Control device of secondary battery and map correction method

• US 8,380,452 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic EV Energy Company, Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic EV Energy Company, Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Maegawa, Katsunori, Nakanishi, Toshiaki, Okumura, Motoyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): COSIMANO, EDWARD R
• Application Number:
  US12/732,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 73/10.1, 738/658, 738/659, 320/127, 320/128, 320/134, 324/72, 340/500, 340/540, 340/635, 340/636.1, 340/636.12, 340/636.15, 340/636.19, 702/1, 702/33, 702/34, 702/57, 702/60, 702/63, 702/64, 702/65, 702/108, 702/117, 702/127, 702/182, 702/187, 702/189
• US Class Current: 702/63
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• 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

Abstract

A two-dimensional map for calculating an SOC of a secondary battery is corrected. A battery ECU obtains a voltage index of a secondary battery. The voltage index is, for example, a no-load voltage of the secondary battery. When an amount of change of the calculated no-load voltage from an initial state falls outside a predefined range, the battery ECU corrects the two-dimensional map of initial state which is stored in advance in a storage unit using data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of two-dimensional maps obtained from a plurality of vehicles.

Claims

1. A control device for a secondary battery, comprising:

a unit which obtains a voltage index of a secondary battery which is equipped as an electric power supply source;

a storage unit which stores in advance a relationship between the voltage index and an SOC of the secondary battery;

a unit which obtains a relationship between the voltage index and the SOC reflecting a current state of the secondary battery; and

a correcting unit which corrects the relationship based on an amount of change of the obtained voltage index from an initial state, the correcting unit correcting the relationship stored in the storing unit using not only data obtained from the secondary battery, but also data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of the relationships corresponding to the amount of change among a plurality of the relationships obtained from a plurality of other secondary batteries equipped as electric power supply sources.

2. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, further comprising:

a unit which provisionally judges degradation of the secondary battery based on an internal resistance calculated from a plurality of sets of pair data consisting of a current and a voltage.

3. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit when the calculated amount of change of the voltage index from the initial state falls outside a predefined range.

4. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the secondary battery is equipped on a vehicle, and

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit using data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of the relationships corresponding to the amount of change and a running distance of the vehicle.

5. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit using data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of the relationships corresponding to the amount of change and a usage period of the secondary battery from the initial state.

6. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the secondary battery is equipped on a vehicle, and

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit using data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of the relationships corresponding to the amount of change and a running area of the vehicle.

7. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the secondary battery comprises a plurality of blocks;

the storage unit stores in advance a common relationship for all blocks as the relationship; and

the correcting unit corrects, for each block, the common relationship for all blocks.

8. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the secondary battery comprises a plurality of battery modules comprising one or a plurality of cells;

the storage unit stores in advance a common relationship for all battery modules as the relationship; and

the correcting unit corrects, for each battery module, the common relationship for all battery modules.

9. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the voltage index is an electromotive force obtained by subtracting a polarization voltage from a no-load voltage which is a voltage intercept when a current is zero in an approximated straight line obtained by statistically processing pair data consisting of a terminal voltage and a current of the secondary battery.

10. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the voltage index is a no-load voltage which is a voltage intercept when a current is zero in an approximated straight line obtained by statistically processing pair data consisting of a terminal voltage and a current of the secondary battery.

11. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein

the voltage index is a terminal voltage of the secondary battery.

12. A control device for a secondary battery, comprising:

a unit which obtains a voltage index of a secondary battery which is equipped on a vehicle;

a storage unit which stores in advance a relationship between the voltage index and an SOC of the secondary battery;

a unit which obtains a relationship between the voltage index and the SOC reflecting a current state of the secondary battery; and

a correcting unit which corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit using corresponding data, for each category of running distance, among data obtained by statistically processing a relationship between an amount of change of the voltage index from an initial state and the SOC.

13. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 12, wherein

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit further using corresponding data, for each category of a usage period, among data obtained by statistically processing a relationship between the amount of change and the SOC.

14. The control device for secondary battery according to claim 13, wherein

the correcting unit corrects the relationship stored in the storage unit further using corresponding data, for each category of a running area, among data obtained by statistically processing a relationship between the amount of change and the SOC.

15. A method of correcting a map which defines a relationship between a voltage index and an SOC of a secondary battery which is stored in advance in a storage unit for calculating the SOC of the secondary battery, the method comprising:

obtaining the voltage index by charging/discharging the secondary battery according to a predetermined pattern;

judging whether or not an amount of change of the obtained voltage index from an initial state falls within a predefined range; and

correcting, when the amount of change falls outside the predefined range, the relationship stored in the storage unit using not only data obtained from the secondary battery, but also data obtained by statistically processing a plurality of the relationships corresponding to the amount of change among a plurality of the relationships obtained from a plurality of other secondary batteries.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the voltage index is an electromotive force obtained by subtracting a polarization voltage from a no-load voltage which is a voltage intercept when a current is zero in an approximated straight line obtained by statistically processing pair data consisting of a terminal voltage and a current of the secondary battery.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the voltage index is a no-load voltage which is a voltage intercept when a current is zero in an approximated straight line obtained by statistically processing pair data consisting of a terminal voltage and a current of the secondary battery.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the voltage index is a terminal voltage of the secondary battery.