Battery state estimation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10386418-B2
Application number	US-201615547109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a battery state estimation device configured to: calculate a first state of charge and a first open circuit voltage corresponding to the first state of charge by using a detection current output from a current detection unit and state-of-charge estimation parameters; calculate a second open circuit voltage and a second state of charge corresponding to the second open circuit voltage by using a detection voltage output from a voltage detection unit and equivalent circuit parameters; recursively estimate and update the state-of-charge estimation parameters by using a state-of-charge error, which is a value obtained by subtracting the first state of charge from the second state of charge; and recursively estimate and update the equivalent circuit parameters by using an open circuit voltage error, which is a value obtained by subtracting the first open circuit voltage from the second open circuit voltage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery state estimation device, which is configured to estimate at least a state of charge of a secondary battery as an estimated state of charge, the battery state estimation device comprising circuitry configured to perform:
current detection, for detecting one of a charge current and a discharge current of the secondary battery as a detection current;
voltage detection, for detecting a voltage between terminals of the secondary battery as a detection voltage;
first recursive estimation, for estimating state-of-charge estimation parameters comprising a state of health of the secondary battery and an offset current of the current detection;
state of charge (SOC) calculating, for calculating at least a first state of charge based on the detection current and the state-of-charge estimation parameters;
SOC-OCV conversion, for converting the first state of charge into a first open circuit voltage;
second recursive estimation, for estimating open circuit voltage (OCV) estimation parameters comprising equivalent circuit parameters;
OCV estimation, for calculating, based on the detection current, the detection voltage, and the OCV estimation parameters, a second open circuit voltage and a state variable of an equivalent circuit corresponding to the OCV estimation parameters;
OCV-SOC conversion, for converting the second open circuit voltage into a second state of charge;
OCV subtraction, for outputting, as an open circuit voltage error, a value obtained by subtracting the first open circuit voltage from the second open circuit voltage; and
SOC subtraction, for outputting, as a state-of-charge error, a value obtained by subtracting the first state of charge from the second state of charge, wherein
the first recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the state-of-charge estimation parameters at least based on the state-of-charge error, wherein
the second recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the OCV estimation parameters at least based on the open circuit voltage error, and wherein
the battery state estimation device is configured to determine the first state of charge as the estimated state of charge.

2. The battery state estimation device according to claim 1 , the circuitry further configured to perform offset current subtraction by outputting, as a correction current, a value obtained by subtracting the offset current from the detection current, wherein
the OCV estimation calculates, based on the correction current the detection voltage, and the OCV estimation parameters, the second open circuit voltage and the state variable of an equivalent circuit corresponding to the OCV estimation parameters, wherein
the second recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the OCV estimation parameters based on the correction current, the state variable, and the open circuit voltage error.

3. The battery state estimation device according to claim 2 , wherein the first recursive estimation estimates the state-of-charge estimation parameters comprising: the state of health or a full charge capacity of the secondary battery; and the offset current, wherein
the SOC estimation calculates elapsed time since estimation of the state of charge of the second battery is started, an integrated electricity quantity measured since the estimation of the state of charge of the second battery is started, and the first state of charge based on the detection current and the state-of-charge estimation parameters, and wherein
the first recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the state-of-charge estimation parameters based on the state-of-charge error and the elapsed time and the integrated electricity quantity.

4. The battery state estimation device according to claim 1 , the circuitry further configured to perform:
feedback addition, for correcting the first state of charge to output the corrected first state of charge as a third state of charge;
high-frequency component removal, for outputting a value obtained by removing high-frequency components from the state-of-charge error; and
coefficient multiplication, for outputting, as a state-of-charge correction value, a value obtained by multiplying an output value of the high-frequency component removal by a gain, wherein
the feedback addition outputs, as the third state of charge, a value obtained by adding the first state of charge and the state-of-charge correction value, wherein
the SOC-OCV conversion converts the third state of charge instead of the first state of charge into the first open circuit voltage, wherein
the SOC subtraction outputs, as the state-of-charge error, a value obtained by subtracting the third state of charge instead of the first state of charge from the second state of charge, wherein
the first recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the state-of-charge estimation parameters at least based on the third state of charge or the second state of charge, which serves as a substitute for the state-of-charge error, and wherein
the battery state estimation device is configured to determine the first state of charge or the third state of charge as the estimated state of charge.

5. The battery state estimation device according to claim 4 , the circuitry further configured to perform: offset current subtraction, for outputting, as a correction current, a value obtained by subtracting the offset current from the detection current, wherein
the OCV estimation calculates, based on the correction current, the detection voltage, and the OCV estimation parameters, the second open circuit voltage and the state variable of an equivalent circuit corresponding to the OCV estimation parameters, wherein
the second recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the OCV estimation parameters based on the correction current, the state variable, and the open circuit voltage error, the state variable output.

6. The battery state estimation device according to claim 5 , wherein
the first recursive estimation estimates the state-of-charge estimation parameters comprising: the state of health or a full charge capacity of the secondary battery; and the offset current, wherein
the SOC estimation calculates elapsed time since estimation of the state of charge of the second battery is started, an integrated electricity quantity measured since the estimation of the state of charge of the second battery is started, and the first state of charge based on the detection current and the state-of-charge estimation parameters, and wherein
the first recursive estimation recursively estimates and updates the state-of-charge estimation parameters based on the third state of charge or the second state of charge, which serves as a substitute for the state-of-charge error, and on the elapsed time and the integrated electricity quantity.

7. A battery state estimation device, which is configured to estimate at least a state of charge of a secondary battery as an estimated state of charge, the battery state estimation device comprising circuitry configured to perform:
current detection, for detecting one of a charge current and a discharge current of the secondary battery as a detection current;
voltage detection, for detecting a voltage between terminals of the secondary battery as a detection voltage;
coefficient multiplication, for calculating a state-of-charge correction value;
feedback state of charge (SOC) estimation, for calculating a first state of charge at least based on the detection current and the state-of-charge correction value;
SOC-OCV conversion, for converting the first state of charge into a first open circuit voltage;
second recursive estimation, for estimating open circuit voltage (OCV) estimation parameters comprising equi

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Takegami Tomoki
• Wada Toshihiro

Classifications

• H02J7/84

  Control of state of health [SOH] · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• G01R31/392

  Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health · CPC title

• H01M10/44

  Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• H02J7/00

  Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries · CPC title