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本發明係關於一種電池組的電壓平衡方法,尤其涉及電池組的被動平衡方法。The present invention relates to a voltage balancing method for a battery pack, and more particularly to a passive balancing method for a battery pack.
可充電式的電池目前已被廣泛運用於提供各種電子產品工作所需電源,由於單顆電池(cell)的端電壓及容量有限,在一些利用電池作為電源的電子裝置,如筆記型電腦等,則使用串聯有多個可充電電池的電池組,以提高電池組的電壓輸出及增加電池組容量。然而即使在同一電池組中,各個電池的充放電容量、充電轉換效率、或初始電量亦不一致,因此在經過長時間的反覆充、放電之後,會逐漸拉大各個電池的差距,使得電池組的效能越來越受限於特性較差的電池。Rechargeable batteries have been widely used to provide power for various electronic products. Due to the limited terminal voltage and capacity of single cells, some electronic devices that use batteries as power sources, such as notebook computers, A battery pack with a plurality of rechargeable batteries connected in series is used to increase the voltage output of the battery pack and increase the battery pack capacity. However, even in the same battery pack, the charge and discharge capacity, the charge conversion efficiency, or the initial charge of each battery are also inconsistent. Therefore, after a long period of reverse charging and discharging, the gap between the batteries is gradually increased, so that the battery pack is Performance is increasingly limited by poorly characterized batteries.
為了延長電池組的使用壽命,延緩其受到效能較差電池的限制而降低蓄電能力的情形,在許多智慧型電池組控制器或控制電路中都會設置電池平衡機制,例如被動式平衡的手段,將電池組的所有電池當中,電壓最低的該電池做為基準,使其他串聯的電池將高於該電壓的部分,透過電阻轉化為熱能排除,以便使電池組裡的每個電池都能從相同的電壓值開始充電,以解決效能較差的電池總是無法充足電力的問題。In order to extend the life of the battery pack and delay the limitation of the battery with lower performance and lower the power storage capacity, battery balancing mechanisms, such as passive balancing, will be provided in many smart battery controllers or control circuits. Among all the batteries, the battery with the lowest voltage is used as a reference, so that other series connected batteries will be higher than the voltage, and the resistance is converted into thermal energy exclusion so that each battery in the battery can be from the same voltage value. Start charging to solve the problem that the poorly performing battery is always unable to supply enough power.
惟,一般被動式電池組平衡機制在每一次進行電壓平衡時沒有考量到每個電池之間最大充放電容量的差異,而以相同的基準判定充放電的條件。此一作法常常導致電池組中效能較佳的電池在平衡過程中受限於效能較差的電池。並且,這種作法亦沒有將電池老化因素納入考量。However, the general passive battery pack balancing mechanism does not consider the difference in maximum charge and discharge capacity between each battery every time the voltage balance is performed, and determines the charge and discharge conditions on the same basis. This practice often results in a battery with better performance in the battery pack being limited to less efficient batteries during the balancing process. Moreover, this practice does not take into account battery aging factors.
職是之故,吾人設計出一種改良之電池平衡方法以解決現有電池平衡方法之缺失。For the sake of this, we have designed an improved battery balancing method to address the lack of existing battery balancing methods.
本發明之目的係為了提供一種電池組平衡方法,將電池組中各電池根據不同的特性加以分類,再根據分類調整平衡的措施,以便更有效地使各個電池的充、放電量平均,改善電池組的蓄電能力,及有效延長電池組的使用壽命。The purpose of the present invention is to provide a battery pack balancing method, which classifies each battery in a battery pack according to different characteristics, and then adjusts the balance according to the classification, so as to more effectively average the charge and discharge of each battery, and improve the battery. The group's ability to store electricity and effectively extend the life of the battery pack.
為了達成上述目的,根據本發明的方案之一,提供一種電池組平衡方法,所述的電池組中包括了複數個可充電電池,該方法包括:將所述複數電池分類為第一群組及第二群組,其中,屬於第一群組之電池到達過電壓保護點之一過電壓次數大於零,而屬於第二群組之電池的過電壓次數為零。當對電池組充電時,先偵測第二群組之電池的一最低電壓值,使第二群組之電池根據最低電壓值進行電壓平衡,且使第一群組之電池分別根據其過電壓次數及一電壓常數,將電壓降低至小於最低電壓值,以進行電壓平衡。當電池組中之電池於充電時到達過電壓保護點時,加計到達過電壓保護點之電池的過電壓次數並停止對該電池組充電;而當電池組之電池皆未到達該過電壓保護點時,繼續對電池充電至全部的電池皆充飽電後,才停止對電池組充電。In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a battery pack balancing method is provided, the battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, and the method includes: classifying the plurality of batteries into a first group and The second group, wherein the number of overvoltages of one of the batteries belonging to the first group reaching the overvoltage protection point is greater than zero, and the number of overvoltages of the batteries belonging to the second group is zero. When charging the battery pack, first detecting a minimum voltage value of the battery of the second group, so that the batteries of the second group are voltage balanced according to the lowest voltage value, and causing the batteries of the first group to be respectively according to the overvoltage thereof The number of times and a voltage constant reduce the voltage to less than the minimum voltage for voltage balancing. When the battery in the battery pack reaches the overvoltage protection point during charging, the number of overvoltages of the battery reaching the overvoltage protection point is added and the charging of the battery pack is stopped; and when the battery of the battery pack does not reach the overvoltage protection point When you continue to charge the battery until all the batteries are fully charged, stop charging the battery pack.
