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POWER AND CURRENT ESTIMATION FOR BATTERIES

  • US 20160131714A1
  • Filed: 11/04/2015
  • Published: 05/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a maximum electrical charge current or a maximum electrical discharge current of an energy storage cell, the method comprising:

  • (a) providing a predetermined upper voltage limit or lower voltage limit of the energy storage cell;

    (b) providing a time horizon as a time difference from a present time to a future time;

    wherein, with a repetition time period different from the time horizon,repeating the following steps;

    (c) measuring a present voltage level of the energy storage cell;

    (d) calculating, by a control unit, a voltage difference between the present voltage level and the upper voltage limit or the lower voltage limit; and

    (e) based on the voltage difference, the time horizon, and an equivalent circuit model comprising a capacitance and a resistance of the energy storage cell relating an electrical charge current or an electrical discharge current to a respective estimated voltage of the energy storage cell, determining, by the control unit, the maximum electrical charge current or maximum electrical discharge current of the energy storage cell corresponding to the voltage difference,wherein the respective estimated voltage of the energy storage cell is less than or equal to the upper voltage limit during the time horizon in the case of an electrical charge current, or larger than or equal to the lower voltage limit during the time horizon in the case of an electrical discharge current.

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