STORAGE BATTERY DEVICE

• US 20150207347A1
• Filed: 05/22/2012
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd. (Envision Group /TX/)
• Original Assignee: NEC Energy Devices, Ltd. (Envision Group /TX/)
• Inventors: Hori, Yuuki, Suzuki, Shin
• Application Number:
  US14/111,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20150207347A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/549 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/18 of two or more battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/21 having the same nominal voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16542 for batteries charge condition monitoring in G01R31/36
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/385 Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables for monitoring G01R31/382
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/396 Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/482 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0025 Sequential battery discharge in systems with a plurality of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0029 with safety or protection devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00309 Overheat or overtemperature protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0063 : with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A voltage measurement unit (200) measures the voltage value between both ends of each of batteries (101-1) to (101-n). A control unit (300) determines whether or not the batteries (101-1) to (101-n) are defective based on the measured voltage values, outputs the series voltage of batteries (101-1) to (101-n) as the output voltage of a series body (100-1) if there is no battery, from among the batteries (101-1) to (101-n), that is determined to be defective, and outputs the boosted voltage from the voltage of the batteries (101-1) to (101-n) other than the battery that was determined to be defective as the output voltage of the series body (100-1).

Claims

1. A storage battery device including a plurality of storage batteries, wherein

a plurality of series bodies, each formed of the multiple storage batteries being connected in series, are connected in parallel,

the series body comprises:

a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage value between both ends of each of the multiple storage batteries, and,

a control unit which determines whether or not the storage batteries are defective based on the voltage values measured by the voltage measurement unit and performs such control that if there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, the series voltage of the multiple storage batteries is output as the output voltage of the series body whereas if there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, the boosted voltage from the voltage of the batteries other than the defective battery is output as the output voltage.

2. The storage battery device according to claim 1, characterized in that

the series body includes a plurality of transformers which, each having the primary coil connected in parallel to each of the multiple storage batteries and the secondary coil connected in parallel to the series body in each of a plurality of storage batteries,

the control unit, when there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, disconnects the multiple transformers from the series body, and when there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, disconnects the storage battery and the transformer that is connected to the storage battery from the series body and boosts the output voltage of the storage batteries other than the defective battery using the transformers and outputs the boosted voltage.

3. The storage battery device according to claim 2, characterized in that

the series body comprises:

a first discharge switch connected in series with the storage batteries; and

,

a plurality of second discharge switches each connected in series with the primary coil of each of the multiple transformers,

at the time of being discharged, the control unit, when there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, short-circuits the first discharge switch and opens all the second discharge switches, and when there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, opens the first discharge switch and the second discharge switch connected to the primary coil of the transformer that is connected to the storage battery that was determined to be defective and short-circuits the secondary discharge switches connected to the primary coil of the transformers other than the transformer that is connected to the storage battery that was determined to be defective.

4. The storage battery device according to claim 2, characterized in that

the series body comprises a plurality of charging switches connected in parallel with each of the multiple storage batteries, and

the control unit, at the time of charging the storage batteries, short-circuits the charging switch connected to the battery determined to be defective and opens the charging switches other than that.

5. The storage battery device according to claim 2, characterized in that the transformer can boost or step down voltage in both directions.

6. The storage battery device according to claim 5, characterized in that

the series body comprises a third discharge switch connected in series with the storage batteries, a plurality of fourth discharge switches each connected in series with the primary coil of each of the multiple transformers, and a plurality of fifth discharge switches each connected in series with the secondary coil of each of the multiple transformers,

the control unit, when there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, short-circuits the third discharge switch and opens all the fourth discharge switches and the fifth discharge switches, and when there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, opens the third discharge switch and the fourth discharge switch and the fifth discharge switch which are respectively connected to the primary coil and the secondary coil of the transformer that is connected to the storage battery that was determined to be defective and short-circuits the fourth discharge switches and fifth discharge switches connected to the primary coil and secondary coil of the transformers other than the transformer that is connected to the storage battery that was determined to be defective.

7. The storage battery device according to claim 2, characterized in that the ratio of the number of turns in the secondary coil to that in the primary coil is the number of batteries belonging to one series body.

8. The storage battery device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit compares the voltage value measured by the voltage measurement unit with a predetermined threshold value and determines whether or not the battery is defective based on the result of comparison.

9. The storage battery device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit compares the voltage values of the multiple storage batteries measured by the voltage measurement unit and determines whether or not the storage batteries are defective based on the result of comparison.

10. The storage battery device according to claim 4, characterized in that the control unit, at the time of charging the storage batteries, determines whether or not the storage batteries are defective candidates based on the voltage values measured by the voltage measurement unit, and short-circuits the charging switch connected to the storage battery that was detected as a defective candidate and opens the charge switches other than that.

11. The storage battery device according to claim 10, characterized in that the control unit compares the voltage values of the multiple storage batteries measured by the voltage measurement unit and determines whether or not the storage batteries are defective candidates based on the result of comparison.

12. The storage battery device according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage battery is a lithium ion secondary battery.

13. A charging and discharging method for charging and discharging storage batteries in a storage battery device having a plurality of series bodies which are connected in parallel including a plurality of storage batteries connected in series, comprising the steps of:

measuring the voltage value between both ends of each of the multiple storage batteries;

determining whether or not the storage batteries are defective based on the measured voltage values;

outputting the series voltage of the multiple storage batteries as the output voltage of the series body if there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective; and

,

outputting the boosted voltage from the voltage of the batteries other than the defective battery as the output voltage if there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective.