Overcurrent simulation method when nail penetrates secondary battery and recording medium storing the program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9910946-B2
Application number	US-201414516258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed is an overcurrent simulation method when a nail penetrates a secondary battery and a recording medium storing the program. The overcurrent simulation method according to the present disclosure constructs a safety device and a secondary battery equivalent circuit, and produces a nail penetration effect by changing a resistance value. In this instance, various current simulations may be obtained by changing a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet included in the safety device, and a resistance value limiting an overcurrent may be calculated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An overcurrent simulation method which simulates an overcurrent, in the event of damage to a secondary battery, the overcurrent simulation method comprising:
creating a model of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery and an equivalent circuit a safety device based on a resistance value changing due to damage to the secondary battery and the safety device using an electronic circuit analysis program operated by a microprocessor,
receiving, by the microprocessor, an input of the equivalent circuit of the safety device, the equivalent circuit of the safety device including a variable resistor representing each of a first metal sheet, an insulator member and a second metal sheet, and the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery including an overcurrent channel via which an overcurrent flows in the event of damage, through a variable resistor;
receiving, by the microprocessor, an input of a resistance value of the variable resistors representing the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet;
receiving, by the microprocessor, an input of time information at which a resistance value of the variable resistor representing the insulator member in the safety device and a resistance value of the variable resistor of the overcurrent channel in the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery go down to a resistance value of a conductive object sequentially in an order in which the conductive object penetrates the safety device and the secondary battery; and
outputting, by the microprocessor, a current value on the overcurrent channel over time using the electronic circuit analysis program.

2. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving an input of connection wiring information between the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery and the equivalent circuit of the safety device.

3. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 2 , wherein the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery further includes a voltage source exhibiting an output voltage of the secondary battery.

4. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 3 , wherein the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery further comprises a resistor device exhibiting an internal resistance of the secondary battery, and a capacitance device exhibiting an internal capacitance of the secondary battery.

5. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 4 , wherein the internal resistance of the secondary battery has resistance values corresponding to a secondary battery case, a cathode plate, a cathode active material, a separator, an anode plate, and an anode active material, and resistor devices representing the cathode plate, the cathode active material, the separator, and the anode plate, and an anode active material are electrically connected in series.

6. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 5 , wherein, in the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, the internal capacitance is electrically connected in parallel to the resistor devices exhibiting the resistance of the cathode active material and the anode active material, respectively.

7. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 6 , wherein the variable resistor device of the overcurrent channel changes in resistance value based on preset time information, and a current sensor measures a current value flowing through the variable resistor device.

8. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 7 , wherein an initial value of the variable resistor device of the overcurrent channel is a resistance value representing an insulation state to show a state before the secondary battery is pierced.

9. The overcurrent simulation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
(e) calculating, by the microprocessor, a resistance value of the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet allowing a direction of current flowing in the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery and a direction of current flowing on the overcurrent channel to change in opposite directions.

10. A recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program, the recording medium comprising:
receiving a model of an equivalent circuit of a secondary battery and an equivalent circuit of a safety device based on a resistance value changing due to damage to the secondary battery and the safety device using an electronic circuit analysis program operated by a microprocessor;
receiving an input of an equivalent circuit of a safety device including a variable resistor representing each of a first metal sheet, an insulator member and a second metal sheet, and the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery including an overcurrent channel via which an overcurrent flows in the event of penetration, through a variable resistor;
receiving an input of a resistance value of the variable resistors representing the first metal sheet and the second metal sheet;
receiving an input of time information at which a resistance value of the variable resistor representing the insulator member in the safety device and a resistance value of the overcurrent channel in the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery go down to a resistance value of a conductive object sequentially in an order in which the conductive object penetrates the safety device and the two secondary battery; and
outputting a current value on the overcurrent channel over time using the electronic circuit analysis program.

11. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 10 , further comprising receiving an input of connection wiring information between the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery and the equivalent circuit of the safety device.

12. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 11 , wherein the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery further includes a voltage source exhibiting an output voltage of the secondary battery.

13. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 12 , wherein the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery further comprises a resistor device exhibiting an internal resistance of the secondary battery, and a capacitance device exhibiting an internal capacitance of the secondary battery.

14. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 13 , wherein the internal resistance of the secondary battery has resistance values corresponding to a secondary battery case, a cathode plate, a cathode active material, a separator, an anode plate, and an anode active material, and resistor devices representing the cathode plate, the cathode active material, the separator, and the anode plate, and an anode active material are electrically connected in series.

15. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 14 , wherein, in the equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, the internal capacitance is electrically connected in parallel to the resistor devices exhibiting the resistance of the cathode active material and the anode active material, respectively.

16. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 15 , wherein the variable resistor device of the overcurrent channel changes in resistance value based on preset time information, and a current sensor measures a current value flowing through the variable resistor device.

17. The recording medium storing an electronic circuit analysis program according to claim 16 , wherein an initial value of the variable

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Se Wook
• Kang Dal Mo
• Jung Seung Hun

Classifications

• G06F2119/06

  Power analysis or power optimisation · CPC title

• G06F30/367 Primary

  Design verification, e.g. using simulation, simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis [SPICE], direct methods or relaxation methods · CPC title

• G06F17/5036 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2217/78

  Physics · mapped topic

• 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