Patent Grant
11688894
The present invention relates to the monitoring of batteries. The invention relates in particular to the monitoring of a battery cell for a critical state. The invention is used in particular for lithium-ion cells, but is not restricted thereto. The invention can be used in particular in connection with vehicle batteries, in particular high-voltage stores that are (also) used for the drive of a vehicle, either in combination with an internal combustion engine or as a purely electrical drive of the vehicle. The invention is not limited in this respect either, however.
It is known from the prior art that a (gas) pressure sensor can be used to detect the overcharging of battery cells. Examples in this regard are U.S. Pat. No. 6,437,542B1, US2006/0246345A1, DE102013113909A1, DE102010046307A1 and DE102012223708A1. These known approaches involve determining whether the pressure in the battery cell exceeds a previously defined value.
The inventor of the present invention has recognized that the pressure inside a battery cell is (highly) dependent on the temperature. In this context, the inventor has recognized that approaches in the prior art involve the previously defined pressure threshold value (critical pressure) being set relatively high in order to keep down the number of false detections of a critical state (false-positives). This is because if the threshold value for the critical pressure is set too low, this value can be reached or exceeded even for normal operating states, depending on the temperature of the battery cell. Furthermore, the pressure in the cell increases during service life, which means that a low choice of fixed threshold can itself lead to a false detection. On the other hand, the inventor has recognized that a threshold value set relatively high for the critical pressure entails the risk of a critical state being detected relatively late and possibly too late.
Against this background, it is an object of the invention to provide an alternative for monitoring battery cells or to improve the monitoring of battery cells.
This is achieved according to the invention by the teaching of the independent claims. Preferable embodiments and developments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.
A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for monitoring a battery cell, comprising: measuring a first value that corresponds to a pressure prevalent inside the battery cell; determining a second value based on the first value, wherein the second value corresponds to a temperature of the battery cell; and monitoring the battery cell based on the second value.
The inventor has recognized that, at least for some types of battery cells, there is a relationship between a pressure (in particular gas pressure) prevalent inside the battery cell and a temperature inside the battery cell (in particular in the cell roll or cell stack). This relationship can be used according to the invention to determine a second value, which corresponds to the temperature inside the battery cell, based on the measured first value, which corresponds to the pressure.
According to one embodiment, the second value is determined on the basis of a relationship between the pressure and the temperature of the battery cell based on the first value, wherein the relationship between the pressure and the temperature of the battery cell is prevalent while the battery cell is in a normal state.
According to this embodiment, the term “normal state” is intended to be understood to mean a state of the battery cell in which the battery cell operates or can operate substantially faultlessly and/or is not overloaded and/or overcharged and/or experiences no or only a very slight inhomogeneous heating/cooling. While the battery cell is in a normal state of this kind, the relationship between pressure and temperature can be determined by measurement series, for example. The inventor has recognized that the relationship between pressure and temperature can be regarded as linear at least over a subrange, which means that this relationship can be approximated by a linear function. A linear relationship of this kind makes determining the second value based on the first value particularly simple. It is just as simple to determine the relationship, which can be stored in the battery or associated control units, for example, so that this relationship can be used to determine the second value based on the first value. By way of example, it would suffice to measure two different pairs of pressures and associated temperatures in order to determine the linear relationship between the pressure (p) and the temperature (T) therefrom. Mathematically, this relationship can be expressed as T=m·p+c, the values for m and c being able to be determined by the two aforementioned measurements.
Nevertheless, the invention also provides the option for the relationship between the temperature and the pressure to be approximated not by a linear function but rather by a function that also has quadratic terms or higher-order terms, for example. Although the description that follows is largely restricted to linear relationships, it should be noted that the determination of a nonlinear relationship and the subsequent use of such a relationship can take place in an analogous manner, but more than two measurements would then generally be necessary in order to determine the relationship between pressure and temperature (calibration).
According to one embodiment, the relationship between the pressure and the temperature of the battery cell takes into consideration the state of charge of the battery cell and/or the service life and/or the state of ageing of the battery cell.
In respect of the service life or the state of ageing of the battery cell, the inventor has recognized that although the relationship between pressure and temperature inside a battery cell can be regarded as linear, this relationship can change over the course of time, that is to say over the service life of the battery cell. This change is relatively slow (for example in comparison with a charging and discharge cycle for average use of a battery cell in an electrically driven vehicle), however, which means that it is generally sufficient to adjust the relationship between pressure and temperature at an interval of a few days, for example.
In order to take into consideration the service life of the battery cell, it is possible to take into consideration the age according to the calendar, for example. Additionally or alternatively, it is possible to take into consideration a state of ageing of the battery cell, for example based on a history of use.
According to one embodiment, the service life/state of ageing of the battery cell is taken into consideration by virtue of the or a relationship between pressure and temperature being corrected on the basis of an determined further temperature.
