Method for hot-plugging, control device for hot-plugging, method and device for voltage balance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10491033-B2
Application number	US-201715720189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 14, 2016
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for hot-plugging, a control device for hot-plugging, and a method and device for voltage balance. In one aspect, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, when there is a battery unit to be replaced in a plurality of parallel battery units, a branch in which the battery unit to be replaced locates may be cut off. Therefore, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may solve a contradictory problem between the replacement of the battery unit and the normal operation of the power supply system in the related art and a problem caused thereby that the safety and stability of the power supply system are low.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for voltage balance, comprising:
controlling charging or discharging of each battery unit in accordance with an operating state of each battery unit, after a first battery unit in a plurality of parallel battery units is replaced with a second battery unit,
wherein each of the branches in which the battery units locate is connected with a charge switch and a discharge switch, and the battery units are connected to each other through a designated charging circuit;
controlling charging or discharging of each battery unit when the operating state of each battery unit is in a resting state, comprising:
acquiring an absolute value of a voltage drop between the second battery unit and the other battery units;
enabling the designated charging circuit if the absolute value of the voltage drop is greater than or equal to a threshold value for the voltage drop, so as to achieve a voltage balance between the second battery unit and the other battery units through the designated charging circuit; or
turning on a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and turning on a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate if the absolute value of the voltage drop is smaller than the threshold value for the voltage drop, so as to achieve a voltage balance between the second battery unit and the other battery units through a connected parallel circuit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the branches in which the battery units locate is connected with a charge switch and a discharge switch;
controlling charging or discharging of each battery unit when the operating state of each battery unit is in a charging state, comprising:
turning on a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and truing off a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate; and

controlling charging or discharging of each battery unit when the operating state of each battery unit is in a discharging state, comprising:
turning on a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and truing off a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate.

3. A device for voltage balance, comprising:
a generating unit to generate a control signal for charging or discharging of each battery unit in accordance with an operating state of each battery unit, after a first battery unit in a plurality of parallel battery units is replaced with a second battery unit; and
a transmitting unit to transmit the control signal to each battery unit to enable to control charging or discharging of each battery unit,
wherein each of the branches in which the battery units locate is connected with a charge switch and a discharge switch, and the battery units are connected to each other through a designated charging circuit;
when the operating state of each battery unit is in a resting state, the generating unit is to:
acquire an absolute value of a voltage drop between the second battery unit and the other battery units; and
generate an enable control signal for instructing the enabling of the designated charging circuit, if the absolute value of the voltage drop is greater than or equal to a threshold value for the voltage drop; or
generate a third turn-on control signal for instructing the turning on of a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and the turning on of a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate, if the absolute value of the voltage drop is smaller than the threshold value for the voltage drop;

the transmitting unit is further to:
transmit the enable control signal to the designated charging circuit, so as to achieve a voltage balance between the second battery unit and the other battery units through the designated charging circuit; or
transmit the third turn-on control signal to the charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate, and to the discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate, so as to achieve a voltage balance between the second battery unit and the other battery units through a connected parallel circuit.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein each of the branches in which the battery units locate is connected with a charge switch and a discharge switch;
when the operating state of each battery unit is in a charging state, the generating unit is to: generate a first turn-on control signal for instructing the turning on of a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate, and a first turn-off control signal for instructing the turning off of a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate; and
the transmitting unit is further to transmit the first turn-on control signal to the charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and transmit the first turn-off control signal to the discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate.

5. The device of claim 3 , wherein each of the branches in which the battery units locate is connected with a charge switch and a discharge switch;
when the operating state of each battery unit is in a discharging state, the generating unit is to: generate a second turn-on control signal for instructing the turning on of a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate, and a second turn-off control signal for instructing the turning off of a charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate; and
the transmitting unit is further to transmit the second turn-on control signal to a discharge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate and transmit the second turn-off control signal to the charge switch of each of the branches in which the battery units locate.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wei Zhili
• Hu Zhipeng

Classifications

• H02J7/52

  for charge balancing, e.g. equalisation of charge between batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/34

  Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering (H02J7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J1/108

  having arrangements for blocking reverse current flow, e.g. using diodes (H02J1/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/342

  The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68) · CPC title

• H01M10/441

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title