Power battery cooling performance verification method and system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of batteries, in particular to a method and a system for verifying cooling performance of a power battery.
Background
The power battery of present volume production can divide into natural cooling, forced air cooling and liquid (water) cold three kinds according to the cooling method, and wherein the liquid cooling method has the characteristics that the cooling is fast, the difference in temperature is little, small, becomes new forms of energy passenger car power battery's mainstream scheme gradually.
Liquid cooling battery is in the charge-discharge use, and the heat that the module produced transmits to the cold water board through the heat conduction pad, is taken away rapidly by the coolant liquid of cold water inboard circulation again, and the assembly quality of whole return circuit influences the cooling effect and is vital. For example, the flatness of the cold water plate is not good, the heat conducting pad is stuck askew or wrinkled, the torque of the module fixing bolt is not enough, and the like, which can cause the local cooling of the battery.
On one hand, batteries are cooled unevenly for a long time, monomers with high temperature can accelerate aging and capacity attenuation, and the power of the batteries is reduced when the batteries are used seriously (local batteries are over-heated, and a system can only provide small power output due to protection), and on the other hand, the installation process of a battery cooling loop is complex and the effect cannot be directly visually checked, so that the cooling performance must be focused as a key ring in offline detection after the power batteries are assembled, but in the prior art, the verification mode is complex and the verification time is too long.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a method and a system for verifying the cooling performance of a power battery, which solve the problems of complicated steps and long verification time for verifying the cooling performance of the power battery in the prior art.
The invention provides a power battery cooling performance verification method, which comprises the following steps:
adjusting the charge state of a power battery to a preset charge state interval, wherein the power battery comprises at least one battery monomer;
heating the power battery to reach a first threshold value, and obtaining a first temperature of each battery monomer;
cooling the power battery within a preset time;
when the preset time is up, acquiring a second temperature of each battery monomer of the power battery;
and judging whether the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard or not according to the first temperature, the second temperature and the preset time of each battery monomer.
Further, the step of adjusting the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval specifically comprises:
and adjusting the charge state of the power battery to a preset charge state interval through constant current charging or constant current discharging.
Further, before charging through constant current or discharging through constant current, the total voltage upper and lower limits of the power battery, the voltage upper and lower limits of the battery monomer and the temperature upper and lower limits of the battery monomer are set.
Further, the step of heating the power battery to reach the first threshold specifically includes:
calling a constant current discharge pulse and a constant current charging pulse for alternative use, and heating the power battery to reach a first threshold value; the product of the current and the discharge time of the constant current discharge pulse is equal to the product of the current and the charge time of the constant current charge pulse.
Further, the cooling the power battery within the preset time specifically includes:
and cooling the power battery by using a cooling liquid in a circulating mode continuously and circularly in a preset time through a cooling loop of the power battery.
Further, the temperature of the cooling liquid is within a preset temperature range, and the flow of the cooling liquid passing through a cooling loop of the power battery is smaller than a cooling loop flow threshold value.
Further, according to the first temperature, the second temperature and the preset time of each battery cell, judging whether the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard specifically comprises:
subtracting the second temperature of each battery monomer from the first temperature of each battery monomer to obtain the temperature difference of each battery monomer;
dividing the temperature difference of each single battery by preset time to obtain the temperature difference rate of each single battery;
comparing the temperature difference rate of each battery monomer with the temperature difference rate standard;
when the temperature difference rate of any battery monomer is lower than the temperature difference rate standard, judging that the cooling performance of the power battery does not meet the verification standard; and when the temperature difference rate of any battery monomer is higher than or equal to the temperature difference rate standard, judging that the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard.
The invention provides a power battery cooling performance verification system, which comprises:
the first charging and discharging unit is used for adjusting the charge state of the power battery to a preset charge state interval, and the power battery comprises at least one battery monomer;
the second charging and discharging unit is used for heating the power battery to reach a first threshold value and acquiring a first temperature of each battery monomer;
the cooling unit is used for cooling the power battery within preset time;
the measuring unit is used for acquiring a second temperature of each battery cell of the power battery when the preset time is up;
and the operation unit is used for judging whether the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard or not according to the first temperature, the second temperature and the preset time of each battery monomer.
Further, the first charging and discharging unit is specifically configured to adjust the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval through constant current charging or constant current discharging.
Furthermore, the verification system further comprises a setting unit, and the setting unit is specifically used for setting the total voltage upper and lower limits of the power battery, the voltage upper and lower limits of the battery monomer and the temperature upper and lower limits of the battery monomer.
The implementation of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the method, the thermal power battery is rapidly heated through current repeated pulses, then the cooling liquid is used for cooling through the cooling loop of the thermal power battery, the cooling performance of the whole thermal power battery is judged according to the cooling efficiency of each battery monomer, the cooling performance of the thermal power battery is rapidly verified through the method, and the problems that the method for verifying the cooling performance is complex and the verification time is long in the prior art are solved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for verifying cooling performance of a power battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a structural diagram of a power battery cooling performance verification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The core content of the patent is that the temperature of a power battery is rapidly improved through pulses, the cooling liquid is rapidly cooled through a cooling loop of the power battery in a circulating mode, then the cooling performance of the battery is verified through the cooling speed, and the specific implementation mode of the system is further explained in combination with the attached drawings and the embodiment.
The following describes an embodiment of a method and a system for verifying cooling performance of a power battery provided by the invention in detail.
As shown in fig. 1, a method for verifying cooling performance of a power battery provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
s101, adjusting the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval.