In this case the further temperature is not (or at least not only) determined based on the measured pressure. The determined further temperature can then be used to check whether the stored (linear) relationship between pressure and temperature is still consistent with reality. If this is not the case the relationship can be corrected accordingly, i.e. when the aforementioned linear function is used the values for m and/or c can be adjusted accordingly. In this instance it is advisable to again perform at least two temperature measurements.
The at least one further temperature is preferably determined at a time at which it can be expected that the further temperature corresponds substantially to the actual temperature inside the battery cell.
The inventor has recognized that the use of external temperature sensors (for example on a battery terminal) for determining a temperature inside the cell can lead to erroneous results in particular if the battery cell is being charged or discharged. Nevertheless, the inventor has recognized that an external temperature sensor can deliver perfectly reliable results at other times. In other words, at such times it can be expected that a further temperature determined by an external temperature sensor, for example, corresponds substantially to the actual temperature inside the battery cell, which means that a further temperature determined in this manner may be perfectly suitable for correcting the relationship between pressure and temperature, that is to say for (re)calibration.
In respect of the state of charge of the battery cell the inventor has found that even after a thermal equilibrium has become established (that is to say for example after a sufficiently long “cooling phase” after a charging or discharge process) a pressure difference for two pressure measurements at the same temperature is obtained that is simply attributable to the state of charge of the battery cell. This pressure difference is admittedly comparatively small and is therefore negligible in principle. On the other hand, the invention's determining of a second value based on the first value is even more accurate if the pressure difference on account of the state of charge of the battery is taken into consideration. In order to take into consideration the state of charge it is possible to proceed in a manner analogous to the above-described approach for taking into consideration the service life of the battery cell, that is to say (re)calibration on the basis of measurements of pressure and temperature for different states of charge. Similarly, the influence of the state of charge of the battery cell on the relationship between pressure and temperature inside the battery cell can be determined and stored in the battery cell or an associated control unit during the development of the battery cell, for example.
According to one embodiment, the monitoring of the battery cell based on the second value comprises determining whether the second value is the same as or exceeds a first threshold value.
Although the second value corresponds to a temperature value, this embodiment differs from a conventional measurement of a temperature of the battery cell and subsequent comparison with a threshold value. This becomes clear in particular in the event of an inhomogeneous heating of the battery cell. An inhomogeneous heating of the battery cell would, according to the insight of the inventor, often be manifested by a marked pressure rise, which can be detected by a pressure meter without significant delay on the basis of the free pressure distribution inside the battery cell. On the other hand, according to the insight of the inventor, a heating of the battery cell, in particular an inhomogeneous heating, would become noticeable only after a certain delay in the case of a conventional temperature measurement (in particular a cell-external temperature measurement). This embodiment of the invention can thus allow more timely monitoring of the battery cell.
In a faulty or problematic or critical state of the battery cell, further effects may arise instead of or in addition to an inhomogeneous heating/overheating if necessary. Such effects can also lead to a release of gas, which means that the gas pressure is not only dependent on a temperature of the battery cell. In the event of an overcharging, the gas pressure can rise as a result of the gas-forming decomposition of additives or the electrolyte or even the electrode(s) of the battery cell, for example. In the event of very intense (local) heating, where temperatures above 80° C. are produced, for example, the gas pressure could rise on account of decomposition and re-formation reactions of the SEI (solid electrolyte interface) at the anode. These contributions to the pressure rise then lead to a faster rise in the derived second value and hence also to an earlier arrival at the first threshold value.
In view of the effects just described, it can be seen that although the second value (derived from the measured pressure) corresponds to a temperature value in principle, this temperature value does not necessarily have to be the same as an actual temperature of the battery cell. The second value could be regarded as a virtual temperature value of the battery cell in some ways.
According to one embodiment, the method furthermore comprises measuring a third value that corresponds to a temperature in or on the battery cell.
Such a temperature measurement can be used as a control measurement, as described below.
According to one embodiment, the first value and the third value are determined by two substantially mutually independent measurements.
The meaning in this case is preferably that the third value is not just derived from the first value in a computational manner. Nevertheless, the two measurements can be performed by a combined measuring instrument, such as e.g. an MEMS gas pressure sensor, that can measure both pressures and temperatures.
According to one embodiment, the monitoring of the battery cell based on the second value comprises monitoring the battery cell based on a difference between the second value and the third value.
Such a difference can be an indication of a previously mentioned inhomogeneous heating of the battery cell or of another problem, for example. The greater the difference, the more likely it is that there is an inhomogeneous heating or another problem.
Accordingly, according to one development, the monitoring of the battery cell based on the difference between the second value and the third value comprises determining whether the difference or the absolute value of the difference is the same as or exceeds a second threshold value.
Although the second threshold value (like the first threshold value) can be defined in advance, the use of a defined first or second threshold value of this kind differs from the use of a fixed threshold value for a critical pressure according to the prior art, as mentioned at the outset, because the value that is compared with the first or second threshold value does not just correspond to the pressure but can also take into consideration other factors (state of charge, service life, etc.).
