DEVICE FOR CALCULATING IMPEDANCES OF BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY IMPEDANCE MEASURING SYSTEM

• US 20130030737A1
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: OKADA, Syuhei
• Granted Patent: US 9,164,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/63
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables

Abstract

There is provided a device for calculating impedances of a battery cell for respective frequency domains. The device includes: a Fourier transformation calculator configured to perform Fourier transformation on voltage waveform data and current waveform data, which are output from the battery cell, and calculate an impedance of the battery cell by dividing a Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data; a circuit constant estimator configured to estimate circuit constants of a predetermined equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator; and an impedance estimator configured to estimate impedances of the battery cell for respective frequency domains, based on the estimated circuit constants and the equivalent circuit mode.

Claims

1. A device for calculating impedances of a battery cell for respective frequency domains, the device comprising:

a Fourier transformation calculator configured to perform Fourier transformation on voltage waveform data and current waveform data, which are output from the battery cell, and calculate an impedance of the battery cell by dividing a Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data;

a circuit constant estimator configured to estimate circuit constants of a predetermined equivalent circuit model of the battery cell, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator; and

an impedance estimator configured to estimate impedances of the battery cell for respective frequency domains, based on the estimated circuit constants and the equivalent circuit mode.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a non-variable circuit constant storage unit configured to store a non-variable circuit constant of the estimated circuit constants therein; and

a variable circuit constant storage unit configured to store a variable circuit constant of the estimated circuit constants therein,

wherein the impedance estimator is configured to estimate the impedances of the battery cell based on the non-variable circuit constant, the variable circuit constant and the equivalent circuit mode.

5. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the Fourier transformation calculator is a discrete Fourier transformation calculator configured to discreet Fourier transformation on the voltage waveform data and the current waveform data and calculate an impedance of the battery cell by dividing a discrete Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a discrete Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data.

6. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the Fourier transformation calculator is a fast Fourier transformation calculator configured to fast Fourier transformation on the voltage waveform data and the current waveform data, and calculate an impedance of the battery cell by dividing a fast Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a fast Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data.

2. A device for calculating impedances of a battery cell for respective frequency domains, the device comprising:

a Fourier transformation calculator configured to perform Fourier transformation on voltage waveform data and current waveform data, which are output from the battery cell, and calculate an impedance of the battery cell by dividing a Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data;

a circuit model selector configured to select a certain equivalent circuit model from among a plurality of equivalent circuit model, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator; and

a circuit constant estimator configured to estimate circuit constant of the selected equivalent circuit model, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the circuit model selector is configured to select the certain equivalent circuit model based on the following steps:

1) whether or not a Warburg element is present;

     2) whether or not an LR parallel circuit is present; and

     3) the number of stages of an RC parallel circuit.

7. A battery impedance measuring system, comprising:

a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells and configured to provide power to a load;

a plurality of devices each provided for a corresponding one of the battery cells to calculate impedances of the corresponding battery cell for respective frequency domains, each of the devices comprising;

a Fourier transformation calculator configured to perform Fourier transformation on voltage waveform data and current waveform data, which are output from the corresponding battery cell, and calculate an impedance of the corresponding battery cell by dividing a Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data;

a circuit constant estimator configured to estimate circuit constants of a predetermined equivalent circuit model of the corresponding battery cell, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator; and

an impedance estimator configured to estimate impedances of the corresponding battery cell for respective frequency domains, based on the estimated circuit constants and the equivalent circuit mode.

8. A battery impedance measuring system, comprising:

a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells and configured to provide power to a load;

a plurality of devices each provided for a corresponding one of the battery cells to calculate impedances of the corresponding battery cell for respective frequency domains, each of the devices comprising;

a Fourier transformation calculator configured to perform Fourier transformation on voltage waveform data and current waveform data, which are output from the corresponding battery cell, and calculate an impedance of the corresponding battery cell by dividing a Fourier transformation data of the voltage waveform data by a Fourier transformation data of the current waveform data;

a circuit model selector configured to select a certain equivalent circuit model from among a plurality of equivalent circuit model, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator; and

a circuit constant estimator configured to estimate circuit constant of the selected equivalent circuit model, based on the impedance calculated by the Fourier transformation calculator.

9. A battery monitoring device for real-time measurement, which monitors a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells connected to each other in series, the device comprising:

a plurality of power and impedance calculators each provided for a corresponding one of the battery cells, and each configured to receive a voltage signal and a current signal from the corresponding battery cell and to measure an instantaneous power value and an internal impedance characteristic of the corresponding battery cell; and

a battery module state manager configured to receive output data of the respective power and impedance calculators via an internal bus.

10. The battery monitoring device according to claim 9, further comprising:

an accelerator work monitor configured to monitor a movement of an accelerator which operates by receiving a power from the battery module, and to supply a resulting detection signal to the respective power and impedance calculators and the battery module state manager.

11. The battery monitoring device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein each of the power and impedance calculators is configured to perform discrete Fourier transformation or fast Fourier transformation, and to estimate constants of an equivalent circuit that exhibits an internal impedance characteristic of the corresponding battery cell in a desired frequency domain, based on results of the discrete Fourier transformation or fast Fourier transformation.