Battery safety evaluation apparatus, battery control apparatus, battery safety evaluation method, non-transitory computer readable medium, control circuit, and power storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10938075-B2
Application number	US-201916292378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2019
Priority date	Sep 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A battery safety evaluation apparatus as an aspect of the present invention includes an estimator, a calculator, and an evaluator. The estimator estimates an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a battery to be evaluated on the basis of data of its voltage and current measured in charging or discharging it. The calculator calculates an index regarding swelling risk of the battery on the basis of first reference data. The evaluator evaluates, on the basis of the index, a battery swelling risk of the battery to evaluate safety of the battery. The battery is a secondary battery. The first reference data is reference data considered to correspond to the battery from the reference data on the basis of estimation value. The reference data indicates at least one of relationships between a positive electrode capacity, a negative electrode capacity and an SOC deviation of a secondary battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery safety evaluation apparatus comprising:
a battery characteristic estimator configured to estimate an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a first battery which is a secondary battery to be evaluated on the basis of data of voltage and current of the first battery measured in charging or discharging the first battery;
a battery swelling index calculator configured to (i) derive a positive electrode capacity maintenance rate and a negative electrode capacity maintenance rate of the first battery on the basis of first reference data, the first reference data being reference data considered to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation value, the reference data at least indicating relationship between a positive electrode capacity and a negative electrode capacity of a secondary battery, and (ii) calculate a ratio of the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate to the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate or a ratio of the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate to the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate as a battery swelling index regarding battery swelling of the first battery; and
a battery safety valuator configured to evaluate, on the basis of the battery swelling index of the first battery, a battery swelling risk of the first battery to evaluate safety of the first battery or an assembled battery including the first battery.

2. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery swelling is caused by deformation of an electrode and an electrode group due to gas generation or a deterioration product.

3. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery safety evaluator evaluates that the first battery is safe when the battery swelling index exceeds a threshold; and
the threshold is set greater when the battery swelling index is the ratio of the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate to the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate than when the battery swelling index is the ratio of the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate to the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate.

4. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim further comprising
an output device configured to output the battery swelling index or evaluation based on the battery swelling index.

5. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the output device outputs a value of the battery swelling index.

6. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the output device displays content of output as an image.

7. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the output device outputs content of output as a file.

8. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the output device outputs an image, light or sound indicating warning on the basis of the battery swelling index.

9. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery characteristic estimator estimates an estimation value of a battery characteristic on the basis of the inner state parameter, and
the first reference data is determined to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation value of the battery characteristic.

10. The battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a reference data acquirer configured to acquire the first reference data on the basis of the estimation value.

11. A battery control apparatus comprising:
the battery safety evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a charge/discharge controller configured to perform control so as to stop charge or discharge of the first battery on the basis of the battery swelling index.

12. The battery control apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising
a condition-of-use calculator configured to update a condition of use to be used in charging or discharging the first battery so that the deterioration progress of the first battery is moderate when the battery swelling index exceeds a threshold.

13. A battery safety evaluation method comprising:
estimating an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a first battery which is a secondary battery to be evaluated on the basis of data of voltage and current of the first battery measured in charging or discharging the first battery;
deriving a positive electrode capacity maintenance rate and a negative electrode capacity maintenance rate of the first battery on the basis of first reference data, the first reference data being reference data considered to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation the reference data at least indicating, relationship between a positive electrode capacity and a negative electrode capacity of a secondary battery;
calculating a ratio of the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate to the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate or a ratio of the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate to the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate as a battery swelling index regarding battery swelling of the first battery; and
evaluating, on the basis of the battery swelling index of the first battery, a battery swelling risk of the first battery to evaluate safety of the first battery or an assembled battery including the first battery.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program comprising:
estimating an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a first battery which is a secondary battery to be evaluated on the basis of data of voltage and current of the first battery measured in charging or discharging the first battery; and
deriving a positive electrode capacity maintenance rate and a negative electrode capacity maintenance rate of the first battery on the basis of first reference data, the first reference data being reference data considered to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation value, the reference data at least indicating, relationship between a positive electrode capacity and a negative electrode capacity of a secondary batter;
calculating a ratio of the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate to the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate or a ratio of the negative electrode capacity maintenance rate to the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate as a battery swelling index regarding battery swelling of the first battery; and
evaluating, on the basis of the battery swelling index of the first battery, a battery swelling risk of the first battery to evaluate safety of the first battery or an assembled battery including the first battery.

15. A control circuit comprising:
a battery characteristic estimator configured to estimate an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a first battery which is a secondary battery to be evaluated on the basis of data of voltage and current of the first battery measured in charging or discharging the first battery;
a battery swelling index calculator configured to (i) derive a positive electrode capacity maintenance rate and a negative electrode capacity maintenance rate of the first battery on the basis of first reference data, the first reference data being reference data considered to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation value, the reference data at least indicating relationship between a positive electrode capacity and a negative electrode capacity of a secondary battery, and (ii) calculate a ratio of the positive electrode capacity maintenance rate to the negative electrode capacity maint

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Fujita Yumi
• Morita Tomokazu
• Sugiyama Nobukatsu

Classifications

• H02J7/84

  Control of state of health [SOH] · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/60

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title

• H01M10/482

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M10/488

  Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density · CPC title