Battery device, detection method thereof, and screening method and device of battery unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12222403-B2
Application number	US-202217855810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2022
Priority date	May 12, 2022
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure provides a battery device, a detection method thereof, and a screening method and device of a battery unit. A difference between characteristic values of any two battery units within a preset range is controlled. The characteristic value reflects the difference between polarization internal resistances of different battery units, thereby reflecting the consistency difference between different battery units. The solution can dynamically monitor the consistency of each battery unit in the battery device, which can reflect the consistency of the battery unit during the usage process to implement the online monitoring of the battery unit, thereby providing guidance for the subsequent use of the battery device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery device, comprising at least two battery units, wherein a difference between characteristic values of any one of the at least two battery units is controlled within a preset range,
wherein the preset range is 0.5% to 40%,
wherein each one of the characteristic values is obtained by adopting a following test:
when any one of the at least two the battery units is discharged at a discharge rate of 0.05 Capacity (C) and a discharge rate of 1C respectively in a discharge voltage interval of 2.8 Volt (V) to 4.2V, obtaining two discharge differential voltage analysis (DVA) curves, and determining a difference between minimum values of the two discharge DVA curves to be as a characteristic value of one of the at least two battery units.

2. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the preset range is 2% to 25%.

3. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the characteristic values is in a range of 0.01 to 0.15.

4. The battery device according to claim 3 , wherein one of the characteristic values is in a range of 0.04 to 0.1.

5. A screening method of a battery unit, comprising:
determining a characteristic value of each of a plurality of battery units to be selected, wherein the characteristic value is determined according to a minimum value of a discharge DVA curve of the battery unit obtained during a discharge process;
calculating a difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units; and
selecting the battery unit with the difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units within a preset range, for assembling the selected battery unit to be loaded onto vehicles;
wherein determining the characteristic value of each of the plurality of battery units to be selected comprises:
for any one of the plurality of battery units, executing a following process:
according to N different preset discharge conditions, respectively discharging any one of the plurality of battery units to obtain N corresponding discharge DVA curves, where Nis an integer greater than 1;
determining a minimum value in each of the discharge DVA curves;
calculating a difference between any two of the minimum values; and
according to the calculated difference between the minimum values, determining the characteristic value of the one of the plurality of battery units.

6. The screening method according to claim 5 , wherein each of the N different preset discharge conditions comprises:
a preset discharge rate; and
according to a discharge DVA curve obtained by discharging a fully charged battery unit, determining a discharge voltage interval,
wherein the preset discharge rates in the different preset discharge conditions are different, and the discharge voltage intervals in the different preset discharge conditions are the same.

7. The screening method according to claim 6 , wherein a method for determining the preset range comprises:
determining M battery unit samples, where M is an integer greater than 1;
determining a characteristic value of each of the battery unit samples;
calculating a mean and a variance of the characteristic values respectively; and
according to the mean and the variance of the characteristic values, determining the preset range.

8. A screening device of a battery unit, comprising:
a memory, used to store a program instruction; and
a processor, used to call the program instruction stored in the memory to execute the screening method according to claim 6 according to an obtained program.

9. The screening method according to claim 5 , wherein a method for determining the preset range comprises:
determining M battery unit samples, where M is an integer greater than 1;
determining a characteristic value of each of the battery unit samples;
calculating a mean and a variance of the characteristic values respectively; and
according to the mean and the variance of the characteristic values, determining the preset range.

10. A screening device of a battery unit, comprising:
a memory, used to store a program instruction; and
a processor, used to call the program instruction stored in the memory to execute the screening method according to claim 9 according to an obtained program.

11. A detection method of a battery device, comprising:
when the battery device comprises a plurality of battery units, determining a characteristic value of each of the plurality of battery units, wherein the characteristic value is determined according to a minimum value of a discharge DVA curve of the battery unit obtained during a discharge process;
calculating a difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units, such that the battery unit with the difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units within a preset range is selected for assembling the selected battery unit to be loaded onto vehicles; and
according to the difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units, determining a consistency of the battery device;
wherein determining the characteristic value of each of the plurality of battery units comprises:
for any one of the plurality of battery units, executing a following process:
according to N different preset discharge conditions, respectively discharging any one of the plurality of battery units to obtain N corresponding discharge DVA curves, where Nis an integer greater than 1;
determining a minimum value in each of the discharge DVA curves;
calculating a difference between any two of the minimum values; and
according to the calculated difference between the minimum values, determining the characteristic value of the one of the plurality of battery units.

12. The detection method according to claim 11 , wherein according to the difference between the characteristic values of any two of the plurality of battery units, determining the consistency of the battery device comprises:
determining a maximum value in all the differences between the characteristic values of the plurality of battery units; and
according to a preset corresponding relationship between a difference range and a consistency level, determining a consistency level corresponding to a difference range where the maximum value is located.

13. The detection method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
determining a maximum value of all the differences between the characteristic values of the plurality of battery units; and
according to a preset corresponding relationship between a difference range and an early warning level, determining an early warning level corresponding to a difference range where the maximum value is located.

14. A detection device of a battery device, comprising:
a memory, used to store a program instruction; and
a processor, used to call the program instruction stored in the memory to execute the detection method according to claim 13 according to an obtained program.

15. A detection device of a battery device, comprising:
a memory, used to store a program instruction; and a processor, used to call the program instruction stored in the memory to execute the detection method according to claim 12 according to an obtained program.

16. The detection method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
determining a maximum value of all the differences between the characteristic values of the plurality of battery units; and
according to a preset corresponding relationship between a difference range and an early warning level, determ

Assignees

• Calb Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Ruijun
• Zhang Shihui
• Liu Zhipeng
• Li Qiru

Classifications

• G01R31/3648

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

• G01R31/3646

  for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• G01R31/3835

  involving only voltage measurements · CPC title

• G01R31/396 Primary

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