Detailed Description
It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the technical solution of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.
In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, some terms related to the embodiments of the present application are briefly described below.
1. Battery cell
The battery cell is the most basic unit of a battery, which is the smallest independent electric energy storage unit in a battery system, and consists of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte and a separator, and can store and release electric energy through chemical reaction. The battery cells have minimum capacity and voltage, and it is generally necessary for a plurality of battery cells to be connected in series or in parallel to form a battery module.
2. Battery module
The battery module is generally formed by combining a plurality of battery cells in a serial-parallel connection manner. In some examples, the Battery module further includes components such as a Battery management system (Battery MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BMS), a thermal management system (THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TMS), connectors, a housing, and the like. The battery module may provide higher voltage and capacity than the battery cells, and is generally used in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and the like. It is noted that the battery module may include at least one battery cell.
3. Battery pack
The battery pack is formed by combining a plurality of battery modules in a serial-parallel connection mode. In some examples, the battery pack also includes the necessary electrical connections, battery management systems, thermal management systems, and other protective components, among others. The battery pack can provide higher voltage and capacity, and is a final assembly form of battery systems of electric automobiles, energy storage systems and the like.
4. Residual electric quantity
The State Of Charge (SOC) is the ratio Of the amount Of available power in the battery to the nominal capacity. For each cell in the battery pack, there is a corresponding SOC that indicates the state of charge of the cell. For the entire battery pack, there is also a corresponding total SOC that indicates the state of charge of the battery pack.
5. Cumulative polarization
The accumulated polarization refers to a phenomenon in which charges are accumulated inside the battery during charge and discharge of the battery due to electrochemical reactions of electrode materials, electrolyte, and an electrode surface solid electrolyte interface film. This charge accumulation causes a drop in the internal voltage, which results in a drop in the terminal voltage of the battery. The voltage drop caused by the accumulated polarization is a comprehensive concept including the voltage drop of the battery during charge and discharge due to various reasons. These reasons can be divided into several main types:
(1) Ohmic polarization
Voltage drop due to internal resistance of the battery (including contact resistance of electrode material, electrolyte, separator and electrode to electrolyte interface). This voltage drop is instantaneous and once the current ceases, the ohmic polarization disappears.
(2) Concentration polarization
Voltage drop due to non-uniform ion concentration inside the battery. During charge and discharge, the concentration difference of lithium ions between the surface and the interior of the electrode causes charge imbalance on the surface of the electrode.
(3) Electrochemical polarization
The voltage drop due to the electrochemical reaction rate is not followed by the current change. This involves charge transfer reactions at the electrode surface and deposition of material at the electrode surface.
The "accumulation" in the accumulated polarization means that these polarization phenomena are gradually accumulated during repeated charge and discharge of the battery, resulting in gradual degradation of the battery performance. When referring to the voltage drop caused by cumulative polarization, it generally includes voltage drops caused by ohmic impedance, as well as voltage drops caused by concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization. The cumulative effects of these voltage drops can affect the overall performance of the battery, including reduced capacity, reduced efficiency, and reduced life.
6. Allowable discharge current
The allowable discharge current refers to the maximum discharge current that the battery pack can safely withstand, and exceeding this current value may adversely affect the performance and life of the battery pack. The allowable discharge current is typically determined by the battery manufacturer based on the design and test results of the battery and is provided in the battery's technical specifications.
7. Allowable discharge power
The allowable discharge power refers to the maximum discharge power allowed by the battery under specific conditions, and this power value is determined by the battery manufacturer according to the design and performance test of the battery. The allowable discharge power is critical to the safe use and performance of the battery.
8. Under-voltage
The "under-voltage" means that the voltage of the battery cells or the battery modules in the battery pack drops below a specific threshold of its normal operating voltage during the discharging process. For lithium ion batteries, there is a minimum operating voltage limit for each cell, and if the cell voltage falls below this limit during discharge, an under-voltage is considered to occur.
