Battery control and fault detection method
First Claim
1. The method of monitoring the condition of a battery by monitoring at least one parameter, wherein the battery comprises a plurality of units, each unit comprising a given number of cells connected in a given manner, said method comprising the steps of:
- scanning the units and measuring and storing the value of said parameter for each unit,deriving a mean value of the parameter and determining the individual deviation from said mean value for each unit,calculating a standard deviation using the individual deviations,determining a tolerance value equal to a given number times the standard deviation,comparing the value of the parameter for each unit with said tolerance and flagging any values which differ from the mean by more than said tolerance,displaying the value of said parameter for each unit and highlighting any value which is out of limit,making a decision as to whether there were any out of limit values flagged, if not then initiating another scan, or if any value has been flagged then actuating an alarm.
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Abstract
This is a method for control, fault detection, fault isolation, and state-of-health monitoring of batteries and battery arrays. The method consists of measuring all of the battery, cell, or cell group voltages, using statistics to determine a means voltage and a standard deviation voltage, then comparing all of the measured voltages to the mean voltage. If the measured voltage deviates from the mean voltage by an arbitrary amount (number of standard deviations) corrective action can be implemented or an alarm signal given. The measurements need to be made rapidly enough to eliminate battery or cell voltage changes due to state of charge or temperature changes and, in most cases, require a computerized data collection/reduction system. Absolute high and/or low voltage limits can be included to prevent catastrophic events. The concept can be expanded to include similar temperature, pressure and/or battery current measurements in an array.
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1. The method of monitoring the condition of a battery by monitoring at least one parameter, wherein the battery comprises a plurality of units, each unit comprising a given number of cells connected in a given manner, said method comprising the steps of:
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scanning the units and measuring and storing the value of said parameter for each unit, deriving a mean value of the parameter and determining the individual deviation from said mean value for each unit, calculating a standard deviation using the individual deviations, determining a tolerance value equal to a given number times the standard deviation, comparing the value of the parameter for each unit with said tolerance and flagging any values which differ from the mean by more than said tolerance, displaying the value of said parameter for each unit and highlighting any value which is out of limit, making a decision as to whether there were any out of limit values flagged, if not then initiating another scan, or if any value has been flagged then actuating an alarm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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