BATTERY STATE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE

• US 20160327613A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: TENMYO, HIROSHI, YUASA, SHIN-ICHI
• Application Number:
  US15/110,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20160327613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/392 Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/446 Initial charging measures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/448 End of discharge regulating measures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00712 the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Internal resistance estimating part estimates internal resistance R of a secondary battery. SOH_R calculating part calculates SOH_R based on estimated internal resistance R. Storage stores an SOH_R-SOH_C table. SOH_C calculating part calculates SOH_C based on calculated SOH_R with reference to the SOH_R-SOH_C table. FCC estimating part estimates FCC based on calculated SOH_C.

Claims

1. A battery state estimating device comprising:

a first estimating part that estimates internal resistance of a secondary battery at predetermined timing;

a first calculating part that calculates a first ratio of the internal resistance of the secondary battery in an initial state to the internal resistance of the secondary battery at the predetermined timing;

a storage that stores associated data that associates an internal resistance ratio which is a ratio of the internal resistance of the secondary battery in the initial state to the internal resistance of the secondary battery in a degraded state with a full charge capacity ratio which is a ratio of a full charge capacity of the secondary battery in the initial state to the full charge capacity of the secondary battery in the degraded state; and

a second estimating part that estimates the full charge capacity of the secondary battery at the predetermined timing based on the first ratio calculated by the first calculating part with reference to the associated data.

2. The battery state estimating device according to claim 1, wherein the associated data includes an amount of correction for correcting the association of the internal resistance ratio with the full charge capacity ratio in accordance with magnitude of a charging rate when the secondary battery is stored.

3. A power supply device further comprising:

a secondary battery;

a power converter;

the battery state estimating device according to claim 1; and

a charge and discharge controller that controls the power converter to charge and discharge the secondary battery,

wherein the storage stores a second ratio calculated by a first calculating part last time,

when a difference value between a first ratio calculated by the first calculating part and the second ratio stored in the storage becomes larger than a first threshold regarding the difference value during a storage period of the secondary battery, the charge and discharge controller starts discharge of the secondary battery, and

the second estimating part estimates the full charge capacity of the secondary battery after discharge of the secondary battery starts during the storage period.

4. The power supply device according to claim 3, further comprising a third estimating part that estimates a charging rate of the secondary battery,

wherein when the charging rate estimated by the third estimating part becomes smaller than a second threshold regarding the charging rate during the storage period of the secondary battery, the charge and discharge controller starts charge of the secondary battery, and

the second estimating part estimates the full charge capacity of the secondary battery after charge of the secondary battery starts during the storage period.

5. The power supply device according to claim 4, wherein

the storage stores a fluctuation history of the charging rate of the secondary battery, and

the charge and discharge controller changes an upper limit charging rate for stopping charge of the secondary battery with reference to the fluctuation history.

6. The power supply device according to claim 5, further comprising a second calculating part that calculates a third ratio of the full charge capacity of the secondary battery in an initial state to the full charge capacity of the secondary battery at the predetermined timing based on the first ratio calculated by the first calculating part with reference to the associated data,

wherein the charge and discharge controller changes the upper limit charging rate for stopping charge of the secondary battery with reference to the fluctuation history and the third ratio.

7. A power supply device further comprising:

a secondary battery;

a power converter;

the battery state estimating device according to claim 2; and

a charge and discharge controller that controls the power converter to charge and discharge the secondary battery,

wherein the storage stores a second ratio calculated by a first calculating part last time,

when a difference value between a first ratio calculated by the first calculating part and the second ratio stored in the storage becomes larger than a first threshold regarding the difference value during a storage period of the secondary battery, the charge and discharge controller starts discharge of the secondary battery, and

the second estimating part estimates the full charge capacity of the secondary battery after discharge of the secondary battery starts during the storage period.