The undervoltage phenomenon may lead to the following problems:
(1) The battery performance is reduced, and the performance of the battery is damaged by long-term under-voltage operation, so that the cycle life of the battery is reduced. (2) Battery damage-severe under-voltage may cause irreversible changes in the internal chemistry of the battery, resulting in battery damage and even failure. (3) Safety risks lithium batteries may be safe to operate in under-voltage conditions, such as internal short circuits or leaks.
In a battery management system, the pre-undervoltage threshold is a predetermined protection voltage value that is generally above the minimum operating voltage limit of the battery cell. When the voltage of the battery cell drops to the pre-undervoltage threshold, the battery management system takes measures to limit the discharge current or power so as to prevent the voltage of the battery cell from further dropping to the undervoltage state. The setting of the pre-undervoltage threshold value needs to comprehensively consider factors such as the type, specification, use condition, safety requirement, performance target and the like of the battery.
For a better understanding of the technical solution of the present application, the following detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments.
The popularization of electric vehicles makes the stability of the power battery during discharging particularly important, and particularly, the under-voltage fault is avoided. When the vehicle is rapidly accelerated or decelerated, the battery is easy to generate polarization, so that the voltage of the battery is rapidly reduced, and even under-voltage conditions can be triggered.
In order to ensure the running safety of the vehicle, various properties of the power battery need to be monitored. One useful property is battery terminal voltage. The battery terminal voltage may be used to delineate the allowable charge cut-off voltage and discharge cut-off voltage to provide information for determining the usage boundaries of the power battery and preventing over-discharge of the battery from occurring.
The prior method is that a battery management system monitors the voltage of the minimum battery unit in real time, and the battery management system limits allowable discharge power and/or allowable discharge current according to the voltage of the minimum battery unit, so as to ensure that the battery operates in a safe voltage range, thereby preventing the battery from being under-voltage and ensuring the safe running of the electric automobile.
However, the method of limiting the allowable discharge power and/or the allowable discharge current according to the voltage of the minimum battery cell cannot predict the risk of the under-voltage at the future time in advance, and the under-voltage prevention effect is not good.
Aiming at the problem, the embodiment of the application provides a discharge control method, which comprises the steps of firstly obtaining the residual capacity, the temperature and the actual voltage of a minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, obtaining the actual current and the allowable discharge current of a battery pack at the current sampling time, wherein the minimum battery cell is the battery cell with the minimum residual capacity in a plurality of battery cells of the battery pack, secondly, according to the residual capacity, the temperature, the actual current and the allowable discharge current of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, and at least one of the actual voltages of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time and N sampling times before the current sampling time, predicting the voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to accumulated polarization, and finally, according to the actual voltage and the voltage drop at the current sampling time, determining the predicted voltage of the minimum battery cell at the future time.
Because the battery pack has accumulated polarization in the use process, and the accumulated polarization is a main factor causing the voltage drop of the battery, in the embodiment, when the predicted voltage of the minimum battery cell at the future moment is determined, the predicted voltage is more close to the polarization state of the battery pack at the future moment due to the voltage drop caused by the accumulated polarization in the use process of the battery pack, so that the discharging control method in the embodiment of the application can predict whether the battery pack at the future moment has the under-voltage risk in advance according to the predicted voltage, thereby controlling the allowable discharging current and/or the allowable discharging power of the battery pack in advance, further preventing the under-voltage of the battery and improving the safety performance of the battery pack.
It should be noted that the execution body of the present embodiment may be a device having a data acquisition function, a data processing function, and a program running function, for example, a battery management system, or an electric vehicle, an electric bicycle, or the like including the battery management system.
The present embodiment and the following embodiments will be described below with reference to a battery management system as an example.
Based on the foregoing, an embodiment of the present application provides a discharge control method, and referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a first embodiment of the discharge control method of the present application.
In this embodiment, the discharge control method includes steps S10 to S40:
step S10, obtaining the residual capacity, the temperature and the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling moment, and obtaining the actual current and the allowable discharge current of the battery pack at the current sampling moment.
The battery management system may set a fixed sampling period to obtain the relevant data of the battery pack, and sampling is performed every other sampling period. For example, the sampling period may be set to 100 milliseconds, with sampling every 100 milliseconds. Alternatively, the battery management system may set a fixed sampling time, for example, 0 ms, 50 ms, 80 ms, etc., and acquire the relevant data of the battery pack according to the fixed sampling time.
