Virtual assessment of battery state of health in electrified vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017240064-A1
Application number	US-201615051300-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Feb 23, 2016
Publication date	Aug 24, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle includes a traction battery and a controller programmed to operate the traction battery according to an estimated value of a battery state of health parameter. The estimated value is updated based on drive cycle parameters of the vehicle over a time interval. The state of health parameters include a battery capacity and a resistance of the traction battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
a traction battery; and a controller programmed to operate the traction battery according to an estimated value of a state of health parameter and to change the estimated value based on statistical parameters describing vehicle motion during a drive cycle and parameters describing a relationship between vehicle motion during past drive cycles and resulting current flow through the traction battery.

2 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the state of health parameter is a capacity of the traction battery.

3 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the state of health parameter is an internal impedance of the traction battery.

4 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the statistical parameters include a mean positive velocity of the vehicle.

5 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the statistical parameters include a standard deviation of acceleration of the vehicle.

6 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the controller is further programmed to change the estimated value based on a second set of statistical parameters describing current flow through the traction battery during a drive cycle and parameters describing a relationship between current flow through the traction battery during past drive cycles and the state of health parameter.

7 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the controller is further programmed to receive temperature data and change the estimated value further based on a temperature associated with the drive cycle.

8 . The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the parameters describing the relationship are derived from a regression function such that that the estimated value is within a predetermined confidence interval of a true value of the state of health parameter.

9 . A vehicle power system comprising:
a controller programmed to operate a traction battery according to an estimated value of a state of health parameter and to change the estimated value based on statistical parameters describing vehicle motion during a drive cycle and parameters describing a relationship between vehicle motion during past drive cycles and resulting changes to the state of health parameter.

10 . The system of claim 9 wherein the state of health parameter is a capacity of the traction battery.

11 . The system of claim 9 wherein the state of health parameter is an internal impedance of the traction battery.

12 . The system of claim 9 wherein the statistical parameters include a mean positive velocity of the vehicle.

13 . The system of claim 9 wherein the statistical parameters include a standard deviation of acceleration of the vehicle.

14 . The system of claim 9 wherein the controller is further programmed to receive temperature data and change the estimated value further based on a temperature associated with the drive cycle.

15 . The system of claim 9 wherein the parameters describing the relationship are derived from a regression function such that that the estimated value is within a predetermined confidence interval of a true value of the state of health parameter.

16 . A method of operating a battery in a vehicle comprising:
operating, by a controller, the battery according to an estimated value of a battery state of health parameter; and changing, by the controller, the estimated value based on statistical parameters describing vehicle motion during a drive cycle and parameters describing a relationship between vehicle motion during past drive cycles and resulting current flow through the battery.

17 . The method of claim 16 further comprising changing, by the controller, the estimated value further based on a temperature associated with the drive cycle.

18 . The method of claim 16 further comprising changing, by the controller, the estimated value further based on statistical parameters describing current flow through the battery during a drive cycle and parameters describing a relationship between current flow through the battery during past drive cycles and the state of health parameter.

19 . The method of claim 16 further comprising describing the relationship according to a regression function such that that the estimated value is within a predetermined confidence interval of a true value of the battery state of health parameter.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Lee Tae-Kyung

Classifications

• H01M10/48

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• B60K6/40

  characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components · CPC title

• B60L3/12 Primary

  Recording operating variables {; Monitoring of operating variables} · CPC title

• B60Y2200/92

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60L2240/54

  related to batteries · CPC title