EP2491631A1 - Device for recharging and equalizing a battery - Google Patents
Device for recharging and equalizing a batteryInfo
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- EP2491631A1 EP2491631A1 EP10718464A EP10718464A EP2491631A1 EP 2491631 A1 EP2491631 A1 EP 2491631A1 EP 10718464 A EP10718464 A EP 10718464A EP 10718464 A EP10718464 A EP 10718464A EP 2491631 A1 EP2491631 A1 EP 2491631A1
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- single cell
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/50—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially
- H02J7/52—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially for charge balancing, e.g. equalisation of charge between batteries
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/50—Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for recharging and balancing a battery, used in particular for electrical traction, according to the general part of claim 1 ; the invention further relates to the method for recharging and balancing a battery carried out by the above device.
- Power batteries to be applied in the field of electrical traction consist of one or more groups, commonly called "packs", each one of which may consist of one or more modules, that is, groups of elementary cells connected to each other in series, parallel or series/parallel mode.
- Elementary cells internally consist of a cathode, an anode, a separator and an electrolyte, enclosed within an enclosure.
- the cathode and the electrolyte are respectively obtained by doping and liquid solutions, as well as by a lithium- based polymeric state, hence the denomination of lithium batteries.
- the electrical conductivity features of the electrolyte are significantly affected by the values of electrical capacity and resistance, which besides by unavoidable leakages during production, may also differ on the basis of usage conditions, determined by the amount of energy instantaneously absorbed or dissipated and by the temperature value of the cell itself.
- the efficiency of the storage system that is, its capacity of accumulating all the potentially absorbable energy and of releasing it to the maximum acceptable discharge, therefore depends on the capacity of levelling, or more properly, balancing in an even manner, the value of the charge capacity of all the cells making up the pack.
- the methods used for ensuring this performance are usually based on the synthesis of "observers” or “estimate models” of the features of the single cells, which try to determine the resistivity parameters of every single cell, subsequently acting on minimum and maximum voltage value or capacity cells, in order to optimise the absorption capacity.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a control system based on the use of a particular mathematical parameter (standard deviation) for determining if and which cells show at least one electrical parameter, for example voltage value, beyond the acceptability range, so as to apply a control thereto, to bring it back into the same range.
- a particular mathematical parameter standard deviation
- the control method proposed, object of the present invention instead of the conventional techniques of observation or estimate of complex chemical or electrical parameters, uses a mathematical-statistical observer of the system state.
- many physical phenomena, of a mechanical and chemical nature may be well described in stochastic terms, it being possible to represent them, for a number of observations tending to infinity, through the probability distribution function.
- many of them may be represented, either directly or through a suitable transformation, for example of the logarithmic type, by the Gaussian or Normal distribution function, defined by the density value f(x):
- the system to be controlled consists of a large number of elementary cells; thus, by providing each cell with at least one means for measuring an electrical parameter thereof, for example the voltage value V t , and observing the set of such parameters at a predetermined instant /, it can be said that the population of samples collected is statistically significant and the probability distribution thereof may be identified.
- such parameter may therefore be taken as representative of the storage group state.
- the standard deviation limit value representative of a correct state of the system is controlled, typically expressed as a multiple of ⁇ , that is, the admissible dispersion limit value of the electrical parameters.
- a threshold set to twice the standard deviation value determines a limit of 4.5% of admitted samples, beyond the typical feature; a threshold set to 3 determines a limit of 0.3%; setting the threshold to 3.5 times, the values exceeding the limit of 0.04% are controlled.
- Imposing a limit value ⁇ , ⁇ therefore determines the sample acceptability threshold, relative to the typical statistical distribution, and it is possible to activate a function of regulation of the energy stored in the cells, for example of proportional-integral type, to return the values of the electrical parameters within the admissible distribution.
- the estimator calculation may be simplified, according to the formula:
- the sample error value is calculated with rounding by excess or defect, upon any update of the mean distribution value, compared to the typical population, expressed as: ⁇ ⁇ , - ⁇ ,- ⁇ , ⁇ ,
- the error value of the electrical parameter analysed is representative of a corresponding surplus of stored energy, if with positive sign, or lack of stored energy, if with negative sign.