For each sampling time, the battery management system acquires the residual quantity SOC, the temperature T and the actual voltage Vmin of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, and acquires the actual current I and the allowable discharge current Ip of the whole battery pack at the current sampling time. The minimum battery cell is the battery cell with the least residual electric quantity in the battery cells of the battery pack.
The battery management system is internally provided with a permitted discharge ammeter in advance, wherein the permitted discharge ammeter comprises permitted discharge currents corresponding to a battery pack when the minimum battery cells in the battery pack are at different temperatures and different residual electric quantities. And according to the residual electric quantity and the temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling moment, the allowable discharge current Ip of the minimum battery cell corresponding to the current sampling moment can be obtained by inquiring an allowable discharge ammeter in a linear difference value table look-up mode.
Step S20, predicting the voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to accumulated polarization according to the residual capacity and temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, the actual current and allowable discharge current of the battery pack, and the actual voltages of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time and N sampling times before the current sampling time.
During use of the battery pack, the internal charge of the battery accumulates due to the electrochemical reaction, i.e., there is an accumulated polarization of the battery. Due to the polarization phenomenon, the battery voltage may be reduced. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when determining the predicted voltage of the smallest battery cell at the future time, the voltage drop of the battery pack caused by the accumulated polarization during use needs to be considered. Based on this, in this step, the voltage drop of the battery pack due to the accumulated polarization at the future time is predicted according to the remaining power and temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, the actual current and allowable discharge current of the battery pack, and the actual voltages of the minimum battery cells at the current sampling time and N sampling times before the current sampling time.
Step S30, according to the actual voltage and the voltage drop at the current sampling time, determining the predicted voltage of the minimum battery cell at the future time.
Step S40, the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack are controlled according to the predicted voltage.
Specifically, for the above-described step S30 and step S40, the voltage Vp of the minimum cell at the future time can be calculated by the following equation (1):
Vp=Vmin-∆V(1)
where Vmin is the actual voltage of the smallest cell at the current sampling time and fatin V is the voltage drop due to accumulated polarization at the future time.
In this embodiment, when determining the predicted voltage of the minimum battery cell at the future time, the predicted voltage is closer to the polarization state of the battery pack at the future time due to the voltage drop caused by the accumulated polarization in the use process of the battery pack, so that the discharging control method in the embodiment of the application can predict whether the battery pack at the future time has an under-voltage risk in advance according to the predicted voltage, thereby controlling the allowable discharging current and/or the allowable discharging power of the battery pack in advance and further preventing the under-voltage of the battery.
Next, it is explained how to predict the voltage drop of the battery pack due to the accumulated polarization at a future time.
The accumulated polarization of the battery includes ohmic polarization, concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization, and all three polarization phenomena of the battery lead to voltage drop of the battery, so that in the embodiment, when the voltage drop caused by the accumulated polarization of the battery pack at the future moment is predicted, the voltage drop caused by the three polarization relations needs to be predicted. Referring specifically to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a discharge control method according to a second embodiment of the present application. Step S20 in the first embodiment includes step S201 and step S202.
Step S201, predicting a first voltage drop of the battery pack due to ohmic polarization at a future time according to the remaining power, temperature, actual current and allowable discharge current of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time.
Since the voltage drop caused by ohmic polarization is related to the variation of the current, in this embodiment, the first voltage drop caused by ohmic polarization of the battery pack at the future time is predicted according to the actual current, allowable discharge current, the residual capacity of the minimum cell, and the temperature of the battery pack at the current sampling time.
Step S202, predicting a second voltage drop of the battery pack at a future time due to concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization according to the current sampling time and the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell at N sampling times before the current sampling time.