為了達成上述目的,再提供一種電池組平衡方法,所述的電池組中包括了複數個可充電電池,該方法包括:在開始對該電池組充電時,將複數電池分類為第一群組及第二群組,第一群組之電池分別具有其到達一過電壓保護點之一過電壓次數;接著偵測第二群組之電池的一最低電壓值;再將第一群組的電池之電壓分別降低至小於最低電壓值的一降電壓值以進行充電。當第一群組中之電池再度到達過電壓保護點時,加計到達過電壓保護點之該電池的過電壓次數,並停止充電。In order to achieve the above object, a battery pack balancing method is further provided, wherein the battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries, and the method includes: classifying the plurality of batteries into the first group and starting charging the battery pack; The second group, the batteries of the first group respectively have the number of overvoltages reaching one of the overvoltage protection points; then detecting the lowest voltage value of the battery of the second group; and then the batteries of the first group The voltage is reduced to a reduced voltage value that is less than the lowest voltage value, respectively, for charging. When the battery in the first group reaches the overvoltage protection point again, the number of overvoltages of the battery reaching the overvoltage protection point is added, and charging is stopped.
上述技術手段的詳細內容,請參照以下實施方式及所附圖式之說明。For details of the above technical means, please refer to the following embodiments and the description of the drawings.
本發明所述的電池組平衡方法,係可應用於一個耦接於電池組的充放電控制器,控制器中包括監控電池組中各個電池狀態的監控電路,以及控制各個電池進行充電、放電及平衡的微控制器。以下所提供的各種實施例,係可由微控制器來執行。The battery pack balancing method of the present invention can be applied to a charge and discharge controller coupled to a battery pack, wherein the controller includes a monitoring circuit for monitoring the state of each battery in the battery pack, and controlling each battery for charging and discharging. Balanced microcontroller. The various embodiments provided below can be performed by a microcontroller.
第一圖及第二圖提供了本發明的一種電池組平衡方法第一實施例的流程圖。由於電池組係在反覆的充電和放電程序中實行電壓平衡,因此利用第一圖係說明本實施例的充電程序,第二圖則用於說明放電程序。The first and second figures provide a flow chart of a first embodiment of a battery pack balancing method of the present invention. Since the battery pack performs voltage balancing in the repeated charging and discharging procedures, the charging procedure of the present embodiment will be described using the first drawing, and the second drawing is for explaining the discharging procedure.
在第一圖中,係先將電池組中的各個電池根據充電速度分類成第一群組和第二群組(S101);具體的分類門檻係可根據每個電池的一過電壓次數來畫分。過電壓次數係代表電池曾經在充電時到達過電壓保護點(Over Voltage Protection point,OVP point)的次數,當電池組中的部分電池充電速度比其他電池都來得快,在其他電池尚未充電到達預設的工作電壓時,速度較快的電池已經充電完成,並且由於電池組仍持續充電當中,已充電完成的電池也會繼續增加電壓,直到其到達一個為了保護電池元件而設置的過電壓保護點為止。本實施例中分類為第一群組之電池的過電壓次數大於零,而第二群組之電池的過電壓次數為零。過電壓保護點係為電池充電時接受到最大電壓的安全臨界點,當電池組中任一個電池到達過電壓保護點時,代表已經有電池接受的電壓高於其他電池,並且已到達電池所能接受的安全臨界點,此時即使電池組中的其他電池尚未充電完全,整個電池組仍必須停止充電,以避免已經到達過電壓保護點的電池繼續充電而損壞該電池。然而,此種保護手段的實施,相對地即浪費了其他尚未完全充足電力的電池的剩餘可蓄電容量。In the first figure, each battery in the battery pack is first classified into a first group and a second group according to a charging speed (S101); the specific classification threshold can be drawn according to the number of times of overvoltage of each battery. Minute. The number of overvoltages represents the number of times the battery has reached the Over Voltage Protection point (OVP point) during charging. When some of the batteries in the battery pack charge faster than other batteries, the other batteries have not been charged before reaching the pre-charge. When the operating voltage is set, the faster battery has been charged, and since the battery pack is still charging, the charged battery will continue to increase the voltage until it reaches an overvoltage protection point set to protect the battery components. until. In this embodiment, the number of overvoltages of the batteries classified into the first group is greater than zero, and the number of overvoltages of the batteries of the second group is zero. The overvoltage protection point is the safe critical point for receiving the maximum voltage when the battery is charged. When any battery in the battery pack reaches the overvoltage protection point, it means that the voltage already received by the battery is higher than other batteries, and the battery has reached the battery. Accepted safety critical point, even if the other batteries in the battery pack have not been fully charged, the entire battery pack must stop charging to prevent the battery that has reached the overvoltage protection point from continuing to charge and damage the battery. However, the implementation of such protection means relatively wastes the remaining storage capacity of other batteries that are not yet fully charged.
分類後的兩個群組的電池,分別依據不同的電壓值開始充電:其中,第二群組係依據該群組之數個電池當中,電壓最低者所具有的最低電壓值為基準,使第二群組的每個電池在充電的過程中都根據此最低電壓值實行被動式電壓平衡,以平均地充電。The batteries of the two groups after classification are charged according to different voltage values: wherein the second group is based on the lowest voltage value of the lowest voltage among the plurality of batteries of the group, so that Each battery of the two groups performs passive voltage balancing according to the lowest voltage value during charging to averagely charge.
