Storage battery, control method of storage battery, control device, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774062-B2
Application number	US-201414770514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A storage battery ( 1 ) including an electric storage unit ( 10 ), an auxiliary electric storage unit ( 11 ) connected to the electric storage unit ( 10 ) in parallel, a temperature measurement unit ( 13 ) measuring a temperature, and a charge and discharge control unit ( 14 ) controlling charge and discharge of the electric storage unit ( 10 ) and the auxiliary electric storage unit ( 11 ), in which the charge and discharge control unit ( 14 ) changes an SOC (a charge completion SOC) of the electric storage unit ( 10 ) and the auxiliary electric storage unit ( 11 ) in a charge completion state of not allowing any more charge according to a measurement result of the temperature measurement unit ( 13 ), increases the charge completion SOC of the auxiliary electric storage unit ( 11 ) when the charge completion SOC of the electric storage unit ( 10 ) decreases, and decreases the charge completion SOC of the auxiliary electric storage unit ( 11 ) when the charge completion SOC of the electric storage unit ( 10 ) increases.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage battery, comprising:
a first electric storage unit;
a second electric storage unit connected to the first electric storage unit in parallel;
a temperature measurement unit measuring a temperature of the storage battery; and
a charge and discharge control unit controlling charge and discharge of the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit,
wherein the charge and discharge control unit:
changes a state of charge (SOC) of the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit to a charge completion state in which the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not permitted to be charged further, according to a measurement result of the temperature measurement unit,
increases the SOC of the second electric storage unit when the SOC of the first electric storage unit decreases and the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state, and
decreases the SOC of the second electric storage unit when the SOC of the first electric storage unit increases and the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state.

2. The storage battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the charge and discharge control unit turns off connection between the second electric storage unit and an external connection terminal for charge and discharge when the temperature is in a first temperature range, and performs the charge and discharge by using only the first electric storage unit, and turns on connection between the second electric storage unit and the external connection terminal for charge and discharge when the temperature is in a second temperature range, and performs the charge and discharge by using the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit.

3. The storage battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the first temperature range is greater than the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the second temperature range.

4. The storage battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second electric storage unit includes a plurality of rows of sub-auxiliary electric storage units which are connected to each other in parallel, and are configured to enable a connection state with respect to an external connection terminal for charge and discharge to be individually controlled.

5. The storage battery according to claim 4 ,
wherein the charge and discharge control unit:
turns off connection between the second electric storage unit and the external connection terminal for charge and discharge when the temperature is in a third temperature range, and performs the charge and discharge by using only the first electric storage unit;
turns on connection between M rows (M is an integer of greater than or equal to 1) of the sub-auxiliary electric storage units and the external connection terminal for charge and discharge when the temperature is in a fourth temperature range, and performs the charge and discharge by using the first electric storage unit and the M rows of the sub-auxiliary electric storage units;
and turns on connection between N rows (N is an integer of greater than M) of the sub-auxiliary electric storage units and the external connection terminal for charge and discharge when the temperature is in a fifth temperature range, and performs the charge and discharge by using the first electric storage unit and the N rows of the sub-auxiliary electric storage units.

6. The storage battery according to claim 5 ,
wherein the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the third temperature range is greater than the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the fourth temperature range, and
the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the fourth temperature range is greater than the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state when the temperature is in the fifth temperature range.

7. The storage battery according to claim 4 ,
wherein the charge and discharge control unit maintains correspondence information associating a value of the SOC of the first electric storage unit in the charge completion state with the number of rows of the sub-auxiliary electric storage unit which turns on the connection with respect to the external connection terminal for charge and discharge for each predetermined temperature range, and controls the charge and discharge of the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit by using the correspondence information.

8. The storage battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first electric storage unit is a lithium ion secondary battery.

9. The storage battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second electric storage unit is configured of a capacitor.

10. A control method of a storage battery, comprising:
measuring a temperature of the storage battery;
based on the measured temperature of the storage battery, changing a state of charge of a first electric storage unit and a second electric storage unit of the storage battery connected in parallel to one another to a charge completion state in which the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not permitted to be charged further;
monitoring charge and discharge of each of the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit;
when the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state, and the monitored charge of the first electric storage unit has decreased, increasing charge of the second electric storage unit; and
when the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state, and the monitored charge of the second electric storage unit has decreased, increasing charge of the first electric storage unit.

11. A control device, comprising:
a charge and discharge control unit controlling charge and discharge of a storage battery which includes a first electric storage unit, a second electric storage unit connected to the first electric storage unit in parallel, and a temperature measurement unit measuring a temperature of the storage battery,
wherein the charge and discharge control unit:
changes a state of charge (SOC) of the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit to a charge completion state in which the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not permitted to be charged further, according to a measurement result of the temperature measurement unit,
increases the SOC of the second electric storage unit when the SOC of the first electric storage unit decreases and the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state, and
decreases the SOC of the second electric storage unit when the SOC of the first electric storage unit increases and the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit are not in the charge completion state.

12. A control method, comprising:
a step of controlling charge and discharge of a storage battery which includes a first electric storage unit, a second electric storage unit connected to the first electric storage unit in parallel, and a temperature measurement unit measuring a temperature of the storage battery,
wherein the step

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Matsunaga Koji
• Kajitani Hiroshi
• Onose Katsuya

Classifications

• H02J7/875

  Charging or discharging for charge maintenance, battery initiation or rejuvenation · CPC title

• H02J7/342

  The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68) · CPC title

• H01M10/441

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · 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

• H01M10/425

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