Since the ohmic polarization is instantaneous, it disappears once the current stops changing. And the battery pack has small current variation in the stable discharge stage, so that ohmic polarization caused by current variation is negligible. The concentration polarization and the electrochemical polarization are gradually accumulated in the repeated discharging process of the battery, so that in the embodiment, the second voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to the concentration polarization and the electrochemical polarization can be predicted according to the historical data of the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell, namely, the current sampling time and the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell at N sampling times before the current sampling time, so that the predicted second voltage drop is more fit with the states of the concentration polarization and the electrochemical polarization at the future time of the battery, and the predicted second voltage drop is more accurate.
In this embodiment, since the ohmic polarization is instantaneous and the concentration polarization and the electrochemical polarization are gradually accumulated, the first voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to the ohmic polarization is predicted according to the residual capacity and the temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, the actual current of the battery pack and the allowable discharge current, and the second voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to the concentration polarization and the electrochemical polarization is predicted according to the actual voltages of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time and N sampling times before the current sampling time, wherein the sum of the first voltage drop and the second voltage drop is the voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to the accumulated polarization. That is, for the voltage drop caused by polarization with different properties, different calculation modes are adopted to calculate, so that the accuracy of predicting the voltage drop caused by accumulated polarization is further improved.
A description will be given below of how to predict the first voltage drop of the battery pack due to ohmic polarization at a future time.
In one possible implementation, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a third embodiment of the discharge control method of the present application. Step S201 in the second embodiment includes step S2011 and step S2012.
And step 2011, determining the ohmic impedance of the battery pack according to the residual electric quantity and the temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time.
The battery management system is internally provided with a battery ohm impedance meter in advance, and the battery ohm impedance meter comprises the ohm impedance actually measured by the minimum battery monomer at different temperatures and different residual electric quantities. According to the residual electric quantity and the temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling moment, the ohmic impedance meter of the battery can be queried in a linear interpolation table look-up mode to obtain the ohmic impedance R0 of the minimum battery cell corresponding to the current sampling moment.
Step 2012, predicting a first voltage drop of the battery pack due to ohmic polarization at a future time according to the actual current, allowable discharge current and ohmic impedance of the battery pack at the current sampling time.
In this embodiment, the actual current of the battery pack is signed, the actual current is positive, which indicates that the battery pack is discharging, and the actual current is negative, which indicates that the battery pack is recharging. The recharging of the battery pack refers to the process of recovering energy and storing the energy in the battery through an energy recovery mechanism in the using process of the battery pack. The recharging of the battery pack electric quantity is different from the recharging of the battery pack, the recharging of the battery pack needs an external power supply, and the recharging of the battery pack electric quantity does not need the external power supply.
Whether the battery pack is discharging or recharging, the first voltage drop, fatv 1, due to ohmic polarization, R0, at a future time can be calculated by the following equation (2):
∆V1=(Ip-I)*R0(2)
Wherein Ip is the allowable discharge current of the battery pack at the current sampling time, I is the actual current of the battery pack at the current sampling time, and R0 is the ohmic impedance of the battery pack at the current sampling time. In the case of a controlled discharge, I is less than or equal to Ip.
In this embodiment, the first voltage drop caused by ohmic polarization after the current rise at the future time is predicted by presetting the current rise of the battery pack from the actual current I at the current sampling time to the allowable discharge current Ip at the future time, so that the accuracy of predicting the first voltage drop at the future time is improved.
A description will be given below of how to determine the second pressure drop due to concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization at a future time.
In one possible implementation, the second voltage drop of the future time cell pack due to concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization may be predicted by calculating a weighted average historical voltage drop N sample periods before the current sample time. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a discharge control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present application. Step S202 in the second embodiment includes step S2021 and step S2022.
Step S2021, determining a weighted average historical voltage drop of N sampling periods before the current sampling time according to the current sampling time and the actual voltage of the minimum cell at N sampling times before the current sampling time.
In this embodiment, the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time and the actual voltages of the minimum battery cells at the N sampling times before the current sampling time add up to the actual voltages of the minimum battery cells at n+1 sampling times. And taking two adjacent sampling moments as a sampling period, calculating the voltage drop of the minimum battery cell of the N sampling periods according to the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell of the N+1 sampling moments, and calculating the weighted average historical voltage drop of the N sampling periods according to the voltage drop of the minimum battery cell of the N sampling periods, wherein the weighted average historical voltage drop is used for representing the voltage of the minimum battery cell, which is possibly reduced in one sampling period.