而第一群組中的電池由於在先前的充電程序中曾發生過早於其他電池而到達過電壓保護點的記錄,代表第一群組中的電池在相同充電時間下,電壓提升的速度比未曾到達過電壓保護點的電池快,因此在本實施例中則採用降低屬於第一群組之電池進行充電的基準點的方式來調整電池的充電基準點。The battery in the first group reaches the overvoltage protection point record due to the premature occurrence of the battery in the previous charging process, and represents the speed ratio of the voltage increase in the battery in the first group at the same charging time. The battery that has not reached the voltage protection point is fast, so in the present embodiment, the charging reference point of the battery is adjusted by lowering the reference point of charging of the battery belonging to the first group.
所述方式係根據用來調降第一群組電池之充電基準值的一電壓常數,以及第一群組中各電池所記錄的過電壓次數為調整的倍數,將第一群組中各電池的電壓先調整到一個低於第二群組之最低電壓值的一降電壓值,再根據第一群組各電池經調降後的降電壓值為基準,在充電過程中進行被動式的電壓平衡(S103)。由於第一群組中的電池係根據其過電壓次數為倍數來調降電壓,因此,曾經在先前的充電程序中,到達過電壓次數越多的電池,被調降的幅度越大,調降後的降電壓值就越低。The method is based on a voltage constant used to reduce the charging reference value of the first group of batteries, and the number of overvoltages recorded by each battery in the first group is adjusted multiples, and the batteries in the first group are The voltage is first adjusted to a lower voltage value lower than the lowest voltage value of the second group, and then the passive voltage balance is performed during the charging process according to the voltage drop value of the first group of the battery after the voltage reduction. (S103). Since the battery in the first group is reduced in voltage according to the number of times of overvoltage, in the previous charging procedure, the battery that has reached the number of overvoltages is reduced in amplitude, and the frequency is lowered. The lower the voltage drop value is.
進行上述調降後,原先曾到達過電壓保護點的第一群組之電池先被放電到其所屬的降電壓值,也就是使第一群組之電池與第二群組之電池充電到達預定之工作電壓的差距加大,使得第二群組中的電池有較高的機率在第一群組的電池到達過電壓保護點之前將電壓提升到預定的工作電壓。After the above-mentioned down-conversion, the battery of the first group that has reached the voltage protection point is first discharged to its associated voltage drop value, that is, the battery of the first group and the battery of the second group are charged to the predetermined time. The difference in operating voltage is increased such that the cells in the second group have a higher probability of boosting the voltage to a predetermined operating voltage before the first group of cells reaches the overvoltage protection point.
根據上述步S103分別設置出第一群組和第二群組之電池的充電平衡基準值之後,在為電池組充電的過程中,則進一步判斷是否仍有電池在其他電池充電到達工作電壓前,先到達過電壓保護點(S105),上述到達過電壓保護點之電池有可能為第一群組或第二群組中的任一者;若在充電過程中確實有電池到達過電壓保護點的情形產生時,則加計一次到達過電壓保護點之該電池的過電壓次數(S107),並且停止為電池組繼續充電(S111),避免已到達過電壓保護點的該電池受損。After the charging balance reference values of the batteries of the first group and the second group are respectively set according to the above step S103, in the process of charging the battery pack, it is further determined whether there is still a battery before the other batteries are charged to reach the working voltage. First, the overvoltage protection point (S105) is reached, and the battery reaching the overvoltage protection point may be any one of the first group or the second group; if the battery does reach the overvoltage protection point during the charging process When the situation occurs, the number of overvoltages of the battery that has reached the overvoltage protection point is counted (S107), and charging of the battery pack is stopped (S111), and the battery that has reached the overvoltage protection point is prevented from being damaged.
若根據步驟S105判斷有無電池到達過電壓保護點,而結果發現在充電過程中一直未有電池在其他電池充電至工作電壓前到達過電壓保護點,即表示電池組中的各個電池充電的速度,在被動式平衡的控制下,平均地接收電力而提升其電壓值當中,在此情況下,即繼續使各個電池進行充電,直到電池組中所有電池都充電完畢(S109),亦即都到達預設的工作電壓後,才停止充電的程序(S111)。如此即可平穩地完成電池組充電的程序,並且使電池組中的各個電池都能平均充電。If it is determined according to step S105 whether the battery reaches the overvoltage protection point, and it is found that there is no battery reaching the overvoltage protection point before the other battery is charged to the working voltage during the charging process, that is, the speed of charging each battery in the battery pack, Under the control of passive balance, the power is received equally and the voltage value is increased. In this case, each battery is continuously charged until all the batteries in the battery pack are charged (S109), that is, the preset is reached. After the operating voltage is applied, the charging process is stopped (S111). In this way, the procedure of charging the battery pack can be smoothly performed, and each battery in the battery pack can be charged on average.
