Battery System and Method for System State of Charge Determination
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1. A battery system comprising:
- at least one first cell, the at least one first cell having a first battery chemistry and exhibiting a first open circuit potential curve; and
at least one second cell in series connection with the at least one first cell, the at least one second cell having a second battery chemistry and exhibiting a second open circuit potential,wherein the at least one first cell exhibits an open circuit potential curve with a slope that is greater than the slope of the open circuit potential curve exhibited by the at least one second cell over a range of about 40 percent state of charge to about 60 percent state of charge.
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Abstract
A battery system and method of providing a state of charge of for the system in one embodiment includes at least one first cell, the at least one first cell having a first battery chemistry exhibiting a first open circuit potential, and at least one second cell in series connection with the at least one first cell, the at least one second cell having a second battery chemistry exhibiting a second open circuit potential, wherein the at least one first cell exhibits an open circuit potential with a center slope that is greater than the center slope of the open circuit potential exhibited by the at least one second cell.
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1. A battery system comprising:
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at least one first cell, the at least one first cell having a first battery chemistry and exhibiting a first open circuit potential curve; and at least one second cell in series connection with the at least one first cell, the at least one second cell having a second battery chemistry and exhibiting a second open circuit potential, wherein the at least one first cell exhibits an open circuit potential curve with a slope that is greater than the slope of the open circuit potential curve exhibited by the at least one second cell over a range of about 40 percent state of charge to about 60 percent state of charge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery system comprising:
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providing a battery system with at least one first battery cell and at least one second battery cell, wherein the at least one first battery cell exhibits an open circuit potential curve with a slope that is greater than the slope of the open circuit potential curve exhibited by the at least one second battery cell over a range of about 40 percent SOC to about 60 percent SOC; associating each of a plurality of first battery cell voltages with one of a plurality of SOC conditions; storing the associated plurality of first battery cell voltages and plurality of SOC conditions; obtaining the voltage of the first battery cell; comparing the obtained voltage with the stored plurality of first battery cell voltages; and determining the SOC of the battery system based upon the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A battery system comprising:
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at least one first cell, the at least one first cell exhibiting a first open circuit potential curve over a first range of state of charge (SOC) conditions; and at least one second cell in series connection with the at least one first cell, the at least one second cell exhibiting a second open circuit potential over the first range of SOC conditions, wherein the slope of the first open circuit potential curve is substantially zero and the slope of the second open circuit potential curve is positive. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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