Apparatus for estimating battery degradation state, system including the same, and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10330738-B2
Application number	US-201715652830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2017
Priority date	Apr 18, 2017
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus for estimating a battery degradation state, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The battery degradation state estimation system includes a battery degradation state estimation apparatus, implemented by a processor, that estimates a battery degradation state by using a correction coefficient calculated from a difference between a first open circuit voltage (OCV), calculated from battery state information, and a second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), acquired based on a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) determined by current integration, and a memory device that stores the first open circuit voltage (OCV), the second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), and the correction coefficient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for estimating a battery degradation state, the system comprising:
a processor configured to estimate a battery degradation state by using a correction coefficient calculated from a difference between a first open circuit voltage (OCV), calculated from battery state information, and a second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), acquired based on a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) determined by current integration; and
a memory device configured to store the first open circuit voltage, the second open circuit voltage, and the correction coefficient,
wherein the processor is further configured to measure a terminal voltage of a battery equivalent model and subtract a voltage across an internal resistor and a phantom voltage component from the measured terminal voltage to calculate the first open circuit voltage.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the battery state information includes:
voltage, temperature, and current.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
calculate the first open circuit voltage by using the battery state information and the battery equivalent model;
calculate a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) by integrating current of a battery;
calculate the second open circuit voltage corresponding to the change amount of the battery SoC by using a mapping table;
calculate the correction coefficient by using a difference between the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage; and
estimate a battery degradation degree by using the correction coefficient.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to measure the battery state information.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate an open circuit voltage mapped to the change amount of the battery SoC and determine the calculated open circuit voltage as the second open circuit voltage by using the mapping table configured to map the open circuit voltage and the battery SoC.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an open circuit voltage calculating condition and perform correction coefficient matching for calculation of the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the open circuit voltage calculating condition is satisfied according to current and voltage distribution degrees of the battery.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to assume an initial voltage measured when a vehicle starts as an open circuit voltage and calculate the battery SoC depending on the assumed open circuit voltage, and
wherein, when a deviation between a current battery SoC and the battery SoC calculated based on the initial voltage exceeds a predetermined range, the processor is configured to determine that the correction coefficient matching is not satisfied.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display device configured to display a driving distance according to the estimated battery degradation state and the estimated degradation degree.

10. A battery degradation state estimation apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
measure battery state information;
calculate a first open circuit voltage by using the measured battery state information and a battery equivalent model;
calculate a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) by integrating current of a battery;
calculate a second open circuit voltage corresponding to the change amount of the battery state of charge (SoC);
calculate a correction coefficient by using a difference of the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage; and
estimate a battery degradation degree by using the correction coefficient,
wherein the processor is further configured to measure a terminal voltage of the battery equivalent model and subtract a voltage across an internal resistor and a phantom voltage component from the measured terminal voltage to calculate the first open circuit voltage.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate an open circuit voltage mapped to the change amount of the battery SoC and determine the calculated open circuit voltage as the second open circuit voltage by using a mapping table configured to map the open circuit voltage and the battery SoC.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine an open circuit voltage calculating condition and perform correction coefficient matching for calculation of the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage when the open circuit voltage calculating condition and the correction coefficient matching are satisfied.

14. A method of estimating a battery degradation state, the method comprising:
measuring, by a processor, battery state information;
calculating, by the processor, a first open circuit voltage using the measured battery state information and a battery equivalent model;
calculating, by the processor, a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) by integrating current of a battery;
calculating, by the processor, a second open circuit voltage corresponding to the change amount of the battery SoC by using a mapping table;
calculating, by the processor, a correction coefficient by using a difference between the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage; and
estimating, by the processor, a battery degradation degree by using the correction coefficient,
wherein the calculating of a first open circuit voltage includes:
measuring a terminal voltage of the battery equivalent model and subtracting a voltage across an internal resistor and a phantom voltage component from the measured terminal voltage to calculate the first open circuit voltage.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising,
prior to the calculating of a first open circuit voltage, determining an open circuit voltage calculating condition and performing correction coefficient matching for calculation of the first open circuit voltage and the second open circuit voltage.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the calculating of a second open circuit voltage includes:
calculating an open circuit voltage mapped to the change amount of the battery SoC and determining the calculated open circuit voltage as the second open circuit voltage by using the mapping table configured to map the open circuit voltage and the battery SoC.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Woo Sung

Classifications

• G01R31/371

  with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers · CPC title

• G01R31/3832

  without measurement of battery voltage · CPC title

• B60L58/16

  responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH] · CPC title

• G01R31/367

  Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables · CPC title

• G01R31/3835

  involving only voltage measurements · CPC title