BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VEHICLE

• US 20130113277A1
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoon, Jung Ho, Lee, Seungpyo, Kim, Sung Tae
• Application Number:
  US13/492,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20130113277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/446 Initial charging measures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4271 Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery management system. More specifically, the battery management system includes an alternator that supplies a battery and electronic equipment of a vehicle with electricity that is generated by a driving torque of the vehicle, a battery that supplies the electronic equipment with power that is charged by the alternator, a battery observer that observes a condition of the battery, a vehicle information collection portion that collects vehicle condition information according to driving of the vehicle, and a control portion that performs charging recovery of the battery by activating a battery refresh operation when at least one condition of a current accumulation value of the battery, a low SCO entry frequency, and a vehicle starting frequency satisfies a predetermined battery refresh condition.

Claims

1. A vehicle battery management system, comprising:

an alternator configured to supply a battery and electronic equipment of a vehicle with electricity that is generated by a driving torque of the vehicle;

a battery configured to supply the electronic equipment with power that is charged by the alternator;

a battery observer configured to monitor a condition of the battery;

a vehicle information collection portion configured to collect vehicle condition information based on driving conditions of the vehicle; and

a control portion configured to perform charging recovery of the battery by activating a battery refresh operation when at least one condition of a current accumulation value of the battery, a low SCO entry frequency, and a vehicle starting frequency satisfies a predetermined battery refresh condition.

2. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, further comprising a storage portion configured to store a predetermined threshold condition and condition information of the vehicle and the battery to determine whether the battery satisfies a refresh condition.

3. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, wherein the battery observer includes at least one of:

an accumulation current measure module configured to accumulate values of charged current and discharged current of the battery to calculate a current accumulation value of the charged current and the discharged current; and

a low SOC counter module configured to monitor an SOC (state of charge) of the battery and counts a frequency of the charging state of the battery entering into a predetermined low charging state (low SOC).

4. The vehicle battery management system of claim 3, wherein the vehicle information collection portion collects a vehicle speed and an engine revolution per minute (RPM) according to the operation of the vehicle and counts the starting frequency of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, wherein the control portion deactivates generating control when the battery enters the charging state, and the electricity that is generated by the alternator is entirely focused on the battery charging recovery.

6. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, wherein the control portion performs the charging recovery until the charging state of the battery exceeds a predetermined recovery threshold.

7. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, wherein the control portion performs the charging recovery of the battery for a predetermined time when an amount of power generated by the alternator, the battery voltage, and the battery current value satisfy the predetermined conditions.

8. The vehicle battery management system of claim 1, wherein the control portion deactivates the battery refresh operation when the charging recovery of the battery is completed, and then resets the battery current accumulation value, the low SOC entry frequency, and the vehicle starting frequency.

9. A vehicle battery management method that is performed by a system that includes an alternator of a vehicle, a battery, and a control portion managing a charging state of the battery, comprising:

a) collecting, by a controller, condition information of the vehicle and a condition of the battery;

b) determining, by the controller, whether at least one condition of a current accumulation value of the battery, a low SCO entry frequency, and a vehicle starting frequency satisfies a predetermined battery refresh condition; and

c) performing, by the controller, charging recovery of the battery by activating the battery refresh operation, when the determination result satisfies the battery refresh condition.

10. The vehicle battery management method of claim 9, wherein the b) step includes:

b-1) determining that the refresh condition is satisfied when the current accumulation value of the charging and discharging current of the battery exceeds a predetermined value;

b-2) determining that the refresh operating condition is satisfied in a case that the frequency of entering into a lowest SOC of the battery exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

b-3) determining that that the refresh operating condition is satisfied in a case that the starting frequency of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold.

11. The vehicle battery management method of claim 9 wherein the c) step includes

deactivating the generation control and activating the battery refresh when the vehicle speed and the engine RPM satisfy a predetermined condition at which the alternator can generate electricity.

12. The vehicle battery management method of claim 9, wherein the c) step includes

operating the charging recovery until the charging state of the battery exceeds a predetermined recovery threshold, or

performing the charging recovery of the battery for a predetermined time in a condition in which an amount power generated by the alternator, battery voltage, and battery current value satisfy a predetermined condition.

13. The vehicle battery management method of claim 12, wherein after the c) step, the frequency at which the refresh performance result of the battery does not exceed a recovery threshold is counted to be stored, and when the stored frequency exceeds a predetermined value, generating a battery performance deterioration event.

14. The vehicle battery management method of claim 9, wherein after the c) step, when the charging recovery of the battery is completed, the refreshing of the battery is deactivated and the current accumulation value of the battery, the low SOC entering frequency, and the vehicle starting frequency are reset.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that collect condition information of the vehicle and a condition of the battery;

program instructions that determine at least one condition of a current accumulation value of the battery, a low SCO entry frequency, and a vehicle starting frequency satisfies a predetermined battery refresh condition; and

program instructions that perform charging recovery of the battery by activating the battery refresh operation, when the determination result satisfies the battery refresh condition.