Step S2022 predicts a second voltage drop of the battery pack at the future time due to concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization based on the weighted average historical voltage drop N sampling periods prior to the current sampling time.
The "future time" is assumed to be a time after a preset time period from the current sampling time, and assuming that the preset time period is fatt 1 and the weighted average historical pressure drop of N sampling periods before the current sampling time is dV, the second pressure drop caused by concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization at the future time may be that the weighted average historical pressure drop is dV multiplied by the preset time period fatt 1, that is v2=dv×× t1.
In this embodiment, the historical pressure drop can be understood as the pressure drop caused by concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization, so that the weighted average historical pressure drop of N sampling periods before the current sampling time is calculated to predict the second pressure drop caused by concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization of the battery pack at the future time, and the accuracy of predicting the second pressure drop at the future time is improved.
The battery polarization is serious in a high-current discharge scene, so that the voltage drop rate is high, and the battery polarization is light in a low-current discharge scene, so that the voltage drop rate is low. Therefore, in order to accurately predict the second voltage drop of the battery pack caused by concentration polarization and electrochemical polarization at the future time, the current charge-discharge scene of the battery pack needs to be considered, and the calculation mode of the corresponding second voltage drop is determined according to the current charge-discharge scene of the battery pack.
In this embodiment, the current charge and discharge scenario of the battery pack is distinguished by the variation trend of the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in the N sampling periods, and the weighted average historical voltage drops corresponding to different charge and discharge scenarios are determined according to the calculation mode of the weighted average historical voltage drops corresponding to the variation trend, so that the prediction result is more accurate. Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a fifth embodiment of a discharge control method according to the present application. Step S2021 in the fourth embodiment includes steps S2021-1 to S2021-2.
Step S2021-1, determining the variation trend of the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery unit in the N sampling periods according to the current sampling time and the actual voltages of the minimum battery unit in the N sampling times before the current sampling time.
In one implementation, the voltage drop of each of the N sampling periods before the current sampling time can be calculated from the current sampling time and the actual voltage of the smallest cell of the N sampling times before the previous sampling time. Assuming that the current sampling time is t10, the actual voltage of the corresponding minimum battery cell is vmin_10, and the times before the sampling time are t9, t8, t7 and t6, the voltage drop corresponding to one sampling period, i.e. the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell corresponding to the time t9 is vmin_9 and t 9-t 10, is vmin_10-vmin_9.
The voltage drop of each sampling period is divided by the duration of each sampling period to obtain the voltage drop rate in the sampling period, so that the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in the N sampling periods and the change trend of the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in the N sampling periods can be calculated according to the voltage drop of each sampling period in the N sampling periods before the current sampling time.
In another implementation manner, the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time and N sampling times before the previous sampling time can be displayed in a coordinate system with the time on the horizontal axis and the voltage on the vertical axis, a change curve of the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell is obtained through fitting and other modes, and the change trend of the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery cell is determined according to the change curve of the actual voltage of the minimum battery cell.
Step S2021-2, determining the weighted average historical voltage drop of N sampling periods before the current sampling time according to the variation trend of the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in the N sampling periods and the calculation mode of the weighted average historical voltage drop corresponding to the variation trend.
Under the high-current discharge scene, the battery polarization condition is serious, the voltage drop rate is faster, and under the low-current discharge scene, the battery polarization condition is lighter, and the voltage drop rate is slower. The discharging scene of the battery pack in the N sampling periods can be judged according to the variation trend of the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery unit in the N sampling periods. For example, a voltage drop rate in the first few sample periods being greater than a voltage drop rate in the last few sample periods indicates that the battery pack is discharged with a high current and then with a low current, whereas a voltage drop rate in the first few sample periods being less than a voltage drop rate in the last few sample periods indicates that the battery pack is discharged with a low current and then with a high current.
