Diagnosis method, diagnosis apparatus, and diagnosis system of battery, and non- transitory storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12313689-B2
Application number	US-202318170579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2023
Priority date	Jul 11, 2022
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

In a diagnosis method of a battery of an embodiment, based on a measurement result of a first impedance of a battery at a first frequency, it is determined, for each of a plurality of SOC values, whether an absolute value of a change ratio of the first impedance to the SOC is not more than a reference value. In the diagnosis method, for a target SOC value whose absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value in the plurality of SOC values, a second impedance of the battery at a second frequency higher than the first frequency is measured. In the diagnosis method, determination concerning the state of the battery is performed based on the measurement results of the first impedance and the second impedance for the target SOC value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diagnosis method of a battery, comprising:
determining, based on a measurement result of a first impedance that is an impedance of the battery at a first frequency, whether an absolute value of a change ratio of the first impedance to an SOC of the battery is not more than a reference value, for each of a plurality of SOC values of the battery;
measuring, for a target SOC value for which the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value in the plurality of SOC values, a second impedance that is the impedance of the battery at a second frequency higher than the first frequency in addition to the first impedance; and
performing determination concerning a state of the battery based on measurement results of the first impedance and the second impedance for the target SOC value.

2. The diagnosis method according to claim 1 , wherein in the determining whether the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value, setting one of a half value of the absolute value of the change ratio for a lowest SOC value that is lowest in the plurality of SOC values and a half value of the absolute value of the change ratio for a highest SOC value that is highest in the plurality of SOC values to the reference value, the determination is performed for each of the plurality of SOC values.

3. The diagnosis method according to claim 1 , wherein in the determining whether the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value, an SOC value that falls within a range of 30% to 70% in the plurality of SOC values is determined as the target SOC value for which the absolute value is not more than the reference value.

4. The diagnosis method according to claim 1 , wherein in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery, for the target SOC value for which the absolute value is not more than the reference value, a resistance associated with a first electrode that is one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is calculated based on the measurement results of the first impedance and the second impedance.

5. The diagnosis method according to claim 4 , wherein
in the determining whether the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value, at least two of the plurality of SOC values are determined as the target SOC values for which the absolute value is not more than the reference value, and
in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery, for each of the at least two target SOC values, the resistance associated with the first electrode is calculated, and a relationship between the resistance associated with the first electrode and the SOC of the battery is calculated.

6. The diagnosis method according to claim 5 , wherein in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery, an SOC value with which the resistance associated with the first electrode is minimized is calculated as a reference SOC value based on the relationship between the resistance associated with the first electrode and the SOC of the battery.

7. The diagnosis method according to claim 6 , wherein
each of the determining whether the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value, the measuring the second impedance for the target SOC value, and the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery is performed in each of a first period and a second period after the first period, and
in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery in the second period, the reference SOC value with which the resistance associated with the first electrode is minimized is compared between the first period and the second period, thereby determining a degradation state of the first electrode.

8. The diagnosis method according to claim 5 , wherein in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery, a relationship between an electric potential of the first electrode and the SOC of the battery is calculated based on the relationship between the resistance associated with the first electrode and the SOC of the battery, and a usable electric potential range of the first electrode is calculated based on the relationship between the electric potential of the first electrode and the SOC of the battery.

9. The diagnosis method according to claim 8 , wherein in the performing the determination concerning the state of the battery, based on the relationship between the electric potential of the first electrode and the SOC of the battery, a relationship between an electric potential of a second electrode that is one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, which has a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode, and the SOC of the battery is calculated, and a usable electric potential range of the second electrode is calculated.

10. The diagnosis method according to claim 1 , further comprising inputting, to the battery, a superimposed current generated by superimposing a current waveform of an AC current on a reference current locus of a DC current at the first frequency, thereby measuring the first impedance for each of the plurality of SOC values,
wherein in the measuring the second impedance, a superimposed current generated by superimposing the current waveform of the AC current on the reference current locus at the second frequency is input to the battery, thereby measuring the second impedance for the target SOC value.

11. A diagnosis apparatus comprising
a processor configured to:
determine, based on a measurement result of a first impedance that is an impedance of the battery at a first frequency, whether an absolute value of a change ratio of the first impedance to an SOC of the battery is not more than a reference value, for each of a plurality of SOC values of the battery;
measure, for a target SOC value for which the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value in the plurality of SOC values, a second impedance that is the impedance of the battery at a second frequency higher than the first frequency in addition to the first impedance; and
perform determination concerning a state of the battery based on measurement results of the first impedance and the second impedance for the target SOC value.

12. A diagnosis system of a battery, comprising:
a diagnosis apparatus according to claim 11 ; and
the battery diagnosed by the diagnosis apparatus.

13. The diagnosis system according to claim 12 , wherein
the battery includes a first electrode that is one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a second electrode that is one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, which has a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode,
the first electrode includes a first electrode active material that performs a single-phase reaction, and
the second electrode includes a second electrode active material that performs a two-phase coexistence reaction.

14. A non-transitory storage medium storing a diagnosis program of the battery, the diagnosis program causing a computer to:
determine, based on a measurement result of a first impedance that is an impedance of the battery at a first frequency, whether an absolute value of a change ratio of the first impedance to an SOC of the battery is not more than a reference value, for each of a plurality of SOC values of the battery;
measure, for a target SOC value for which the absolute value of the change ratio is not more than the reference value in the plurality of SOC values, a second impedance that is the impedance of the battery at a second frequency

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Uno Wataru
• Kanai Yuta
• Yagi Ryosuke

Classifications

• G01R31/3842

  combining voltage and current measurements · CPC title

• G01R31/392 Primary

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

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• G01R31/389 Primary

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