BATTERY TESTING SYSTEM WITH ENERGY CIRCULATION

• US 20140055143A1
• Filed: 09/25/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology Armaments Bureau MND (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology Armaments Bureau MND (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Shieh, Fa-Hwa, Liu, Ming-Lun, Lin, You-Rong, Lih, Wen-Chen, Liao, Yu-Min
• Application Number:
  US13/626,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20140055143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/385 Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables for monitoring G01R31/382
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/387 Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC

Abstract

A battery testing system with energy circulation includes a battery module to be tested, an electric power storage module, a bi-directional conversion module and a control module, and the control module controls the bi-directional conversion module to discharge the electric power storage module and charge the battery module to be tested, or discharge the battery module to be tested and charge the electric power storage module, so that the electricity can be fully and repeatedly used, and the electric power storage module can use a second-used power battery to save the cost of the electric power storage module while the battery testing system can be isolated from the grid of utility power to avoid creating a burden to the grid of the utility power.

Claims

1. A battery testing system with energy circulation, comprising:

a battery module to be tested;

an electric power storage module, having a total electric power capacity equal to a multiple of the total electric power capacity of the battery module to be tested;

a first bi-directional conversion module, electrically coupled to the battery module to be tested and the electric power storage module; and

a control module, electrically coupled to the battery module to be tested,

thereby, the electric power storage module and the first bi-directional conversion module monitor a state of charge of the battery module to be tested and the electric power storage module, wherein the control module controls the first bi-directional conversion module to discharge the electric power storage module and charge the battery module to be tested; and

the control module further controls the first bi-directional conversion module to discharge the battery module to be tested and charge the electric power storage module.

2. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 1, wherein the first bi-directional conversion module is a DC/DC converter.

3. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 1, further comprising a second bi-directional conversion module of an AC power source, and the second bi-directional conversion module being coupled to the control module and the electric power storage module, wherein when the battery module to be tested has an insufficient state of charge, the battery module charges the electric power storage module, and if the state of charge of electric power storage module is below 30%, the control module controls the second bi-directional conversion module to convert the AC power source into AC used to charge the electric power storage module.

4. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 1, further comprising a second bi-directional conversion module coupled to an AC power source, and the second bi-directional conversion module being coupled to the control module and the electric power storage module, wherein when the battery module to be tested still has sufficient state of charge to charge the electric power storage module, and the state of charge of the electric power storage module reaches 70%, the control module controls the second bi-directional conversion module to supply electric power to an external AC power measuring device to reduce the state of charge.

5. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 3, wherein the second bi-directional conversion module is an AC/DC converter.

6. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 3, wherein the AC power source is a utility AC power.

7. The battery testing system with energy circulation according to claim 3, wherein the AC power measuring device is a device requiring alternate current for an operation in a battery testing system.