11. A method for detecting a state of a battery pack, wherein said battery pack comprises at least two batteries being coupled in series or in parallel, said method comprises:

obtaining a first state of charge of each battery by use of a charge calculation method, and obtaining a second state of charge of each battery in accordance with a battery model and a relationship between open circuit voltage and state of charge; and

performing a weighted calculation for said first state of charge and said second state of charge of each battery to obtain a chemistry state of charge of each battery;

calculating a chemistry state of charge of said battery pack in accordance with said chemistry state of charge of each battery; and

obtaining a residual charge in accordance with a present chemistry state of charge, a minimum chemistry state of charge and a present maximum charge amount.

12. A method for detecting a state of a battery pack, wherein said battery pack comprises at least two batteries being coupled in series or in parallel, said method comprises:

obtaining a first state of charge of said battery pack by use of a charge calculation method, and obtaining a second state of charge of said battery pack in accordance with a battery model and a relationship between open circuit voltage and state of charge;

wherein an average terminal voltage of said batteries in said battery pack is used for calculating an open circuit voltage of a battery;

performing a weighted calculation for said first state of charge of said battery pack and said second state of charge of said battery pack to obtain a chemistry state of charge of said battery pack; and

obtaining a residual charge in accordance with a present chemistry state of charge, a minimum chemistry state of charge and a present maximum charge amount.