- control system provides for acting through means for dissipating surplus energy, during the recharge and/or discharge process, a dissipating discharge action is applied to the cells with surplus energy, according to law:
- the proportional controller thus made generates a power dissipation which is a function of the surplus energy value, compared to the characteristic one of the limit standard deviation distribution Cmax. the minimisation of the dissipated thermal power value is thus ensured, while ensuring the maximum system efficiency, through the parallel action on the maximum admissible number of cells.
- the method allows recirculating the power between the cells with positive error si towards those with negative £ / , generating a favourable energy balance compared to the purely dissipative case.
- control law is again of the proportional-integral type: but constraints are imposed on the power that may be recirculated between positive and negative error cells:
- - fig. 1 shows a graph of the Gaussian or Normal distribution function, defined by the density value f(x) ;
- - figs. 2 as well as 3 and 4 show an exemplary probability distribution of electrical parameters, representative of the state of each single cell
- - figs. 5 and 6 show a graph of the distribution of sample population belonging to a single storage group, as the amount of energy stored in the single elementary cells varies;
- fig. 9 shows a principle diagram of a device for recharging and balancing a battery, which embodies the principles of the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a typical diagram of the Gaussian or Normal distribution, illustrated and described above.
- figs. 7 and 8 show two examples of storage groups that exhibit standard deviation values beyond typical ones. In both these situations, the process for recharging and discharging the storage groups is compromised, with a strong limitation of the overall storage capacity, limited by the capacity unbalancing of the single cells. The result therefore is a limitation of the overall efficiency of the storage system and thus, of the traction efficiency.
- the device according to the invention is capable of acting on a battery U (see fig. 9) consisting of one or more modules 2, connected in series or in parallel, each in turn capable of consisting of a plurality of cells.
- such device is provided with means 4 suitable for measuring at least one significant parameter of the charge state of each single cell. From the operating point of view such parameter shall mainly, although not exclusively, consists of the voltage value of each single cell.
- the finding further provides for a processing unit 7 suitable for determining whether the charge state of each single cell falls within a predetermined characteristic.
- such processing unit is provided with an algorithm suitable for determining, in real time, whether the parameter measured representative of the charge state of each single cell falls within the predetermined characteristic.
- characteristic is determined through the estimate of the population variance of the measured parameters, representative of the charge state of each single cell.
- variance estimate is calculated instantaneously, upon each new acquisition of parameter representative of the charge state of each single cell and such variance estimate is compared with a minimum value, representative of the maximum acceptable limit of the charge state of each single cell, in relation to that of all the other cells present in the storage group or module.
- Said variance estimate and said limit value are used for determining the deviation of the representative parameter of the charge state of each single cell, compared to the mean one of the measurement population.
- means suitable for balancing the surplus or defective deviation electrical power, during the battery recharge and/or discharge step may be suitable for dissipating the surplus electrical power at the cells featuring deviation surplus.
- means are suitable for determining the circulation with the deviation surplus cell and one or more cells featuring a deviation in defect, during the battery recharge and/or discharge step.
- the second solution would be preferable, since there would be no energy waste as in the previous case.
- the first system is certainly simpler from the construction and functional point of view compared to the second system, which can imply higher costs in the first case.
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- Power Engineering (AREA)
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- Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
- Supply Devices, Intensifiers, Converters, And Telemotors (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| IT000254A ITVI20090254A1 (en) | 2009-10-20 | 2009-10-20 | RECHARGING AND BALANCING DEVICE FOR AN ACCUMULATOR, USED IN PARTICULAR FOR ELECTRIC TRACTION |
| PCT/EP2010/002271 WO2011047741A1 (en) | 2009-10-20 | 2010-04-14 | Device for recharging and equalizing a battery |
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| EP2491631A1 true EP2491631A1 (en) | 2012-08-29 |
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| EP10718464A Pending EP2491631A1 (en) | 2009-10-20 | 2010-04-14 | Device for recharging and equalizing a battery |
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| EP (1) | EP2491631A1 (en) |
| IT (1) | ITVI20090254A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2011047741A1 (en) |
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- 2010-04-14 EP EP10718464A patent/EP2491631A1/en active Pending
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| ITVI20090254A1 (en) | 2011-04-21 |
| WO2011047741A1 (en) | 2011-04-28 |
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