Industrial truck with a battery and method for operating an industrial truck with a battery

• US 7,872,449 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2007
• Issued: 01/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Linde Material Handling GmbH (Superlift Holding SARL)
• Original Assignee: Linde Material Handling GmbH (Superlift Holding SARL)
• Inventors: Gütlein, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fantu; Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US11/787,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 320/132, 320/149, 320/104
• US Class Current: 320/132
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables

Abstract

The invention relates to an industrial truck with at least one drive battery and at least one apparatus (A) for determining the state of charge of the battery and to a method for operating such an industrial truck. The apparatus (A) for determining the state of charge of the battery includes a device (B) for determining the dynamic internal resistance and a device (C) for determining the internal cell voltage of the battery with the aid of the dynamic internal resistance.

Claims

1. An industrial truck, comprising:

at least one drive battery; and

at least one apparatus for determining a state of charge of the battery, wherein the apparatus for determining the state of charge of the battery comprises means for determining a dynamic internal resistance and means for determining an internal cell voltage of the battery with the aid of the dynamic internal resistance,

wherein the apparatus for determining the state of charge of the battery further comprises means for compensating for a diffusion overvoltage, and

wherein the means for compensating for a diffusion overvoltage comprises;

an attenuator, which calculates a level of the diffusion overvoltage as a function of power drawn, and

a low-pass filter, which reproduces a time delay between a withdrawal of power and a change in the diffusion overvoltage.

2. The industrial truck according to claim 1, wherein the means for determining the internal cell voltage and the means for determining the dynamic internal resistance comprise at least one apparatus for determining a terminal voltage of the battery and at least one apparatus for determining a current drawn from the battery.

3. The industrial truck according to claim 1, wherein the means for determining the dynamic internal resistance comprise at least one apparatus for determining a time profile of a change in the terminal voltage of the battery and/or in the current drawn from the battery.

4. The industrial truck according to claim 2, wherein the means for determining the dynamic internal resistance comprise at least one apparatus for determining a time profile of a change in the terminal voltage of the battery and/or in the current drawn from the battery.

5. The industrial truck according to claim 1, further comprising means for detecting a threat of a deep discharge from the time profile of the internal open-circuit cell voltage are provided.

6. The industrial truck according to claim 2, further comprising means for detecting a threat of a deep discharge from the time profile of the internal open-circuit cell voltage are provided.

7. The industrial truck according to claim 3, further comprising means for detecting a threat of a deep discharge from the time profile of the internal open-circuit cell voltage are provided.

8. The industrial truck according to claim 4, further comprising means for detecting a threat of a deep discharge from the time profile of the internal open-circuit cell voltage are provided.

9. A method for operating an industrial truck, comprising:

determining an internal cell voltage of a battery with the aid of a dynamic internal resistance of the battery, and

determining a state of charge of the battery from the internal cell voltage of the battery,

wherein an internal open-circuit cell voltage is calculated from the addition of an internal cell terminal voltage and a diffusion overvoltage, and

wherein the diffusion overvoltage is determined by an apparatus for determining the diffusion overvoltage comprising;

an attenuator, which calculates a level of the diffusion overvoltage as a function of power drawn, and

a low-pass filter, which reproduces a time delay between a withdrawal of power and a change in the diffusion overvoltage.

10. The method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 9, wherein the dynamic battery internal resistance is determined from a time profile of a terminal voltage of the battery and of current drawn from the battery.

11. The method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 9, wherein the dynamic internal resistance is determined from a quotient of a time derivative of a terminal voltage of the battery and of a current drawn from the battery.

12. The method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 10, wherein the dynamic internal resistance is determined from a quotient of a time derivative of a terminal voltage of the battery and of a current drawn from the battery.

13. A method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 9, wherein the internal cell voltage is determined on the basis of multiplication of a current drawn from the battery and a dynamic internal resistance.

14. A method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 10, wherein the internal cell voltage is determined on the basis of multiplication of a current drawn from the battery and a dynamic internal resistance.

15. A method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 11, wherein the internal cell voltage is determined on the basis of multiplication of a current drawn from the battery and a dynamic internal resistance.

16. The method for operating an industrial truck according to claim 9, wherein the state of charge is determined from an internal open-circuit cell voltage.