This application claims the priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202310802619.3, filed on Jun. 30, 2023, and the priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202321714192.3, filed on Jun. 30, 2023. The disclosures of the abovementioned applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to battery technologies, and in particular, to a cell control board and an energy storage system.
Generally, in an energy storage system, 15 or 16 cells are connected in series to form a battery module, a plurality of battery modules are connected in series to form a battery pack, and a plurality of battery packs are connected in series to form a battery cluster having a required high-voltage. The battery cluster may exchange energy with an Alternating Current (AC) power grid through an energy storage converter. In addition, each battery module or pack has a battery management slave control unit for managing the battery module or pack, and the battery cluster has a battery management master control unit for managing a plurality of battery management slave control units.
However, as the capacity and size of a single cell increase, a battery module formed by multiple cells connected in series will have a very large size and a very great weigh of hundreds of kilograms, which may make the assembly of the energy storage system inconvenient.
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cell control board, which includes a switch device, a detection device, a communication device and a control device. A first terminal of the switch device is a first connection terminal of the cell control board, and a second terminal of the switch device is a second connection terminal of the cell control board. The switch device and the detection device are both configured to be connected with a cell, the detection device is configured to detect cell information of the cell, the switch device, the detection device and the communication device are all connected with the control device, the control device is configured to transmit the cell information to a battery pack controller through the communication device, or receive one or more control instructions through the communication device, and control the switch device according to the one or more control instructions to adjust connection relationship between the cell and the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal of the cell control board.
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide an energy storage system, which includes a battery pack controller, a commutator, a plurality of cells and a plurality of cell control boards. The plurality of cell control boards are connected in series through the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, and each cell is connected to a switch device of the cell control board, and the battery pack controller and the commutator are both connected to the cell control board. The battery pack controller is configured to receive the cell information detected by the cell control board, and transmit one or more control instructions to the cell control board to adjust connection of the cell and the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal of the cell control board, and the commutator is configured to convert Direct Current (DC) output by the cell into AC.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are described for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
It should be informed that the terms “first”, “second”, etc. in the description and claims of the present disclosure and the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects and are not used necessarily to describe a specific sequence or order. It should be understood that the data used as such are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the application described herein may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, terms “including/comprising” and “having” and any variation thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, e.g., processes, methods, systems, products, or devices that includes a series of steps or units need not be limited to those steps or units listed clearly, instead may include other steps or units not listed clearly or inherent to those processes, methods, systems, products or devices.
The detection device 120 may detect the cell 20 to obtain the cell information. The switch device 110 may adjust connection circuit between the cell 20 and the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10. The communication device 130 is a channel for performing information interaction between the control device 140 and the battery pack controller. The control device 140 is an information processing and control center of the cell control board 10.
Specifically, the detection device 120 is connected with the cell 20, and may monitor the cell information of the cell 20 in real time. For example, the detection device 120 may monitor information such as temperature and voltage of the cell 20 in real time. The detection device 120 is connected with the control device 140, and may transmit the detected cell information to the control device 140. The control device 140 is connected with the communication device 130, and may communicate with the battery pack controller through the communication device 130. That is, the control device 140 transmits the cell information to the battery pack controller through the communication device 130, or receives one or more control instructions transmitted by the battery pack controller to the control device 140 through the communication device 130. The switch device 110 is connected with the control device 140 and the cell 20 respectively. The control device 140 may control a connection channel of the switch device 110 according to the received one or more control instructions, thereby adjusting connection relationship between the cell 20 and the remaining cells 20 of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10.
In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the switch device 110, the detection device 120, the communication device 130 and the control device 140 are integrated into the cell control board 10, so that the battery pack controller may obtain the cell information through the cell control board 10 and control the battery, and may adjust connection relationship between the cell 20 and the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10 by controlling the connection circuit between the cell 20 and the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10. Therefore, the battery pack integrated with the cells 20 does not need to be configured with a battery manager and an energy storage converter separately to form an energy storage system. Each cell 20 needs to be connected merely to a cell control board 10 so that connection relationship among the cells 20 of the energy storage system can be adjusted by the cell control board 10. That makes assembly of the energy storage system simpler and more convenient, and reduces design cost of the energy storage system.
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The temperature detector 121 is arranged to contact with the cell 20, and may convert thermal energy of the cell 20 into electrical energy, thereby obtaining temperature signal. The voltage detector 122 is connected between the two terminals of the cell 20, and may obtain voltage information at the two terminals of the cell 20. The temperature detector 121 and the voltage detector 122 are both connected with the control device 140. The control device 140 may obtain the temperature information detected by the temperature detector 121 and the voltage information detected by the voltage detector 122, thereby obtaining temperature and voltage of the cell 20.
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The thermistor RT may exhibit different resistance values at different temperatures, and may represent the temperature signal with electrical signal indirectly. The first resistor R1 is a pull-up resistor which may pull up potentials of the first terminal of the thermistor RT and the first terminal of the second resistor R2. The second resistor R2 has a current limiting function, which may prevent the current flowing into the control device 140 from overflowing. The first capacitor C1 has a filtering function, which may filter out clutter mixed in the electrical signal flowing into the control device 140, to make electrical signal input to the control device 140 more stable.
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Specifically, according to the above connection relationship, the third resistor R3, the fourth resistor R4, the fifth resistor R5 and the operational amplifier M constitute a differential operational amplifier, which may amplify the collected voltage signal of the cell 20, so that the control device 140 may obtain more accurate voltage signal.