It should be noted that the power battery includes at least one battery cell, and generally includes a plurality of battery cells. The State of Charge (State of Charge) is also called residual capacity, the purpose of adjusting the residual capacity is to enable the State of Charge of the power battery to enter a preset State of Charge interval, the interval is generally 30% -70%, and the purpose of entering the preset State of Charge interval is to prepare for a subsequent heating step, so that the battery monomer is prevented from entering an overcharge or an overdischarge State.
In the charge adjustment process, the polarization and the temperature rise of the battery do not need to be considered, the target of entering the preset charge state of the charge state is wider, and the realization time of the step can be shortened by selecting larger current.
Adjusting the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval through constant current charging or constant current discharging is one way of implementing the step S101, and can also be performed through other ways; before charging or discharging through constant current, setting the total voltage upper and lower limits of the power battery, the voltage upper and lower limits of the single battery and the temperature upper and lower limits of the single battery, and protecting the safety of the power battery.
In this embodiment, a Battery Management System (BMS) in the power Battery may detect parameters such as the state of charge of the power Battery, the temperature of each Battery cell, and the like; and the BMS reports the parameters through a CAN bus.
S102, heating the power battery to reach a first threshold value, and obtaining a first temperature of each battery monomer.
In the embodiment, the constant current discharge pulse and the constant current charge pulse are called for being used alternately, the power battery is heated to reach the first threshold value, the heating effect can be achieved by calling the constant current discharge pulse and the constant current charge pulse quickly, meanwhile, the power battery is not communicated with cooling liquid and cooling circulating water, and the first threshold value is preset.
When the power battery includes a plurality of battery cells, as long as one battery cell reaches the first threshold value, the power battery is considered to reach the first threshold value, which is set for battery safety.
In order not to cause the state of charge not to shift seriously, the product of the current and the discharge time of the constant current discharge pulse is equal to the product of the current and the charge time of the constant current charge pulse, so that the influence of charge and discharge on the state of charge is mutually counteracted.
The purpose of heavy current pulse heating is, on the one hand, improves power battery initial temperature, enlarges the cooling effect (including battery assembly difference) through the mode that increases power battery and coolant temperature difference, and on the other hand makes the battery because of the module design, arrange the direct difference in temperature that leads to such as position, and the difference in temperature (high-power water cooling) that arouses with the installation quality of follow-up cooling circuit design can more truly characterize battery thermal management ability.
The obtaining of the first temperature of each battery cell means that the temperature of each battery cell after being heated is obtained through the BMS system.
And S103, cooling the power battery within preset time.
In this embodiment, the cooling of the power battery by using the cooling liquid through the cooling loop of the power battery continuously and circularly within the preset time is a common method for implementing step S103, and the advantage of using the cooling liquid rather than water is that the cooling liquid can be used below zero, the temperature of the cooling liquid can have a larger temperature difference with the power battery, and the cooling inspection has a more obvious effect.
It should be noted that the temperature of the cooling fluid needs to be controlled within a preset temperature range, and the flow rate of the cooling fluid passing through the cooling circuit of the power battery is smaller than the flow rate threshold of the cooling circuit.
And S104, acquiring a second temperature of each battery cell of the power battery when the preset time is up.
Here, the second temperature refers to a temperature after cooling.
And S105, judging whether the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard or not according to the first temperature, the second temperature and the preset time of each battery monomer.
In this embodiment, the temperature difference of each battery cell is obtained by subtracting the second temperature of each battery cell from the first temperature of each battery cell; dividing the temperature difference of each single battery by preset time to obtain the temperature difference rate of each single battery; comparing the temperature difference rate of each battery monomer with the temperature difference rate standard; when the temperature difference rate of any battery monomer is lower than the temperature difference rate standard, judging that the cooling performance of the power battery does not meet the verification standard; and when the temperature difference rate of any battery monomer is higher than or equal to the temperature difference rate standard, judging that the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard.
The method is mainly used for judging whether the cooling performance of the power battery is qualified or not by comparing the efficiency of temperature reduction with the standard of temperature difference rate.
As shown in fig. 2, a power battery cooling performance verification system provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:
the first charging and discharging unit 21 is used for adjusting the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval, and the power battery comprises at least one battery monomer;
the second charging and discharging unit 22 is used for heating the power battery to reach a first threshold value and obtaining a first temperature of each battery monomer;
the cooling unit 23 is used for cooling the power battery within a preset time;
the measuring unit 24 is configured to obtain a second temperature of each battery cell of the power battery when the preset time is reached;
and the operation unit 25 is configured to determine whether the cooling performance of the power battery meets the verification standard according to the first temperature, the second temperature and the preset time of each battery cell.
Further, the first charging and discharging unit 21 is specifically configured to adjust the state of charge of the power battery to a preset state of charge interval through constant current charging or constant current discharging.
Furthermore, the verification system further comprises a setting unit, and the setting unit is specifically used for setting the total voltage upper and lower limits of the power battery, the voltage upper and lower limits of the battery monomer and the temperature upper and lower limits of the battery monomer.
According to the method, the batteries are rapidly heated through current repeated pulses, then the cooling liquid is used for cooling through the cooling loop of the power battery, and the cooling performance of the whole power battery is judged according to the cooling efficiency of each battery monomer.
The foregoing is a more detailed description of the invention in connection with specific preferred embodiments and it is not intended that the invention be limited to these specific details. For those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all shall be considered as belonging to the protection scope of the invention.