Electricity supply system

• US 9,564,665 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BYD Company Limited
• Original Assignee: BYD Company Limited, Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited
• Inventors: Tong, Zhiwei, Zhu, Jianhua, Lu, Zhipei, Lai, Qing
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhanu, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US14/166,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20140197777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 320/103, 320/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/22 Balancing the charge of battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/27 by heating
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4207 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/615 Heating or keeping warm
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/637 characterised by the use of reversible temperature-sensitive devices, e.g. NTC, PTC or bimetal devices; characterised by control of the internal current flowing through the cells, e.g. by switching means for preventing undesired use or discharge H01M50/572
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0014 Circuits for equalisation of charge between batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0019 using switched or multiplexed charge circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

An electricity supply system comprises: a battery module, a control module, and a distribution box. The battery module includes at least two in-series modules, each comprising at least two battery groups connected in series. The control module is connected with the battery module and includes an IGBT module, a relay module, and a relay control module. The relay module includes a plurality of relays K. Each in-series module is connected to the relay module. The relay module is connected to the IGBT module. The relay control module is configured for controlling ON or OFF of each relay K so as to select an in-series module to work with the IGBT module. The distribution box is connected with the control module.

Claims

1. An electricity supply system, comprising:

a battery module, comprising at least two in-series modules, each in-series module comprising at least two battery groups connected in series;

a control module connected with the battery module, comprising;

an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module,

a relay module comprising a plurality of relays, wherein each in-series module is connected to the relay module, and the relay module is directly connected to the IGBT module, and

a relay control module configured for controlling ON or OFF of each relay so as to select one or more in-series module to work with the IGBT module; and

a distribution box directly connected with the control module;

wherein the IGBT module is directly connected with the distribution box.

2. The electricity supply system according to claim 1, wherein the battery group comprises:

a first battery group connected with the distribution box via a first relay, which is connected with the first battery group in series;

a plurality of middle battery groups, each middle battery group connected with the distribution box via a second relay, which is connected with the middle battery group in series, and connected with the IGBT module via a third relay, which is connected with the middle battery group in series; and

a last battery group connected with the IGBT module via a fourth relay, which is connected with the last battery group in series.

3. The electricity supply system according to claim 1, wherein each in-series module comprises two battery groups connected in series.

4. The electricity supply system according to claim 1, wherein the relay includes an electromagnetic relay.

5. The electricity supply system according to claim 1, wherein the relay control module includes a single-chip microcomputer.

6. The electricity supply system according to claim 1, wherein two adjacent in-series modules are connected via a relay.

7. A method for heating a battery group, comprising:

configuring a battery module to comprise at least two in-series modules, wherein each of the at least two in-series modules comprises at least two battery groups connected in series;

configuring a control module comprising an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module, a relay module and a relay control module, wherein;

the relay module is configured to comprise a plurality of relays,

each in-series module is connected to the relay module, and the relay module is directly connected to the IGBT module, and

the relay control module is configured to control ON or OFF of each relay so as to select one or more in-series module to work with the IGBT module; and

configuring a distribution box directly to connected with the IGBT module and the relay module.

8. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein the in-series module comprises:

a first battery group connected with the distribution box via a first relay, which is connected with the first battery group in series;

a plurality of middle battery groups, each middle battery group connected with the distribution box via a second relay, which is connected with the middle battery group in series, and connected with the IGBT module via a third relay, which is connected with the middle battery group in series; and

a last battery group connected with the IGBT module via a fourth relay, which is connected with the last battery group in series.

9. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein the at least two in-series modules includes an in-series module having a maximum voltage and an in-series module having a minimum voltage connected in parallel.

10. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein each in-series module is configured to comprise a first battery group and a second battery group connected in series.

11. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7 further comprising:

configuring a relay control module to control ON or OFF of each relay so as to connect a first battery group in a first in-series module to the distribution box directly and to connect a second battery group in the first in-series module to the distribution box via the IGBT module.

12. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, comprising:

configuring a relay control module to control ON or OFF of each relay so as to connect a first battery group in a first in-series module to the distribution box directly, and to connect a second battery group in a second in-series module to the distribution box via the IGBT module, wherein the first battery group in the first in-series module, a second battery group in the first in-series module, a first battery group in the second in-series module and the second battery group in the second in-series module are connected in series.

13. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein the relay includes an electromagnetic relay.

14. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein the relay control module includes a single-chip microcomputer.

15. The method for heating a battery group according to claim 7, wherein two adjacent in-series modules are connected via a relay.