Battery control system and battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525289-B2
Application number	US-201314381817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 29, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A battery control unit ( 400 ) controls charge and discharge of battery cells ( 100 ) on the basis of temperatures measured by a temperature measurement unit ( 320 ) and voltages measured by the voltage and current measurement unit ( 340 ). In addition, the battery control unit ( 400 ) specifies a lowest temperature cell having the lowest temperature and a highest temperature cell having the highest temperature on the basis of the temperatures measured by the temperature measurement unit ( 320 ), when a current is greater than 0. In addition, the battery control unit ( 400 ) performs balance control for equalizing voltages of all the battery cells ( 100 ), on the basis of the voltages measured by the voltage and current measurement unit ( 340 ), when a first temperature condition in which a temperature difference ΔT between the highest temperature cell and the lowest temperature cell is equal to or greater than a reference value T 1 is not satisfied. On the other hand, when the temperature difference ΔT satisfies the first temperature condition, the battery control unit ( 400 ) does not perform the balance control.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery control system comprising:
a temperature measurement unit that measures temperatures of two or more battery units of a plurality of battery units which are connected in series to each other;
a voltage measurement unit that measures voltages of the battery units;
an electrification detection unit that detects electrification of the battery units; and
a battery control unit that controls charge and discharge of the battery units,
wherein the battery control unit,
specifies a lowest temperature unit in which the temperature is lowest and a highest temperature unit in which the temperature is highest, on the basis of the temperatures measured by the temperature measurement unit, during the electrification of the battery units,
further performs balance control for reducing a difference between the voltages of at least two battery units, on the basis of the voltages measured by the voltage measurement unit, when a first temperature condition in which a temperature difference between the highest temperature unit and the lowest temperature unit is equal to or greater than a reference value is not satisfied, and
does not perform the balance control when the temperature difference satisfies the first temperature condition.

2. The battery control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a balance circuit that adjusts the voltages of the battery units,
wherein the battery control unit performs the balance control by controlling the balance circuit.

3. The battery control system according to claim 1 , wherein the battery control unit changes the reference value of the temperature difference in the first temperature condition on the basis of the temperatures of the battery units.

4. The battery control system according to claim 3 , wherein the reference value of the temperature difference becomes smaller as the temperature of the lowest temperature unit or the highest temperature unit becomes lower.

5. The battery control system according to claim 1 , wherein the battery control unit,
further specifies a first unit in which the voltage is highest when the charge of the battery units is performed, on the basis of the voltages measured by the voltage measurement unit,
does not perform the balance control when the temperature difference satisfies the first temperature condition, and the lowest temperature unit is the same as the first unit, and
performs the balance control when the temperature difference satisfies the first temperature condition, and the lowest temperature unit is different from the first unit.

6. The battery control system according to claim 1 , wherein in the balance control, when a difference between the voltages of a maximum voltage unit in which the voltage is highest and a minimum voltage unit in which the voltage is lowest is equal to or greater than a first reference voltage value, control is performed so that the difference between the voltages decreases.

7. The battery control system according to claim 1 , wherein in the balance control, when there is a battery unit in which a difference between the voltage thereof and an average voltage of the battery units is equal to or greater than a second reference voltage value, control is performed so that the difference between the voltages decreases on the basis of the voltages measured by the voltage measurement unit.

8. The battery control system according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature measurement unit measures the temperatures of:
at least one battery unit which is disposed at an outermost side; and
the battery unit which is located further inside than the at least one battery unit.

9. A battery pack comprising:
a plurality of battery units which are connected in series to each other;
a temperature measurement unit that measures temperatures of the two or more battery units;
a voltage measurement unit that measures voltages of the battery units;
an electrification detection unit that detects electrification of the battery units; and
a battery control unit that controls charge and discharge of the battery units,
wherein the battery control unit,
specifies a lowest temperature unit in which the temperature is lowest and a highest temperature unit in which the temperature is highest, on the basis of the temperatures measured by the temperature measurement unit, during the electrification of the battery units,
performs balance control for reducing a difference between the voltages of at least two battery units, on the basis of the voltages measured by the voltage measurement unit, when a first temperature condition in which a temperature difference between the highest temperature unit and the lowest temperature unit is equal to or greater than a reference value is not satisfied, and
does not perform the balance control when the temperature difference satisfies the first temperature condition.

Assignees

• Yoshida Tadahiro
• Nec Energy Devices Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Tadahiro

Classifications

• H01M10/425 Primary

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title

• H01M2010/4271

  Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing · CPC title

• G01R31/382

  Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC · CPC title

• H02J7/977

  of the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title