Method for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance, current operational module, and on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance

• US 8,217,659 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zhengzhou Runner Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Qinglan Li, Xiangchen Xu
• Inventors: Li, Qinglan, Xu, Xiangchen
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US12/071,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20080284444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 324/430, 324/433, 320/132, 320/135, 320/136, 320/139
• US Class Current: 324/430
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3648 comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/488 Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A method and a current operational module for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance and an on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance have high measurement accuracy and strong anti-interference ability. The on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance comprises a current work module, a voltage measurement module, an analog to digital conversion module, a signal generation module, a center processing module, an Input/Output module, and a power supply module used for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance.

Claims

1. An on-line measurement method for battery internal resistance, comprising:

two operational modules connected in parallel with a positive end and a negative end of a battery to be measured,

wherein one module of the two operational modules is a current operational module configured to generate an excitation current signal and measure a corresponding excitation current passing through the battery under measurement, and the other module of the two operational modules is a voltage measurement module configured to generate an excitation voltage signal and measure a corresponding excitation voltage between two ends of the battery under measurement,

wherein the current operational module includes a load circuit configured to discharge a pulse Direct Current (DC) signal to generate the excitation current signal, the pulse DC signal having one DC component and one sine Alternating Current (AC) component,

wherein work power of the load circuit is supplied by an auxiliary power supply connected in series with the load circuit, one end of the load circuit being connected with a positive end of the auxiliary power supply, and a positive end of the battery under measurement being connected with a negative end of the auxiliary power supply,

wherein the load circuit is controlled by a signal generation module so that a frequency of the sine AC component is 10 Hz-25 Hz, and

wherein the voltage measurement module includes

a stopping capacitor configured to remove DC component in the voltage signal,

an operational amplifier configured to amplify the voltage signal,

a high efficient digital filter configured to filter the amplified voltage signal, and

a resistance-capacitance coupled circuit configured to eliminate an effect of an output offset voltage from the filtered voltage signal and output the excitation voltage signal,

wherein the excitation current signal output from the current operational module and the excitation voltage signal output from the voltage measurement module are converted to respective digital signals by an analog-to-digital converter which are sent to a central processing module, and

wherein the central processing module is configured to calculate an internal resistance of the battery under measurement according to measured values of the excitation current signal and the excitation voltage signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

an output signal of the high efficient digital filter is output after passing through a resistance-capacitance coupled circuit, and

an output signal of the load circuit or the current detection amplifier is output after passing through a stopping circuit.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the excitation current signal and the excitation voltage signal are used to measure resistance of a metal stick or a metal bar, and

the auxiliary power supply comprises one of another battery and a DC voltage-stabilized supply.

4. The current operational module according to claim 1, wherein

the load circuit comprises a first triode (T1) and a second triode (T2),

an input of the load circuit is connected with the base of the first triode (T1) through a resistor (R4),

an emitter of the first triode (T1) is connected with a base of the second triode (T2),

a collector of the first triode (T1) and a collector of the second triode (T2) are connected together and are connected with a negative end of an internal detection resistance of a current detection amplifier of the load circuit or are connected with the positive end of the auxiliary power supply,

the emitter of the first triode (T1) and the emitter of the second triode (T2) are connected with the negative end of the battery under measurement through a resistor (R5) and a resistor (R6) respectively,

the stopping circuit comprises a capacitor (C0), a resistor (R0) and a resistor (R1),

two ends of the capacitor (C0) are respectively used as the input and an output of the stopping circuit, and the two ends of the capacitor (C0) are connected to ground through the resistor (R0) and the resistor (R1) respectively, and

the input of the stopping circuit is connected with the emitter of the second triode (T2), or is connected with an output of the current detection amplifier.

5. The current operational module according to claim 4, further comprising:

an operational amplifier (IC2),

wherein an input of the operational amplifier (IC2) is connected with the output of the stopping circuit.

6. The current operational module according to claim 5, wherein

the first triode (T1) is a low power triode,

the second triode (T2) is a high power triode,

a capacitance of capacitor (C0) is 5 μ

F-10 μ

F,

a resistance of resistor (R1) is 50 KΩ

-100 KΩ

,

a resistance of resistor (R0) is 2 KΩ

+-5%, and

the auxiliary power supply comprises one of another battery and a DC voltage-stabilized supply.

7. A current operational module for on-line measurement of battery internal resistance, comprising:

a load circuit configured to discharge a pulse DC signal to a battery under measurement;

an auxiliary power supply connected in series with the load circuit; and

a stopping circuit,

wherein the pulse DC signal has one DC component and one sine AC component,

wherein a frequency of the sine AC component is 10 Hz-25 Hz

wherein an output of the load circuit is connected with an input of the stopping circuit, and

wherein one end of the load circuit is connected with a positive end of the auxiliary power supply, and a positive end of the battery under measurement is connected with a negative end of the auxiliary power supply.