The scene of battery pack discharge can comprise (1) continuous heavy current discharge, (2) continuous light current discharge, (3) first heavy current discharge and then light current discharge, (4) first light current discharge and then heavy current discharge, (5) first heavy current discharge, continuous heavy current discharge after recharging the battery, (6) first light current discharge, continuous light current discharge after recharging the battery, (7) first heavy current discharge, second light current discharge after recharging the battery, and (8) first light current discharge, and second heavy current discharge after recharging the battery.
Because the battery polarization is serious in a heavy current discharge scene, if the battery is discharged with a heavy current and then discharged with a small current, the voltage drop generated in the heavy current discharge stage needs to be considered when determining the weighted average historical voltage drop corresponding to the discharge scene. If the battery is discharged with small current and then with large current, the voltage drop generated in the small current discharging stage can be ignored when the weighted average historical voltage drop corresponding to the discharging scene is determined, and the weighted average historical voltage drop corresponding to the discharging scene can be calculated directly according to the voltage drop generated in the large current discharging stage.
Based on the above considerations, the trend of the voltage drop rate corresponding to the above-mentioned 8 battery pack discharging scenarios can be classified into two categories:
(1) If the change trend is that the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery cell in the continuous p1 sampling periods is larger than the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery cell in the continuous q1 sampling periods in the N sampling periods, wherein the sum of p1 and q1 is smaller than or equal to N, and the continuous p1 sampling periods are positioned before the continuous q1 sampling periods.
That is, the battery pack is discharged with a large current in the first p1 sampling periods and discharged with a small current in the last q1 sampling periods, and if the sum of p1 and q1 is smaller than N, there may be a case that the battery is recharged. The battery polarization is serious in a high-current discharge scene, and is lighter in a low-current discharge scene. Therefore, the weight value a of the voltage drop corresponding to the first p1 sampling periods can be set to be larger, and the weight value b of the voltage drop corresponding to the last q1 sampling periods is set to be smaller, i.e. a is greater than or equal to b.
The weighted average historical pressure drop dV for N sample periods can be expressed by the following equation (3):
dV=dV1*a+dV2*b(3)
wherein dV1 is a first average historical pressure drop in p1 continuous sampling periods, dV2 is a second average historical pressure drop in q1 continuous sampling periods, a is a weight value of the first average historical pressure drop, b is a weight value of the second average historical pressure drop, the sum of a and b is 1, and a is greater than or equal to b.
As shown in fig. 6, the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in p2 consecutive sampling periods is greater than the voltage drop rate of the minimum battery cell in q2 consecutive sampling periods, and p2+q2=n, i.e. the battery is in a small current discharge scenario after a large current discharge. Since the cumulative polarization of the high-current discharge phase is greater than that of the low-current discharge phase, the weight value a of the first average historical voltage drop dV1 in the consecutive p1 sampling periods is greater than or equal to the weight value b of the second average historical voltage drop in the consecutive q1 sampling periods, and the sum of a and b is 1. Then the weighted average historical voltage drop dv=dv1×a+dv2×b for N sampling periods.
Referring to fig. 7, the voltage drop rate of the minimum cell in the consecutive p2 sampling periods is greater than the voltage drop rate of the minimum cell in the consecutive q2 sampling periods, and p2+q2< N, that is, the battery is in a heavy-current discharge-after-recharge-to-light-current discharge scenario, since the cumulative polarization of the heavy-current discharge phase is greater than the cumulative polarization of the light-current discharge phase, the weight value a of the first average historical voltage drop dV1 in the consecutive p1 sampling periods is greater than or equal to the weight value b of the second average historical voltage drop in the consecutive q1 sampling periods, and the sum of a and b is 1. Then the weighted average historical voltage drop dv=dv1×a+dv2×b for N sampling periods.
(2) If the change trend is that the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery cell in the continuous p2 sampling periods is smaller than or equal to the voltage dropping rate of the minimum battery cell in the continuous q2 sampling periods in the N sampling periods, wherein the sum of p2 and q2 is smaller than or equal to N, and the continuous p2 sampling periods are positioned before the continuous q2 sampling periods.
