Method for determining performance information of a battery of a motor vehicle on-board power system that is connected to a direct current converter, and motor vehicle

• US 10,391,885 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Hackner, Thomas, Naumann, Rolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Frejd, Russell
• Application Number:
  US16/071,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20190210472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/2045 for optimising the use of energy
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/006 on road vehicles, e.g. automobiles or trucks testing of ignition installations peculiar to internal combustion engines F02P17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/387 Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A method for determining a performance information, including a capacity information, of a battery of a motor vehicle on-board power network connected to a DC converter is disclosed. The DC converter is configured to impress at least one AC current with at least one predetermined frequency into the on-board power network. The capacity information is derived from at least one first electrical parameter at an output of the DC converter to the on-board power network and from at least one second electrical parameter that describes a reaction of the battery to the impressed AC current. A motor vehicle configured to perform the method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for determining a performance information of a battery of a first on-board power network of a motor vehicle, wherein the first on-board power network is connected to a DC converter, the method comprising:

impressing, by the DC converter, at least one AC current with at least one predetermined frequency into the first on-board power network;

deriving the performance information, including capacity information, from at least one first electrical parameter at an output of the DC converter to the first on-board power network and from at least one second electrical parameter describing a reaction of the battery to the impressed at least one AC current;

determining a plurality of component values of an equivalent circuit of the battery using the at least one first electrical parameter and the at least one second electrical parameter,

wherein the determining the plurality of component values comprises;

using the at least one AC current, having a plurality of different predetermined frequencies that overlap one another, wherein the number of the plurality of different predetermined frequencies used is at least equal to the number of the plurality of component values to be determined;

or

using a plurality of AC currents, each impressed in a temporal sequence; and

deriving the capacity information from the plurality of component values.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording, as the at least one first electrical parameter, a current or a voltage at the output of the DC converter; and

measuring, as the at least one second electrical parameter, a current or a voltage at the battery within a measurement range that includes the at least one predetermined frequency.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the plurality of component values of the equivalent circuit further comprises:

determining circuit values of a circuit that comprises an electrolyte resistance, a charge transfer resistance, a Warburg impedance, or a double-layer capacitance.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

coupling, by the DC converter, the first on-board power network to a second on-board power network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second on-board power network is a high-voltage on-board power network for supplying power to an electric motor of the motor vehicle.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second on-board power network is a low-voltage on-board power network of higher operating voltage than a nominal voltage of the battery.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is carried out by command from an energy management system of the motor vehicle, cyclically, or at start-up of the motor vehicle.

8. A motor vehicle, comprising an energy management system, further comprising:

a battery of a first on-board power network;

a DC converter, connected to the battery, wherein the DC converter is configured to;

impress at least one AC current with at least one predetermined frequency into the first on-board power network; and

a controller, connected to the DC converter, wherein the controller is configured to;

derive performance information of the battery, the performance information including capacity information, from at least one first electrical parameter at an output of the DC converter to the first on-board power network and from at least one second electrical parameter describing a reaction of the battery to the impressed at least one AC current;

determine a plurality of component values of an equivalent circuit of the battery using the at least one first electrical parameter and the at least one second electrical parameter,

wherein, to determine the plurality of component values, the controller is further configured to;

use the at least one AC current, having a plurality of different predetermined frequencies that overlap one another, wherein the number of the plurality of different predetermined frequencies used is at least equal to the number of the plurality of component values to be determined;

or

use a plurality of AC currents, each impressed in a temporal sequence; and

derive the capacity information from the plurality of component values.

9. The motor vehicle of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

record, as the at least one first electrical parameter, a current or a voltage at the output of the DC converter; and

measure, as the at least one second electrical parameter, a current or a voltage at the battery within a measurement range that includes the at least one predetermined frequency.

10. The motor vehicle of claim 8, wherein to determine the plurality of component values of the equivalent circuit, the controller is further configured to:

determine circuit values of a circuit that comprises an electrolyte resistance, a charge transfer resistance, a Warburg impedance, or a double-layer capacitance.

11. The motor vehicle of claim 8, further comprising:

a second on-board power network, coupled by the DC converter to the first on-board power network.

12. The motor vehicle of claim 11, wherein the second on-board power network is a high-voltage on-board power network for supplying power to an electric motor of the motor vehicle.

13. The motor vehicle of claim 11, wherein the second on-board power network is a low-voltage on-board power network of higher operating voltage than a nominal voltage of the battery.

14. The motor vehicle of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to operate by command of the energy management system, cyclically, or at start-up of the motor vehicle.