Method and apparatus for estimating the charge/discharge electricity amount of secondary batteries
First Claim
1. A method for estimating a charge/discharge electricity amount of a secondary battery comprising:
- measuring a pair of data consisting of a current flowing through the secondary battery and a terminal voltage of the secondary battery corresponding to the current, thus obtaining a plurality of pairs of data;
if specific selection conditions are satisfied, the specific selection conditions including (i) the current in charging and discharging the secondary battery is within a first predetermined range, (ii) a number of the plurality of pairs of data greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and (iii) a charge/discharge electricity amount during collection of the plurality of pairs of data is within a second predetermined range, calculating a no-load voltage as a voltage intercept at a current of zero in a straight-line approximation obtained by statistical processing with respect to the plurality of pairs of data;
if the specific selection conditions are not satisfied and if one of specific current conditions or voltage conditions continue to be met for a certain amount of time, calculating an open circuit voltage from the terminal voltage of the secondary battery, the component resistance of the secondary battery and an average current;
calculating a change (Δ
Vb) in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage over a predetermined period of time;
calculating an estimated charge/discharge electricity amount (Δ
Qe) of the secondary battery based on the change in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage; and
calculating a measured charge/discharge electricity amount over the predetermined period of time from the current flowing through the secondary battery.
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Abstract
An apparatus estimates charge/discharge electricity amount without being affected by current measurement error. Under specific selection conditions, a no-load voltage calculation part uses pairs of data consisting of current data I(n) and voltage data V(n) corresponding to the current data to calculate a no-load voltage Vsep as the voltage intercept at a current of zero in a straight-line approximation obtained by statistical processing such as regression analysis using a least squares method. If specific current conditions exist for a certain amount of time, an open circuit voltage calculation part calculates the terminal voltage of the secondary battery as the open circuit voltage Voc. An estimated charge/discharge electricity amount calculation part uses a preset change-in-voltage adjustment constant ΔVbc/adjustment coefficient Kb, change-in-electromotive-force constant Keq and polarization voltage generation constant Kpol to calculate the estimated charge/discharge electricity amount ΔQe as a function of the change ΔVb in the no-load or open circuit voltage over a predetermined period of time.
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1. A method for estimating a charge/discharge electricity amount of a secondary battery comprising:
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measuring a pair of data consisting of a current flowing through the secondary battery and a terminal voltage of the secondary battery corresponding to the current, thus obtaining a plurality of pairs of data; if specific selection conditions are satisfied, the specific selection conditions including (i) the current in charging and discharging the secondary battery is within a first predetermined range, (ii) a number of the plurality of pairs of data greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and (iii) a charge/discharge electricity amount during collection of the plurality of pairs of data is within a second predetermined range, calculating a no-load voltage as a voltage intercept at a current of zero in a straight-line approximation obtained by statistical processing with respect to the plurality of pairs of data; if the specific selection conditions are not satisfied and if one of specific current conditions or voltage conditions continue to be met for a certain amount of time, calculating an open circuit voltage from the terminal voltage of the secondary battery, the component resistance of the secondary battery and an average current; calculating a change (Δ
Vb) in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage over a predetermined period of time;calculating an estimated charge/discharge electricity amount (Δ
Qe) of the secondary battery based on the change in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage; andcalculating a measured charge/discharge electricity amount over the predetermined period of time from the current flowing through the secondary battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for estimating a charge/discharge electricity amount of a secondary battery, comprising:
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a current measurement part that measures current flowing through the secondary battery as current data; a voltage measurement part that measures a terminal voltage of the secondary battery as voltage data; a no-load voltage calculation part that obtains a plurality of pairs of data consisting of current data from the current measurement part and voltage data corresponding to this current data from the voltage measurement part, and that, in the case that specific selection conditions are satisfied, the specific selection conditions including (i) the current in charging and discharging the secondary battery is within a first predetermined range, (ii) a number of the plurality of pairs of data greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and (iii) a charge/discharge electricity amount during collection of the plurality of pairs of data is within a second predetermined range, calculates a no-load voltage as a voltage intercept at a current of zero in a straight-line approximation obtained by statistical processing with respect to the plurality of pairs of data; an open circuit voltage calculation part that, in the case that the specific selection conditions are not satisfied and specific current conditions or voltage conditions continue to be met for a certain amount of time, calculates an open circuit voltage from the terminal voltage of the secondary battery, the component resistance of the secondary battery and an average current; a change-in-measured-voltage calculation part that calculates a change (Δ
Vb) in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage over a predetermined period of time;an estimated charge/discharge electricity amount calculation part that calculates an estimated charge/discharge electricity amount (Δ
Qe) of the secondary battery based on the change in the no-load voltage or the open circuit voltage; anda measured charge/discharge electricity amount calculation part that calculates a measured charge/discharge electricity amount over the predetermined period of time from the current flowing through the secondary battery. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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