That is, the battery pack is discharged with a small current in the first p2 sampling periods and discharged with a large current in the last q2 sampling periods, and if the sum of p1 and q1 is smaller than N, there may be a case that the battery is recharged. The battery polarization is serious in a high-current discharge scene, and is lighter in a low-current discharge scene. Therefore, the voltage drop caused in the first p2 sampling periods can be ignored, and the weight value of the voltage drop corresponding to the last q2 sampling periods is set to be 1.
The weighted average historical pressure drop dV for N sample periods can be expressed by the following equation (4):
dV=dV3(4)
where dV3 is the third average historical pressure drop over consecutive q2 sample periods.
Referring to fig. 8, the voltage drop rate of the smallest cell in consecutive p2 sampling periods is equal to the voltage drop rate of the smallest cell in consecutive q2 sampling periods, i.e., the battery is in a continuous high current or continuous low current discharge scenario, and the cumulative polarization can be considered continuous, at which time the weighted average historical voltage drop dv=the third average historical voltage drop in consecutive q2 sampling periods. Wherein the dashed line in fig. 8 is used to represent the boundary of p2 sampling periods and q2 sampling periods.
Referring to fig. 9, the voltage drop rate of the minimum cell in the consecutive p2 sampling periods is smaller than the voltage drop rate of the minimum cell in the consecutive q2 sampling periods, that is, the battery is in a scenario of discharging a small current followed by discharging a large current, at which time the weighted average historical voltage drop dv=the third average historical voltage drop in the consecutive q2 sampling periods.
In one implementation, controlling the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack according to the predicted voltage includes controlling the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack according to a preset control strategy if the predicted voltage is less than a pre-undervoltage threshold.
The battery management system may compare the predicted voltage with a pre-under-voltage threshold by determining a predicted voltage of the smallest cell at a future time, and if the predicted voltage is less than the pre-under-voltage threshold, then the predicted voltage may indicate that the battery pack may be under-voltage at the future time. At this time, the battery management system may control the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack according to a preset control strategy, for example, reduce the allowable discharge current and/or reduce the allowable discharge power. The battery management system may adjust the allowable discharge power or the allowable discharge current alone or both, depending on the specific application scenario and battery characteristics, while preventing the battery pack from being under-voltage.
In the above embodiment, in step S10, if the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack are/is adjusted based on the predicted voltage, that is, the actual allowable discharge current of the battery pack is different from the allowable discharge current obtained by looking up the table based on the remaining capacity and the temperature of the battery pack, the predicted voltage at the next sampling time is calculated based on the adjusted allowable discharge current.
In the embodiment, the battery management system compares the predicted voltage with the pre-undervoltage threshold value, and can predict whether the battery pack has an undervoltage risk in future time in advance, so that the undervoltage of the battery is prevented in advance, and the safety performance of the battery pack is improved.
The present application also provides a battery management system, referring to fig. 10, the battery management system includes:
The sampling circuit 10 is configured to obtain a remaining capacity, a temperature, and an actual voltage of a minimum battery cell at a current sampling time, and obtain an actual current and an allowable discharge current of a battery pack at the current sampling time, where the minimum battery cell is a battery cell with the minimum remaining capacity among a plurality of battery cells of the battery pack.
The controller 20 predicts a voltage drop of the battery pack at a future time due to accumulated polarization according to the remaining capacity and temperature of the minimum battery cell at the current sampling time, the actual current and allowable discharge current of the battery pack, and the actual voltages of the minimum battery cells at N sampling times before the current sampling time, determines a predicted voltage of the minimum battery cell at the future time according to the actual voltages and the voltage drop at the current sampling time, and controls the allowable discharge current and/or the allowable discharge power of the battery pack according to the predicted voltage.
The battery management system provided by the embodiment of the application can improve the accuracy of the voltage prediction result by adopting the discharge control method in the embodiment.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the battery management system provided by the application are the same as those of the discharge control method provided by the embodiment, and other technical features in the battery management system are the same as those disclosed by the method of the embodiment, and are not repeated here.
The embodiment of the application also provides an electric device which comprises the battery management system in the embodiment, and the electric device can be an electric automobile, an electric bicycle, industrial electric equipment and the like.
It is to be understood that portions of the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the description of the above embodiments, particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the application.