Method for determining a current state of charge value of a battery, battery arrangement, and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732227-B2
Application number	US-201816037195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of a battery of a specific battery type, wherein a field of characteristic curves is provided, which, for certain different predetermined temperature ranges (ΔT), specifies an internal resistance (Ri) for the specific battery type in dependence on the state of charge (SOC) for the specific battery type, a current temperature (T) of the battery is measured, a current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1) of the battery is determined, and, on the basis of the current temperature (T) and the current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1), the current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of the battery is determined by means of the field of characteristic curves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for determining a current state of charge value of a battery of a specific battery type, comprising:
a) provision of a field of characteristic curves, which, for certain different predetermined temperature ranges, specifies an internal resistance for the specific battery type in dependence on a state of charge for the specific battery type;
b) measurement of a current temperature of the battery;
c) determination of a current internal resistance value of the battery;
d) on the basis of the current temperature and the current internal resistance value, determination of the current state of charge value of the battery by the field of characteristic curves,
wherein the measured current temperature lies in one of the predetermined temperature ranges in which the dependence of the internal resistance on the state of charge has an extreme for an internal resistance value of the field of characteristic curves, and the current state of charge value of the battery is determined by the field of characteristic curves in such a way that it is checked whether at least two states of charge values exist in the field of characteristic curves that, in accordance with the dependence, are assigned to the measured internal resistance value for the predetermined temperature range in which the current temperature lies.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
if the measured current temperature lies in one of the predetermined temperature ranges in which the dependence of the internal resistance on the current state of charge rises or falls strictly monotonically, the current state of charge value of the battery is determined by means of the field of characteristic curves in such a way that the current state of charge value of the battery is set equal to the current state of charge value of the field of characteristic curves that, for the predetermined temperature range in which the currently measured temperature of the battery lies, is assigned to the current determined internal resistance value in accordance with the dependence.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two states of charge values are determined from the field of characteristic curves and the current state of charge value of the battery is set equal to one of the at least two states of charge values in accordance with an predetermined selection procedure.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in accordance with the predetermined selection procedure, the current state of charge value of the battery is set equal to one of the at least two states of charge values determined from the field of characteristic curves depending on:
an internal resistance value determined in a preceding time step; and/or
the kind of extreme, that is, depending on whether the extreme represents a minimum or a maximum; and/or
a current charging situation of the battery, that is, depending on whether the battery is currently being charged or discharged.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the current charging situation is determined by a measurement of a battery current of the battery.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in accordance with the predetermined selection procedure, a second state of charge value of the battery is determined by means of an integration of a battery current of the battery over time and is compared with the at least two states of charge values determined from the field of characteristic curves, and the value of that one of the at least two states of charge values from the field of characteristic curves is set equal to the current state of charge value of the battery that has a smaller difference relative to the second state of charge value.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the current internal resistance value is determined as a quotient from a voltage change of a battery voltage that results from a change of a battery current of the battery, and the change of the battery current is determined.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the current internal resistance value is determined in ongoing repetition based on an ongoing recording of current fluctuations of a measured battery current of the battery and on voltage changes of the battery voltage associated with said current fluctuations.

9. A battery arrangement comprising:
a battery of a specific battery type and a control device for determining a current state of charge value of the battery, wherein the control device has a memory unit, in which a field of characteristic curves is stored, which, for certain different predetermined temperature ranges, specifies an internal resistance for the specific battery type depending on a state of charge for the specific battery type, wherein the battery arrangement has a sensor device, which is designed to record a current temperature of the battery and to determine a current internal resistance value of the battery, wherein the control device is designed to determine, on the basis of the current temperature and the current internal resistance value, the current state of charge value of the battery by the field of characteristic curves,
wherein the measured current temperature lies in one of the predetermined temperature ranges in which the dependence of the internal resistance on the state of charge has an extreme for an internal resistance value of the field of characteristic curves, and the current state of charge value of the battery is determined by the field of characteristic curves in such a way that it is checked whether at least two states of charge values exist in the field of characteristic curves that, in accordance with the dependence, are assigned to the measured internal resistance value for the predetermined temperature range in which the current temperature lies.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Naumann Rolf
• Kraus Matthias

Classifications

• G01R31/389 Primary

  Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables · CPC title

• G01R31/3648

  comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm · CPC title

• G01R31/387 Primary

  Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC · CPC title

• G01R31/374

  with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing · CPC title