而第二圖中的放電程序則接著充電程序之後進行。當電池組充電完畢後,多會置放在電子產品中進行放電(S301),也就是供電給電子產品運作。在電池組放電的過程中,則判斷電池組中是否有電池在其他電池尚未放電完畢之前,先到達了欠電壓保護點(Under Voltage Protection,UVP)(S303)。欠電壓保護點係為允許電池放電的一最低電壓臨界點,當電池組中有任一電池放電使得電壓降低到欠電壓保護點時,即必須停止再放電,以避免損壞電池。The discharge program in the second figure is then performed after the charging process. When the battery pack is fully charged, it will be placed in the electronic product for discharge (S301), that is, the power supply to the electronic product operates. During the discharge of the battery pack, it is determined whether there is a battery in the battery pack that reaches the Under Voltage Protection (UVP) before the other batteries have not been discharged (S303). The undervoltage protection point is a minimum voltage critical point that allows the battery to discharge. When any battery in the battery pack is discharged such that the voltage drops to the undervoltage protection point, the re-discharge must be stopped to avoid damage to the battery.
若在放電過程中確實有電池先到達欠電壓保護點時,則需進一步判斷該電池是否為第一群組之電池(S305),也就是在充電時因曾經到達過電壓保護點,而被調降充電時電壓基準值的電池。若先到達欠電壓保護點的電池係屬於第一群組,則可能表示在充電程序中,將此電池的電壓基準值降得太低,使得該電池放電時,復又因放電的速度快於其他電池,而先到達欠電壓保護點。在此種情況下,則減計先到達欠電壓保護點之電池的過電壓次數(S307),用以減少下一次充電時,調降該電池之電壓的幅度,接著即停止放電(S309);反之,若先到達欠電壓保護點之電池屬於第二群組,則代表電池組中之電池在正常的放電程序下,已放電到達極限,即直接停止繼續使各個電池放電的程序(S311)。If there is indeed a battery reaching the undervoltage protection point during the discharge process, it is necessary to further determine whether the battery is the first group of batteries (S305), that is, the battery is adjusted when it has reached the overvoltage protection point during charging. A battery that lowers the voltage reference value during charging. If the battery that reaches the undervoltage protection point belongs to the first group, it may indicate that the voltage reference value of the battery is lowered too low during the charging process, so that when the battery is discharged, the discharge speed is faster than Other batteries, first reach the undervoltage protection point. In this case, the number of overvoltages of the battery that first reaches the undervoltage protection point is subtracted (S307), to reduce the amplitude of the voltage of the battery during the next charging, and then the discharge is stopped (S309); On the other hand, if the battery that reaches the undervoltage protection point belongs to the second group, the battery in the battery pack has reached the limit under the normal discharge procedure, that is, the program for discharging the respective batteries is stopped (S311).
如上述步驟S303所述判斷是否有電池放電到達欠電壓保護點之後,若判斷出在放電過程中皆無電池先到達欠電壓保護點,即表示電池組中各個電池正以較為平均的速度進行放電當中,則使電池組繼續進行放電,直到電池組中的電池都放電完畢(S309),才停止放電的程序(S311)。If it is determined whether the battery discharge reaches the undervoltage protection point as described in the above step S303, if it is determined that no battery first reaches the undervoltage protection point during the discharge process, it means that each battery in the battery pack is discharging at a relatively average speed. Then, the battery pack is continuously discharged until the battery in the battery pack is discharged (S309), and the discharging process is stopped (S311).
如上所述,若屬於第一群組的電池在放電程序中,先於其他電池到達欠電壓保護點,代表在前次充電程序中該電壓的降電壓值調整得太低所致;因此,在放電程序中,當判斷出到達欠電壓保護點的電池屬於第一群組時,除了減計其過電壓次數之外,並且進一步將到達欠電壓保護點的該電池加以標記,以供次回對電池組進行充電時,減少調降該電池之降電壓值的幅度。As described above, if the battery belonging to the first group is in the discharging process, the other battery reaches the undervoltage protection point, which means that the voltage drop value of the voltage is adjusted too low in the previous charging procedure; therefore, In the discharge program, when it is determined that the battery reaching the undervoltage protection point belongs to the first group, in addition to reducing the number of overvoltages, and further marking the battery reaching the undervoltage protection point for the secondary return battery When the group is charging, the amplitude of the voltage drop of the battery is reduced.
此外,當充電過程中判斷出第一群組的電池再度到達過電壓保護點時(第一圖步驟S105),若該電池具有曾到達欠電壓保護點的標記,也就是在前次的放電程序中先到達欠電壓保護點時,表示該電池已經發生老化的現象,亦即電池可能因充放電次數過多、或電池的使用壽命即將耗盡,而使得老化電池在放電時電壓下降速度快、但充電時電壓上升速度也快的情況。在此情況下,即不執行加計過電壓次數之步驟,而僅直接停止充電,以避免過度剝奪該顆老化電池充足電壓的機會。In addition, when it is determined during the charging process that the battery of the first group reaches the overvoltage protection point again (step S105 in the first figure), if the battery has a mark that has reached the undervoltage protection point, that is, in the previous discharge program When the medium reaches the undervoltage protection point first, it indicates that the battery has been aging, that is, the battery may be discharged due to excessive charging and discharging times or the battery life is about to be exhausted. The voltage rise rate is also fast when charging. In this case, the step of adding the number of overvoltages is not performed, but only the charging is stopped directly to avoid excessive deprivation of the opportunity of sufficient voltage of the aged battery.
