DETERMINING BATTERY DC IMPEDANCE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring battery cell DC impedance by controlling charging of the battery cell. The method includes real-time characterization of a battery, (a) measuring periodically a DC impedance of the battery to determine a measured DC impedance; (b) ratioing the measured DC impedance to a reference DC impedance for the battery to establish an impedance degradation factor; (c) obtaining, during use of the battery and responsive to a set of attributes of the battery, an operational reference impedance for the battery; and (d) applying the impedance degradation factor to the operational reference impedance to obtain a real-time effective impedance for the battery.
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32 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A battery charging system for a propulsion battery providing an operational current to an electric propulsion motor of an electric vehicle, the battery charging system comprising:
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a charger coupled to the propulsion battery; a battery data acquisition and monitoring subsystem; and a battery management system configured to; (a) measure a DC impedance of the propulsion battery after a recharging sequence of the propulsion battery that includes an intermediate depolarizing relaxation period in which a charging current of the propulsion battery is set to zero amperes for a predetermined length of time and establishes a relaxed parameter for the propulsion battery; (b) determinine a ratio of said measured DC impedance and a reference DC impedance for the propulsion battery to establish an impedance degradation factor; (c) obtain, during use of the propulsion battery providing the operational current to the electric propulsion motor after a lapse of a sustained peak power period of provision of the operational current to the electric propulsion motor and responsive to a set of operational attributes of the propulsion battery acquired by said battery data acquisition and monitoring subsystem during provision of the operational current to the electric propulsion motor, an operational reference impedance for the propulsion battery; and (d) apply said impedance degradation factor to said operational reference impedance to obtain a real-time effective impedance for the propulsion battery during provision of the operational current to the electric propulsion motor and wherein the propulsion battery includes lithium-ion energy storage elements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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