Method and apparatus with battery state estimation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11293988-B2
Application number	US-202016814212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2020
Priority date	Oct 22, 2019
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A processor-implemented method with battery state estimation includes: determining a state variation of a battery using a voltage difference between a sensed voltage of the battery and an estimated voltage of the battery that is estimated by an electrochemical model corresponding to the battery; updating an internal state of the electrochemical model based on the determined state variation of the battery; and estimating state information of the battery based on the updated internal state of the electrochemical model.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method with battery state estimation, comprising:
sensing a voltage of a battery by a voltage sensor;
determining, by one or more processors, a state variation of the battery using a voltage difference between the sensed voltage of the battery and an estimated voltage of the battery that is estimated by an electrochemical model corresponding to the battery;
updating, by the one or more processors, an internal state of the electrochemical model based on the determined state variation of the battery; and
estimating, by the one or more processors, state information of the battery based on the updated internal state of the electrochemical model,
wherein the determined state variation of the battery includes an amount of change in a state of charge (SOC).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the state variation of the battery comprises determining the state variation of the battery based on the voltage difference, previous state information previously estimated by the electrochemical model, and predetermined information indicating relationships of intrinsic characteristics of the battery.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining of the state variation of the battery further comprises obtaining an open-circuit voltage (OCV) corresponding to the previous state information based on the predetermined information indicating relationships of intrinsic characteristics of the battery, and applying the voltage difference to the obtained OCV.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the internal state of the electrochemical model comprises correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in an electrode based on the determined state variation of the battery.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the internal state of the electrochemical model comprises uniformly correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in an electrode based on the determined state variation of the battery.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the internal state of the electrochemical model comprises determining a concentration gradient characteristic based on a diffusion characteristic based on the determined state variation of the battery, and correcting an ion concentration distribution of the battery based on the determined concentration gradient characteristic.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the internal state of the electrochemical model further comprises calculating a diffusion equation of an active material based on the determined state variation of the battery, and correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in the electrode.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the internal state of the electrochemical model includes any one or any combination of any two or more of a positive electrode lithium-ion concentration distribution of the battery, a negative electrode lithium-ion concentration distribution of the battery, and an electrolyte lithium-ion concentration distribution of the battery.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
verifying whether the voltage difference between the sensed voltage of the battery and the estimated voltage of the battery exceeds a threshold voltage difference.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electrochemical model is configured to estimate state information of a target battery among a plurality of batteries,
wherein the sensed voltage is a voltage measured from the target battery, and
the estimated voltage is a voltage previously estimated from another battery among the plurality of batteries by the electrochemical model.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the battery is a battery cell, a battery module, or a battery pack.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimated state information of the battery comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of a state of charge (SOC), a state of heath (SOH), and abnormality state information.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

14. An apparatus with battery state estimation, comprising:
a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage of a battery; and
a processor configured to determine a state variation of the battery using a voltage difference between the sensed voltage of the battery and an estimated voltage of the battery that is estimated by a stored electrochemical model corresponding to the battery, update an internal state of the electrochemical model based on the determined state variation, and estimate state information of the battery based on the updated internal state of the electrochemical model,
wherein the determined state variation of the battery includes an amount of change in a state of charge (SOC).

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the state variation of the battery based on the voltage difference, previous state information that is previously estimated by the electrochemical model, and an open-circuit voltage (OCV) table.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the state variation of the battery by obtaining an OCV corresponding to the previous state information based on the OCV table and applying the voltage difference to the obtained OCV.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the internal state of the electrochemical model by correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in an electrode based on the determined state variation of the battery.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the internal state of the electrochemical model by uniformly correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in an electrode based on the determined state variation of the battery.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
update the internal state of the electrochemical model by determining a concentration gradient characteristic based on a diffusion characteristic based on the determined state variation of the battery, and by correcting an ion concentration distribution in an active material particle or an ion concentration distribution in an electrode based on the determined concentration gradient characteristic.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the electrochemical model is configured to estimate state information of a target battery among a plurality of batteries,
wherein the sensed voltage is a voltage measured from the target battery, and
wherein the estimated voltage is a voltage previously estimated from another battery among the plurality of batteries by the electrochemical model.

21. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a memory storing the electrochemical model.

22. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the estimated state information of the battery comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of a state of charge (SOC), a state of heath (SOH), and abnormality state information.

23. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus is a vehicle

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jinho
• Song Tae Won

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• G01R31/396

  Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery · CPC title

• G01R31/3648

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

• G01R31/374

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

• G01R31/392

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