第三圖及第四圖進一步提供一種電池組平衡方法第二實施例的詳細流程圖,第三圖用以說明電池組充電時進行電壓平衡的流程;第四圖則說明電池組放電時的流程。The third and fourth figures further provide a detailed flowchart of the second embodiment of the battery pack balancing method. The third figure illustrates the flow of voltage balancing when the battery pack is charged; and the fourth figure illustrates the flow of the battery pack during discharge. .
在第三圖所示的電池組充電平衡流程當中,首先係由充放電控制器對電池組所包含的複數個電池開始一一充電(S501)。電池組中的各個電池都具有一過電壓次數,用以記錄各個電池在整個電池組循環進行充電、放電的過程中,曾經在其他電池尚未充電到預設之工作電壓前,就已經充電至超出工作電壓而到達過電壓保護點的次數,此項過電壓次數係可由電池平衡電路中的監控電路或微控制器來實作。為了讓電池組中的各個電池都有機會充電到達工作電壓,而非由於其中一個電池先到達停止充電的臨界點,而使得其他電池還沒有充足足夠電力前就必須停止充電,因此在本實施例中,即根據每個電池的過電壓次數為根據,將電池組中的電池分為過電壓次數大於零的第一群組和過電壓次數為零的第二群組(S503),亦即第一群組中的電池皆為曾經到達過電壓保護點的電池,而第二群組中的電池則為充電過程中未曾到達過電壓保護點的電池。例如:電池組中包括6個串聯的電池,分別命名為A、B、C、D、E、F,其中,A、B、C屬於第一群組,D、E、F則屬於第二群組。In the battery pack balancing process shown in the third figure, first, a plurality of batteries included in the battery pack are charged one by one by the charge and discharge controller (S501). Each battery in the battery pack has an over-voltage number for recording that each battery is charged and discharged during the entire battery pack cycle, and has been charged until the other battery has not been charged to the preset working voltage. The number of times the operating voltage reaches the overvoltage protection point. This number of overvoltages can be implemented by a monitoring circuit or a microcontroller in the battery balancing circuit. In order to allow each battery in the battery pack to have an opportunity to charge to reach the operating voltage, rather than having to wait for one of the batteries to reach the critical point of stopping charging, the other batteries must be stopped before charging, so in this embodiment Medium, that is, according to the number of overvoltages of each battery, the battery in the battery pack is divided into a first group whose overvoltage is greater than zero and a second group whose number of overvoltages is zero (S503), that is, The batteries in a group are the batteries that have reached the voltage protection point, and the batteries in the second group are the batteries that have not reached the voltage protection point during the charging process. For example, the battery pack includes six batteries connected in series, named A, B, C, D, E, and F, where A, B, and C belong to the first group, and D, E, and F belong to the second group. group.
分類之後,先從第二群組的電池中找出最低電壓值(S505),例如上述電池D、E、F三者在充電開始時之電壓分別為2.7伏特、2.5伏特、2.8伏特,則其中的最低電壓值即為電池E的2.5伏特,此項最低電壓值亦即第二群組之各電池在充電時進行電壓平衡的基準值。找出第二群組中的最低電壓值後,電池平衡電路中的微控制器即於控制各個電池充電時,一一判斷每一電池是否屬於第二群組(S507),若為屬於第二群組的電池,則使該電池依據所述的最低電壓值做為電壓平衡的基準值而充電(S509)。After the classification, the lowest voltage value is found from the batteries of the second group (S505). For example, the voltages of the batteries D, E, and F at the start of charging are 2.7 volts, 2.5 volts, and 2.8 volts, respectively. The lowest voltage value is 2.5 volts of battery E. The lowest voltage value is the reference value of voltage balance of each battery of the second group when charging. After finding the lowest voltage value in the second group, the microcontroller in the battery balancing circuit determines whether each battery belongs to the second group (S507) if it controls the charging of each battery, and if it belongs to the second group The battery of the group is caused to charge the battery according to the lowest voltage value as a reference value for voltage balance (S509).
舉例來說,當微控制器分別判斷出電池D、E、F屬第二群組時,即根據上述找出的最低電壓值2.5伏特,分別使電池D和F進行被動式的電壓平衡處理,亦即在為電池D、E、F充電的程序中,透過如電阻等阻性元件陸續地將電池D和F多餘的電能轉換成熱能消耗掉,藉以減少電池E與電池D和F之間的電壓差距,以避免電池D和F都已充電到達預設的工作電壓(如3.3伏特)時,電池E卻還未到達工作電壓。For example, when the microcontroller determines that the batteries D, E, and F belong to the second group, respectively, according to the minimum voltage value found above, 2.5 volts, the batteries D and F are passively balanced, respectively. That is, in the process of charging the batteries D, E, and F, the electric energy of the batteries D and F is successively converted into heat energy through a resistive element such as a resistor, thereby reducing the voltage between the battery E and the batteries D and F. The gap is such that when both batteries D and F have been charged to reach a preset operating voltage (eg, 3.3 volts), battery E has not yet reached the operating voltage.
