EP2572429A2 - Battery balancing with reduced circuit complexity - Google Patents
Battery balancing with reduced circuit complexityInfo
- Publication number
- EP2572429A2 EP2572429A2 EP11721015A EP11721015A EP2572429A2 EP 2572429 A2 EP2572429 A2 EP 2572429A2 EP 11721015 A EP11721015 A EP 11721015A EP 11721015 A EP11721015 A EP 11721015A EP 2572429 A2 EP2572429 A2 EP 2572429A2
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- battery
- terminal
- switches
- discharge line
- battery cells
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/0013—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially
- H02J7/0014—Circuits for equalisation of charge between batteries
- H02J7/0016—Circuits for equalisation of charge between batteries using shunting, discharge or bypass circuits
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- B60L58/00—Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles
- B60L58/10—Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- B60L58/00—Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles
- B60L58/10—Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries
- B60L58/18—Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries of two or more battery modules
- B60L58/22—Balancing the charge of battery modules
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- H02P31/00—Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors not provided for in groups H02P1/00 - H02P5/00, H02P7/00 or H02P21/00 - H02P29/00
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
- Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
- Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a circuit for a battery, which enables cell balancing with reduced circuit complexity.
- the invention also relates to a battery with such a circuit and a motor vehicle with an electric drive motor and such a battery.
- the battery cells Due to chemical processes during the charging and discharging processes of the battery, the battery cells age. For example, a battery cell ages due to minimal deviations in dimensioning or chemical
- FIG. 1 shows a conventional battery which enables such cell balancing.
- the n battery cells 10-1 to 10-n can be connected in parallel via a respective switch 20-1 to 20-n, a resistor 30-1 to 30-n to selectively discharge any battery cell by a desired amount.
- FIGS. 2 and 6 of US 2007/0090799 A1 show switch configurations which, however, have a disadvantageously high cost of 2 * n and more switches. Disclosure of the invention
- a circuit for a battery which has a number n of battery cells connected in series between a positive battery terminal and a negative battery terminal.
- the number n is a natural number greater than 1.
- Battery cells results in a number of (n-1) connection points between the n battery cells.
- the circuit comprises a discharge element which has a first connection connected or connectable to a first discharge line and a second connection connected or connectable to a second discharge line.
- the circuit has a number of (n + 1) switches which can be connected at a first connection to one of the (n-1) connection points or one of positive and negative battery terminals and connected to one of the first or second discharge lines at a second connection are. In this way, a positive pole of a respective battery cell via one of the switches with a respective selected one of the first or the second discharge line and a negative pole of the respective battery cell via one of the switches with a remaining one of the first or the second discharge line connectable.
- the circuit of the invention may be combined with battery cells and batteries
- the circuit of the invention has the advantage that a single discharge for the targeted discharge of any battery cell can be used in the context of cell balancing, without the need for this the high cost of switches of the prior art must be operated.
- the circuit operates with n series-connected battery cells with only n + 1 switches and still allows to use a single discharge for discharging any selectable battery cell of the series-connected battery cells and optional to connect to the positive and negative pole of the battery cell.
- the circuit can have a control unit connected on the input side to a voltage measuring unit and on the output side to control inputs of the switches.
- the voltage measuring unit is connected to each of the battery cells and formed, a cell voltage one with the
- Voltage measuring unit connected battery cell to determine and output to the control unit.
- the control unit is designed, a
- Battery cell with a maximum cell voltage to determine the cell voltages of the battery cells and the battery cell with the maximum
- the control unit can advantageously use any known methods for cell balancing.
- a battery cell is determined with a maximum cell voltage and for a certain period of time
- the number n of the battery cells may be an even number. Then, each n / 2 + 1 switches have a second connected to the first discharge line
- Terminal and n / 2 switches on a second terminal connected to the second discharge line.
- the number n of the battery cells may be an odd number.
- each (n + 1) / 2 switch has one with the first discharge line connected second terminal and (n + 1) / 2 switch connected to the second discharge line second terminal.
- the discharge element may be a resistive element.
- a resistive element converts the current of the discharged battery cell into heat, so that the associated amount of energy can no longer be used for the actual purpose of the battery.
- inductive discharge elements which can transfer charge from one battery cell to another, there is better electromagnetic compatibility.
- the battery cells are particularly preferably lithium-ion battery cells.
- Lithium-ion battery cells have a high cell voltage and a high ratio of stored energy to claimed volume.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a motor vehicle with a
- the electric drive motor for driving the motor vehicle and connected to the electric drive motor or connectable battery according to the second aspect of the invention.
- the battery is not limited to such use, but may be used in other electrical systems.
- FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of the invention with an even number of battery cells
- Figure 4 shows a third embodiment of the invention with an odd number of battery cells.
- FIG 2 shows a first embodiment of the invention.
- a number of n battery cells 10-1 to 10-n are connected in series between a positive battery terminal 12 and a negative battery terminal 13, whereby (n-1)
- the battery cells do not necessarily constitute a part of the invention itself, rather the invention is embodied in its circuitry. Even if in the following a battery with battery cells is mentioned, only the circuit may be meant, which is connected to the battery cells or to connect and provides the function of the cell balancing advantageous. This circuit can be a trade item in its own right and can only be connected to battery cells at a later time.
- Battery cells 10-1 to 10-n only (n + 1) switches 20-1 to 20-n + 1 necessary to a designed in the example as an ohmic resistor discharge element 30 with any of the n battery cells 10-1 to 10-n to connect.
- the switches 20-1 to 20-n + 1 are input side with a respectively assigned
- the switches 20-1 to 20-n + 1 are alternately connected according to their sequence to a first discharge line 14-1 and a second discharge line 14-2, which in turn are connected to respective terminals of the discharge element 30.
- a battery cell 10-m where 0 ⁇ m ⁇ n, can be connected to the discharge element 30 by closing the switches 20-m and 20-m + 1 and opening the remaining switches.
- the switch 20-m can connect a positive pole or a negative pole of a battery cell to the discharge line 14-1 or 14-2 assigned to the switch 20-m, so that, depending on which battery cell 10-1 to 10 -n is to be discharged, from the perspective of the discharge element 30 different
- Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of the invention with a straight
- the illustrated example shows four battery cells 10-1 to 10-4, wherein due to the series connection of the battery cells 10-1 to 10-4 three connection points 1 1 -1 to 1 1 -3 result. According to the invention, five switches 20-1 to 20-5 suffice to connect each of the four battery cells 10-1 to 10-4 to the discharge element 30. The odd number of switches
- the 20-1 to 20-5 is divided into two sets Si and S 2 each of three and two switches, Si the switches 20-1, 20-3 and 20-5 and S 2, the switches 20-2 and 20- 4 include.
- the embodiment shown can have any even number of battery cells, wherein the resulting odd number of switches basically in two sets Si and S 2 of
- Figure 4 shows a third embodiment of the invention with an odd number of battery cells. Because of the odd number (in the example shown five) of battery cells 10-1 to 10-5 results in an even number (six in the example shown) required by the invention switches 20-1 to 20-6.
- the switches are divided into two sets Si and S 2 , each containing the same number of switches.
- the number of battery cells may be any odd number. Be at an odd number n of battery cells the
- Numbered switches 20-1 to 20-n + 1 according to their order from the positive battery terminal 12 to the negative battery terminal 13 are the odd numbered switches 20-1, 20-3, 20-n with the first discharge line 14-1 and even numbered ones Switch 20-2, 20-4, 20-n + 1 connected to the second discharge line 14-2.
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- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
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