State-of-charge estimation method and battery control unit

• US 8,738,311 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Wu, Chien-Hsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Desta, Elias
• Application Number:
  US13/106,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20120143542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 702/58, 702/63, 702/64, 702/79, 702/108, 700/297, 340/636.1, 340/636.21, 324/145, 324/426, 320/127
• US Class Current: 702/63
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• 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 SOC (state of charge) estimation method for a rechargeable battery includes: measuring a battery parameter of the rechargeable battery; judging whether the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is stable; if the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is not stable yet, estimating an open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery by a fuzzy control and expanding an established experiment data of the rechargeable battery into a 3D function by the fuzzy control; and calculating a time domain dynamic equation and converting into a SOC function, substituting the SOC function into the fuzzy control to estimate an SOC estimation value, wherein the time domain dynamic equation performing a time domain dynamic monitor.

Claims

1. A SOC (state of charge) estimation method applicable to a hardware battery control unit to control a rechargeable battery, applied in a battery management system of an electronic vehicle, comprising:

measuring a battery parameter of the rechargeable battery;

judging whether the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is stable;

if the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is not stable, estimating a battery open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery by a fuzzy control and processing an established experiment data of the rechargeable battery into a 3D (three dimensional) function by the fuzzy control; and

calculating a time domain dynamic equation and converting into a SOC function, substituting the SOC function into the fuzzy control to estimate an SOC value, wherein the time domain dynamic equation performing a time domain dynamic monitor;

wherein the step of judging whether the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is stable comprises;

during a predetermined period, judging whether the battery current of the rechargeable battery is smaller than a predetermined value and judging whether the battery voltage of the rechargeable battery is stable to judge whether the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is stable; and

the step of calculating the time domain dynamic equation comprises;

calculating a first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery;

establishing a non-linear function of a capacitor voltage and a battery power status of the rechargeable battery based on the established experiment data of the rechargeable battery; and

converting the first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery into the time domain dynamic equation according to the non-linear function.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

if the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery is stable, estimating the SOC value by an open circuit voltage detection.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of measuring the battery parameter of the rechargeable battery comprises:

measuring a battery voltage, a battery current and a battery temperature of the rechargeable battery.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the fuzzy control includes:

performing a fuzzy pre-procession on the battery voltage, the battery current and the battery temperature of the rechargeable battery based on a membership function;

establishing a fuzzy rule base according to the established experiment data of the rechargeable battery; and

performing a defuzzification based on the fuzzy rule base and the membership function.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of estimating the SOC value comprises:

re-arranging the first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery and the time domain dynamic equation; and

calculating an equivalent capacitance of the rechargeable battery to decide a battery open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery, the SOC value being a ratio of a current power status of the rechargeable battery and a rate battery power.

6. A battery control unit for controlling a rechargeable battery, the battery control unit applied in a battery management system of an electronic vehicle, the battery control unit comprising:

an interface circuit, receiving a battery voltage and a battery temperature of the rechargeable battery;

a current measurement circuit, measuring a battery current of the rechargeable battery; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the interface circuit, estimating a SOC value of the rechargeable battery based on the battery voltage, the battery temperature and the battery current of the rechargeable battery, if the processing circuit judging the battery voltage, the battery temperature and/or the battery current of the rechargeable battery is not stable, the processing circuit estimating a battery open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery by a fuzzy control and processing an established experiment data of the rechargeable battery into a 3D (three dimensional) function by the fuzzy control, the processing circuit calculating a time domain dynamic equation and converting into a SOC function, substituting the SOC function into the fuzzy control to estimate an SOC value, wherein the processing circuit performs a time domain dynamic monitor based on the time domain dynamic equation;

during a predetermined period, the processing circuit judges whether the battery current of the rechargeable battery is smaller than a predetermined value and judges whether the battery voltage of the rechargeable battery is stable to judge whether the battery voltage and the battery current of the rechargeable battery are stable; and

the processing circuit calculates a first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery, the processing circuit establishes a non-linear function of a capacitor voltage and a battery power status of the rechargeable battery based on the established experiment data of the rechargeable battery, and the processing circuit converts the first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery into the time domain dynamic equation according to the non-linear function.

7. The battery control unit according to claim 6, wherein if the processing circuit judges that the battery voltage, the battery temperature and the battery current of the rechargeable battery are stable, the processing circuit estimates the SOC value by an open circuit voltage detection.

8. The battery control unit according to claim 6, wherein:

the processing circuit performs a fuzzy pre-procession on the battery voltage, the battery current and the battery temperature of the rechargeable battery based on a membership function;

the processing circuit establishes a fuzzy rule base according to the established experiment data of the rechargeable battery; and

the processing circuit performs a defuzzification based on the fuzzy rule base and the membership function.

9. The battery control unit according to claim 6, wherein

the processing circuit re-arranges the first order equivalent circuit of the rechargeable battery and the time domain dynamic equation;

and

the processing circuit calculates an equivalent capacitance of the rechargeable battery to decide a battery open circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery, the SOC value being a ratio of a current power status of the rechargeable battery and a rate battery power.