另一方面,若微控制器判斷出電池組中的其他電池屬於第一群組時,如上述的電池A、B、C,由於該等電池在先前的充電程序中都曾發生過到達過電壓保護點的情形,可知若是第一群組的電池與第二群組的電池都採用相同的電壓平衡機制充電,則第二群組所包括的該等電池在其電壓回復到工作電壓之前,極可能就已經因第一群組中任一電池充電速度過快而到達過電壓保護點,造成整個電池組都必須停止充電,使得第二群組之電池始終無機會充電到達工作電壓的情形。因此,在本實施例中即採行先降低第一群組中電池之基準電壓的手段,增加第一群組與第二群組之電池於開始充電時的電壓差距,讓第一群組中的電池必須花較多的時間才能達到充電至工作電壓的效果,以便使第二群組之電池也有機會將電充滿。On the other hand, if the microcontroller determines that the other batteries in the battery pack belong to the first group, such as the batteries A, B, and C described above, since the batteries have reached the overvoltage in the previous charging procedure. In the case of a protection point, it can be known that if the battery of the first group and the battery of the second group are charged by the same voltage balance mechanism, the batteries included in the second group are before the voltage returns to the working voltage. It may be that the overvoltage protection point has been reached because the charging speed of any battery in the first group is too fast, so that the entire battery pack must stop charging, so that the battery of the second group has no chance to charge to reach the working voltage. Therefore, in the embodiment, the method of lowering the reference voltage of the battery in the first group is adopted, and the voltage difference between the batteries of the first group and the second group at the start of charging is increased, so that the first group is in the first group. It takes a lot of time for the battery to reach the effect of charging to the operating voltage so that the battery of the second group can also be fully charged.
因此,當微控制器判斷到屬於第一群組之電池時,則進一步判斷屬於第一群組的該電池在準備開始充電時的電壓,是否高於從第二群組中找出的最低電壓值(S511),即上述的2.5伏特;若第一群組中之電池有高於最低電壓值者,則將該電池的電壓放電到低於該最低電壓值的降電壓值後再繼續充電(S513)。例如:電池A、B、C在準備開始充電時的電壓分別為3伏特、2.4伏特及2.8伏特,其中電池A和C的電壓高於最低電壓值,因此需分別將電池A和電池C的電壓調降。調降的方式,在本實施例中採用該電池的過電壓次數和一個由設計者所設定的一電壓常數的乘積進行調整,所述的電壓常數係為調降電壓的一個單位電壓量,例如10毫伏特。假設電池A與電池C的過電壓次數分別為3次和2次,微控制器則分別將電池A和C的電壓調降到比最低電壓值2.5伏特更低30毫伏特和20毫伏特;放電調降後的電池A和電池C的降電壓值分別為2.47伏特及2.48伏特。Therefore, when the microcontroller determines that the battery belongs to the first group, it is further determined whether the voltage of the battery belonging to the first group when preparing to start charging is higher than the lowest voltage found from the second group. a value (S511), that is, 2.5 volts as described above; if the battery in the first group has a voltage higher than the lowest voltage value, discharging the voltage of the battery to a voltage drop value lower than the lowest voltage value and then continuing to charge ( S513). For example, the voltages of the batteries A, B, and C at the time of starting to charge are 3 volts, 2.4 volts, and 2.8 volts, respectively, wherein the voltages of the batteries A and C are higher than the lowest voltage, so the voltages of the battery A and the battery C are separately required. Downgrade. The mode of down regulation is adjusted in the present embodiment by using the product of the number of overvoltages of the battery and a voltage constant set by the designer, the voltage constant being a unit voltage amount of the voltage drop, for example 10 millivolts. Assuming that the number of overvoltages of battery A and battery C are 3 and 2 times, respectively, the microcontroller reduces the voltages of batteries A and C to 30 millivolts and 20 millivolts lower than the minimum voltage of 2.5 volts respectively; The voltage drop values of battery A and battery C after the reduction are 2.47 volts and 2.48 volts, respectively.
當第一群組中電壓值高於第二群組之最低電壓值的電池已調降至降電壓值後,第一群組的各電池亦開始分別根據其基準值進行充電,由上述說明可知,第一群組之電池經調整後,每一電池的基準值不一定相同,例如:電池A到C的基準值分別為:2.47伏特、2.4伏特和2.48伏特。此點與屬於第二群組之電池採用最低電壓值為共通基準值不同。When the battery in the first group whose voltage value is higher than the lowest voltage value of the second group has been adjusted to the voltage drop value, the batteries of the first group also start to be charged according to the reference values respectively, as can be seen from the above description. After the batteries of the first group are adjusted, the reference values of each battery are not necessarily the same. For example, the reference values of the batteries A to C are 2.47 volts, 2.4 volts, and 2.48 volts, respectively. This point is different from the battery belonging to the second group using the lowest voltage value as the common reference value.