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The control device 140 is configured to control conduction of the first switch circuit 111 according to the first control instruction, so that the cell 20 is connected in series with the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board. The control device 140 is also configured to control conduction of the second switch circuit 111 according to the second control instruction, so that the cell 20 is disconnected in series from the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board.
Specifically, the isolation circuit 113 may isolate force electricity output from a high-voltage battery and weak electricity input to the control device 140 to improve safety of the entire cell control board 10. The control device 140 may transmit the first control instruction to the third terminal of the first switch circuit 111 through the isolation module to control conduction of the first terminal and the second terminal of the first switch circuit 111. At that time, a connecting circuit of the cell 20 with the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10 is conducted, so that the cell 20 is connected in series to the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board. The control device 140 may transmit the second control instruction to the third terminal of the second control device 140 to control the first terminal and the second terminal of the second switch circuit 112 to conduct, so that the connecting circuit of the cell 20 with the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10 is short-circuited, thereby disconnecting the series connection of the cell 20 from the remaining cells of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board.
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Specifically, the first electrode of the first transistor T1 is connected with the positive terminal of the cell 20, the second electrode of the first transistor T1 is connected with the first electrode of the second transistor T2, the second electrode of the second transistor T2 is connected with the negative terminal of the cell 20, the control terminal of the first transistor T1 is connected with the first terminal of the isolation driver P, the second terminal of the isolation driver P is connected with the first terminal of the seventh resistor R7, the first terminal of the seventh resistor R7 is connected with the control device. 140, the control terminal of the second transistor T2 is connected with the first terminal of the sixth resistor R6, and a second terminal of the sixth resistor R6 is connected with the control device 140.
The first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2 include one of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor, an insulated gate bipolar transistor, a silicon carbide driving transistor and a thyristor. The sixth resistor R6 is a current limiting resistor which may prevent the second transistor T2 from being burned due to excessive input current. The seventh resistor R7 is a driving resistor of the isolation driver P, which may prevent the isolation driver P from being burned due to excessive input current.
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The optical terminal 131 is an information interaction channel between the control device 140 and the battery pack controller, and the optical communication chip 132 is an information interaction exchange between the control device 140 and the battery pack controller. After the control device 140 and the battery pack controller are connected through the optical communication chip 132, the control device 140 and the battery pack controller perform information interaction through the optical terminals.
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The indication device 150 may prompt the user about current running status of the control device 140, so that the user may know current running process of the control device 140.
Specifically, the indication device 150 includes an eighth resistor R8 and a diode D, a first terminal of the eighth resistor R8 being connected with the control device 140, a second terminal of the eighth resistor R8 being connected with an anode of the diode D, a cathode of the diode D and the negative terminal of cell 20 being grounded together.
For example, when the control device 140 controls the switch device 110 to connect the cell 20 in series to a battery pack series circuit, the diode D may prompt a user by lighting up continuously; when the control device 140 controls the switch device 110 to cause the cell 20 to disconnect from the battery pack series circuit, the diode D may prompt the user by flashing slowly; and when the control device 140 obtains that the temperature of the cell 20 is too high or the cell 20 is under voltage according to the cell information, the diode D may prompt the user by flashing quickly.
It should be noted that the way in which the indication device 150 (the diode D) specifically prompts the user the current running process of the control device 140 may be adjusted according to user requirements.
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Specifically, a plurality of cell control boards 10 are connected in series through a first connection terminal A and a second connection terminal B. Each cell 20 is connected with a switch device 110 of a cell control board 10. The battery pack controller and the commutator 40 are both connected with the cell control boards 10. The battery pack controller 30 is configured to receive cell information detected by the cell control board 10, and transmit one or more control instructions to the cell control board 10 to adjust connection between the cell 20 and the remaining cells 20 of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10. The commutator 40 is configured to convert Direct Current (DC) power output by the cell 20 into AC power.
Specifically, each cell 20 is connected with the cell control board 10, and the cell control board 10 may collect cell information of the cell 20 and transmit the cell information to the battery pack controller 30. When the battery pack controller 30 receives the cell information detected by the cell control board 10, the battery pack controller 30 may generate one or more control instructions and transmit the one or more control instructions to the cell control board 10. The cell control board 10 may adjust connection circuit of the switch device 110 according to the one or more control instructions to adjust the connection between the cell 20 and the remaining cells 20 of the battery pack through the first connection terminal A and the second connection terminal B of the cell control board 10. The head terminal and the tail terminal of the series circuit of a plurality of cell control boards 10 are connected with the commutator 40. The respective cells 20 which realize series connection through the cell control boards 10 connected respectively may simultaneously supply DC to the commutator 40 so that the commutator 40 converts DC power output from the cells 20 connected in series into AC power.
It should be understood that various forms of the process above shown may be used, where steps may be reordered, added or deleted. For example, respective steps described in the present disclosure may be performed in parallel, sequentially, or in different orders, as long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present disclosure may be achieved, and there is no limitation herein.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above. The description of the above embodiments merely aims to help to understand the present disclosure. Many modifications or equivalent substitutions with respect to the embodiments may occur to those of ordinary skill in the art based on the present disclosure. Thus, these modifications or equivalent substitutions shall fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
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202310802619.3 | Jun 2023 | CN | national |
202321714192.3 | Jun 2023 | CN | national |