8. An on-line measurement instrument for battery internal resistance, comprising:

a current operational module, a voltage measurement module, an analog to digital conversion module, a signal generation module, a central processing module, an Input/Output module, and a power supply module, wherein

the current operational module comprises an auxiliary power supply,

the current operational module and the voltage measurement module are connected in parallel to a positive end and a negative end of a battery under measurement,

an output of the current operational module and an output of the voltage measurement module are connected with an analog to digital conversion input of the analog to digital conversion module,

an Input/Output of the central processing module are connected with the analog to digital conversion module, the signal generation module and the Input/Output module,

an output of the signal generation module is connected with an input of a load circuit of the current operational module,

one end of the load circuit is connected with a positive end of the auxiliary power supply, and

the positive end of the battery under measurement is connected with a negative end of the auxiliary power supply,

an output of the power supply module is connected with a power supply end of the current operational module, the voltage measurement module, the analog to digital conversion module, the signal generation module, the central processing module and the Input/Output module,

the signal generation module is configured to generate a pulse DC signal to control a discharge of the load circuit,

the pulse DC signal has one DC component and one sine Alternating Current (AC) component,

a frequency of the sine AC component is 10 Hz-25 Hz, and

the voltage measurement module includes

a stopping capacitor configured to remove a DC component in the voltage signal,

an operational amplifier configured to amplify the voltage signal,

a high efficient digital filter configured to filter the amplified voltage signal, and

a resistance-capacitance coupled circuit configured to eliminate an effect of an output offset voltage from the filtered voltage signal and output a voltage measurement signal.

9. The on-line measurement instrument according to claim 8, wherein

the stopping capacitor comprises a capacitor (C10) and a capacitor (C11),

one end of the capacitor (C11) is connected with the negative end of the battery under measurement,

another end of the capacitor (C11) is connected with a positive input of an operational amplifier (IC10),

one end of the capacitor (C10) is connected with the positive end of the battery under measurement,

another end of the capacitor (C10) is connected with a negative input of the operational amplifier (IC10),

an output of the operational amplifier (IC10) is connected with an input of the high efficient digital filter through an operational amplifier (IC11),

one output of an microprocessor (IC13) is connected with a clock input of the high efficient digital filter,

the output of the high efficient digital filter is connected with an input of the resistance-capacitance coupled circuit, and

an output of the resistance-capacitance coupled circuit is connected with an input of an operational amplifier (IC14).

10. The on-line measurement instrument according to claim 9, wherein

a resistor (R10) and a resistor (R11) of the load circuit are connected in series and are connected in parallel between the positive input and the negative input of the operational amplifier (IC10),

the connection point of the resistor (R10) and the resistor (R11) is either connected with ground or is not connected with ground,

the resistance-capacitance coupled circuit comprises a capacitor (C14) and a resistor (R16),

one end of the capacitor (C14) is connected to the input of the resistance-capacitance coupled circuit,

another end of the capacitor (C14) is connected to the output of the resistance-capacitance coupled circuit and connected with one end of the resistor (R16), and

another end of the resistor (R16) is connected with ground.

11. The on-line measurement instrument according to claim 10, wherein

the analog to digital conversion module comprises an analog to digital converter and a voltage reference source,

an output of the voltage reference source is connected with a voltage reference input of the analog to digital converter,

the positive end of the battery under measurement is connected with an analog to digital conversion input of the analog to digital conversion module,

the signal generation module comprises a microprocessor (IC30), a digital to analog converter, and an operational amplifier (IC32),

a data output of the microprocessor (IC30) is connected with a data input of the digital to analog converter,

an output of the digital to analog converter is connected with an input of the operational amplifier (IC32),

an output of the operational amplifier (IC32) is connected with an input of the load circuit,

the central processing module comprises a microprocessor (IC51), a temperature detector, a calendar clock generator, and a data memory,

an Input/Output of the microprocessor (IC51) is connected with an Input/Output of the temperature detector, the calendar clock generator, and the data memory,

an interrupt input of the microprocessor (IC51) is connected with an output of the microprocessor (IC30),

the Input/Output module comprises a serial port conversion module, a display, a keyboard and a printer, and

the power supply module comprises a regulator.

12. The on-line measurement instrument according to claim 11, wherein

the serial port conversion module is an RS-232 serial port conversion module,

the display is an LED display,

a capacitance of the capacitor (C14) is 1-10 μ

F, and

a resistance of the resistor (R16) is 20 KΩ

-200 KΩ

.