接著,在充電的過程中,仍需繼續監控第一群組中的電池是否再度到達過電壓保護點(S515),若第一群組中的電池雖然調降電壓,但仍在其他電池尚未充電到達工作電壓時,即已經到達過電壓保護點(如3.7伏特),表示該電池的降電壓值仍然過高,此時需再進一步判斷再度到達過電壓保護點的電池是否在先前的放電過程中被標記曾到達欠電壓保護點(S517),若是,則表示該電池已經老化,充電快、耗電也快;或是對該電池的降電壓值調整已經調降太多,使得該電池無法正常蓄電,此種情況下,即使電池再度到達過電壓保護點,微控制器亦不加計其過電壓次數,而僅是停止對電池組充電(S523)。但若第一群組中的電池經調降電壓後,在充電過程中再度到達過電壓保護點(S515)、且並無在放電時到達欠電壓保護點的記錄時(S517),則使微控制器加計一次該電池的過電壓次數後(S519),才停止對各個電池繼續充電(S523),例如電池A經降壓後仍到達過電壓保護點,且無欠電壓的記錄,則其過電壓次數就從3次增加到4次。如此一來,當次回再對電池組充電時,若最低電壓值仍是2.5伏特,電池A的降電壓值則會降低至2.46伏特。Then, during the charging process, it is still necessary to continue to monitor whether the battery in the first group reaches the overvoltage protection point again (S515). If the battery in the first group lowers the voltage, but the other battery is not yet charged. When the working voltage is reached, the overvoltage protection point (such as 3.7 volts) has been reached, indicating that the battery's voltage drop is still too high. In this case, it is necessary to further determine whether the battery that reaches the overvoltage protection point is in the previous discharge process. Marked to reach the undervoltage protection point (S517), if it is, the battery has been aging, charging fast, power consumption is fast; or the battery voltage drop adjustment has been adjusted too much, making the battery not normal In this case, even if the battery reaches the overvoltage protection point again, the microcontroller does not count the number of overvoltages, but simply stops charging the battery pack (S523). However, if the battery in the first group is subjected to the voltage drop, the overvoltage protection point is reached again during the charging process (S515), and the recording of the undervoltage protection point is not reached during the discharging (S517), After the controller adds the number of overvoltages of the battery once (S519), the charging of each battery is stopped (S523). For example, after the battery A is stepped down to reach the overvoltage protection point, and there is no undervoltage recording, the overvoltage is The number of times has increased from 3 to 4. In this way, when the battery pack is recharged again, if the minimum voltage is still 2.5 volts, the voltage drop of battery A will be reduced to 2.46 volts.
此外,第二群組的電池根據最低電壓值實行電池D、E、F的電壓平衡後(S509),在充電過程中,若其中有一者如同第一群組的電池,在其他電池充電完成前,充電量爆增以致於到達過電壓保護點(例如:電池D)時,則亦應加計到達過電壓保護點的電池的過電壓次數,也就是從零變成一,並且全部停止電池組中各個電池的充電程序。如此一來,當次回電池組準備進行充電時,原本分類於第二群組的電池D,即會改分類到第一群組當中,依照上述步驟S511以下的流程充電。In addition, after the battery of the second group performs the voltage balance of the batteries D, E, and F according to the lowest voltage value (S509), if one of the batteries is like the battery of the first group during the charging process, before the other batteries are charged. When the amount of charge increases so that the overvoltage protection point (for example, battery D) is reached, the number of overvoltages of the battery reaching the overvoltage protection point should also be increased, that is, from zero to one, and all stops in the battery pack. Battery charging procedure. In this way, when the secondary battery pack is ready to be charged, the battery D originally classified in the second group is classified into the first group, and is charged according to the process below step S511.
第四圖所述的放電流程,則可接續在第三圖的充電流程之後,亦或是在第四圖的放電程序完成後,接著進行第三圖的充電程序。放電程序開始時,充放電控制器對電池組的複數個電池一一放電(S701);並且持續判斷是否有電池先到達欠電壓保護點(S703),也就是允許電池放電的最低安全臨界值,例如:2伏特。若電池組中尚無電池到達欠電壓保護點,則進一步判斷電池組中的電池是否都已放電完畢(S705),若監控電路已判斷出各個電池都已放電完畢,即可停止放電(S713),以待電池組進行第三圖所示的充電程序;反之,若電池組中的電池尚未全部放電完畢,則繼續由充放電控制器一一放電,並返回判斷有無電池到達欠電壓保護點的步驟(S703)。The discharge process described in the fourth figure can be continued after the charging process of the third figure, or after the discharge process of the fourth figure is completed, followed by the charging process of the third figure. At the beginning of the discharge process, the charge and discharge controller discharges the plurality of batteries of the battery pack one by one (S701); and continuously determines whether the battery first reaches the undervoltage protection point (S703), that is, the minimum safety threshold for allowing the battery to discharge, For example: 2 volts. If there is no battery in the battery pack to reach the undervoltage protection point, it is further determined whether the battery in the battery pack has been discharged (S705), and if the monitoring circuit has judged that each battery has been discharged, the discharge can be stopped (S713). Wait for the battery pack to perform the charging procedure shown in the third figure; otherwise, if the batteries in the battery pack have not been completely discharged, continue to be discharged by the charge and discharge controller one by one, and return to determine whether the battery reaches the undervoltage protection point. Step (S703).
若在放電過程中,偵測到有電池在其他電池都放電完畢之前先到達欠電壓保護點,則先將該電池加以標記(S707),接著再判斷被標記的此一電池是否屬於第一群組(S709),此步驟之目的即是為了呼應上述第三圖中的步驟S517,用以判斷屬於第一群組的電池是否在充電程序中,開始充電時的電壓基準值被調降太多。因此,若到達欠電壓保護點的電池確實屬於第一群組,則在放電程序中先行減計其過電壓次數(S711)後,再使全部的電池都停止放電(S713)。If during the discharge process, it is detected that the battery reaches the undervoltage protection point before the other batteries are discharged, the battery is first marked (S707), and then it is determined whether the marked battery belongs to the first group. Group (S709), the purpose of this step is to respond to step S517 in the above third figure, to determine whether the battery belonging to the first group is in the charging process, and the voltage reference value at the start of charging is lowered too much. . Therefore, if the battery that has reached the undervoltage protection point does belong to the first group, the number of overvoltages is first reduced in the discharge program (S711), and then all of the batteries are stopped (S713).
延續第三圖中所使用的例子,假設係為電池C先到達欠電壓保護點,則表示在前一次的充電程序中,將電池C的降電壓值調降過多,雖然避免了電池C再次到達過電壓保護點,但卻使其在放電時,因放電的速度較快,在其放電的起始點從過電壓保護點3.7伏特降低到工作電壓3.3伏特後,在相同的時間之內,放電後剩餘的電壓可能從2.8伏特迅速降低到欠電壓保護點2伏特。因此,為了平衡過電壓及欠電壓的情形,此時微控制器會先將電池C的過電壓次數由2次減為1次。藉此,當次回電池組充電時,電池C的充電基準值調降幅度縮小,其充電後電壓數可控制在工作電壓和過電壓保護點之間,而再下一次的放電後,亦可降低電池C電壓過低的風險。Continuing the example used in the third figure, assuming that the battery C first reaches the undervoltage protection point, it means that in the previous charging procedure, the voltage drop value of the battery C is lowered too much, although the battery C is prevented from reaching again. Overvoltage protection point, but when it is discharged, due to the faster discharge speed, after the discharge starting point is reduced from the overvoltage protection point of 3.7 volts to the working voltage of 3.3 volts, within the same time, the discharge The remaining voltage may drop rapidly from 2.8 volts to 2 volts below the undervoltage protection point. Therefore, in order to balance the overvoltage and undervoltage conditions, the microcontroller will first reduce the number of overvoltages of the battery C from 2 times to 1 time. Thereby, when the battery pack is recharged, the charging reference value of the battery C is reduced in amplitude, and the number of voltages after charging can be controlled between the working voltage and the overvoltage protection point, and can be lowered after the next discharge. The risk of battery C voltage being too low.
最後,若根據步驟S709之判斷,發現到達欠電壓保護點而被標記的電池非屬於第一群組,亦即為屬於第二群組的電池,則直接停止對電池組放電(S713)。Finally, if it is found according to the judgment of step S709 that the battery that has reached the undervoltage protection point and is marked does not belong to the first group, that is, the battery belonging to the second group, the battery pack is directly stopped (S713).
綜合上述實施例的說明,本發明已詳實揭露了一種電池組平衡機制,將電池組中的各個電池依照其特性分類,並根據不同的分類適用不同的控制電壓的手段,改善了原本不分電池特性,一律適用相同的平衡手段所產生電池無法平均充、放電的問題,實際地提高了電池組的蓄電能力和整體的使用壽命。In view of the above description of the embodiments, the present invention has disclosed a battery pack balancing mechanism, which classifies each battery in the battery pack according to its characteristics, and applies different control voltages according to different classifications, thereby improving the original battery. The characteristics are all applicable to the problem that the battery generated by the same balancing means cannot be charged and discharged on average, and the storage capacity and overall service life of the battery pack are actually improved.
然而,上述各實施例中所述的流程步驟和元件名稱,皆僅用於舉例說明本發明技術之精神及手段,非用以限制本發明之保護範圍,因此,將電池組分類的依據亦不限於以過電壓次數是否大於零為分界,熟悉該項技術者自可經適當地調整參數後,改變分類的門檻值(例如:過電壓次數三次以下採用最低電壓值;超過三次者才採用降電壓值),或採用過電壓次數以外的分類標準,只要能將充電速度較快、易於到達過電壓保護點者與其他電池加以區隔即可。因此,凡根據本發明之精神所進行之變形和修改,仍皆為本發明所請求保護之範圍。However, the process steps and the component names described in the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the spirit and the means of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the basis for classifying the battery pack is not It is limited to whether the number of overvoltages is greater than zero. Those who are familiar with the technology can change the threshold of the classification after adjusting the parameters appropriately (for example, the minimum voltage value is less than three times of overvoltage; the voltage is reduced after three times. Value), or a classification standard other than the number of overvoltages, as long as the charging speed is fast and the overvoltage protection point is easily separated from other batteries. Therefore, all modifications and variations of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.
S101-S111...流程步驟S101-S111. . . Process step
S301-S311...流程步驟S301-S311. . . Process step
S501-S523...流程步驟S501-S523. . . Process step
S701-S713...流程步驟S701-S713. . . Process step
第一圖:本發明所提供的一種電池組平衡方法第一實施例的充電流程圖;First: a charging flowchart of a first embodiment of a battery pack balancing method provided by the present invention;
第二圖:本發明所提供的一種電池組平衡方法第一實施例的放電流程圖;Second: a discharge flow chart of a first embodiment of a battery pack balancing method provided by the present invention;
第三圖:本發明所提供的一種電池組平衡方法第二實施例的充電流程圖;及FIG. 3 is a charging flowchart of a second embodiment of a battery pack balancing method provided by the present invention; and
第四圖:本發明所提供的一種電池組平衡方法第二實施例的放電流程圖。Fourth: A discharge flow chart of a second embodiment of a battery pack balancing method provided by the present invention.
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