According to one embodiment, the state of the battery cell is regarded as associated with, and in particular the state of the battery cell is assigned to:
This embodiment thus affords three options for classifying the state of the battery cell in two categories. According to the first variant, classification is performed only on the basis of the temperature value derived from the measured pressure. According to the second variant, the classification is effected only on the basis of the difference between the temperature value derived from the pressure and the measured temperature value. The third variant combines the first two variants to a certain degree, wherein the classification into the first category is effected only if both the second value and the difference or the absolute value thereof is lower than the first or the second threshold value.
According to one embodiment, the first category is a substantially or sufficiently faultless state of the battery cell and the second category is a faulty, in particular problematic, in particular critical, state of the battery cell.
This embodiment thus allows the detection of a faulty, in particular problematic, in particular critical, state of the battery cell on the basis of the aforementioned variants.
According to one embodiment, a signal, in particular a warning signal, is output and/or an action is performed if the state of the battery cell is regarded as associated with, in particular is assigned to, the second category, wherein the action preferably comprises at least one of the following steps:
It is thus possible for a signal to be output that can serve for example an operator of the battery cell as a warning signal so that measures can be initiated if necessary in order to counteract the detected faulty, in particular problematic, in particular critical, state of the battery cell. On the other hand, it is also possible however for an action to be performed (automatically) in order to (automatically) counteract the detected problem, etc.
A second aspect of the invention relates to a sensor arrangement for monitoring a battery cell, having: means for measuring a first value that corresponds to a pressure prevalent inside the battery cell; means for determining a second value based on the first value, wherein the second value corresponds to a temperature of the battery cell; and means for monitoring the battery cell based on the second value.
A third aspect of the invention relates to a battery cell, having a sensor arrangement as described above.
A fourth aspect of the invention relates to a vehicle, having a battery cell as described above.
The advantageous refinements and embodiments presented with reference to one of the aspects of the invention (method, sensor arrangement, battery cell and vehicle) and the advantages of said refinements and embodiments also apply accordingly to the invention's other aspects of the invention.
Further advantages, features and opportunities for use of the present invention will become apparent from the claims, the figures and the description of the figures. All of the features and combinations of features cited in the description above and the features and combinations of features cited in the description of the figures below and/or shown in the figures alone can be used not only in the respectively indicated combination but also in other combinations or on their own, provided that these combinations are implementable.
The invention will now be explained in more detail on the basis of a few preferred exemplary embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, where functionally identical or functionally similar components are provided with the same reference signs.
A gas pressure sensor 12 is integrated in the casing 2. This gas pressure sensor 12 could be arranged at any point in or on the battery cell 1 in principle, so long as it can measure the pressure prevalent inside the battery cell 1.
As gases can move substantially unimpeded inside the battery cell 1, that is to say in particular also from the region of the cell roll or cell stack 4 into the gas space 5 and vice versa, substantially the same pressure is prevalent everywhere inside the battery cell. Accordingly, the gas pressure sensor 12, which, as shown in
The gas pressure sensor 12 is connected to a processor 13 or the like that can evaluate and/or store and/or process further and/or forward the measurement results. The processor 13 could alternatively also be integrated in the gas pressure sensor 12.
In the example shown the (in particular linear) relationship between the pressure prevalent inside the battery cell and the temperature of the battery cell is stored in the processor 13. In order to determine this relationship a suitable temperature sensor may be arranged in the battery cell during the development of the battery cell, for example. Such a temperature sensor (not depicted) may be arranged in the cell roll or cell stack 4, for example, in order to measure the actual temperature in the cell roll or cell stack 4 as exactly as possible. As mentioned previously, two measurement pairs for pressure and temperature (at different pressures/temperatures) are sufficient in principle in order to determine a linear relationship between the pressure and temperature inside the battery cell therefrom. It is useful for the measurement pairs to be determined while the battery cell is in a normal state.
After the relationship between pressure and temperature has been determined for a battery cell type, measurement of the pressure (“first value”) by the pressure meter (sensor) 12 is sufficient for determining a second value that corresponds to the temperature inside the battery cell 1. The temperature can then be determined from the measured pressure according to the aforementioned equation. While the battery cell 1 is being used as intended, a temperature measurement in the cell roll or cell stack 4 is thus not necessary. Accordingly, it is also not necessary to provide a temperature sensor in the cell roll or cell stack 4, for example. This is not inconsistent with the aforementioned arrangement of a temperature sensor in the cell roll or cell stack 4 in order to determine the relationship between pressure and temperature: according to preferred embodiments, there is provision for a temperature sensor to be arranged in the cell roll or cell stack 4 at most during the development of a battery type, for example in a prototype. Said temperature sensor is used for determining the relationship between pressure and temperature inside a battery cell of this type. Further battery cells of this type (in particular battery cells that are intended for sale to customers) would have no temperature sensor in the cell roll or cell stack 4. Such a temperature sensor is then also not necessary because the relationship between pressure and temperature has already been determined.
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Additionally or alternatively, adjustment of the relationship between pressure and temperature can also be rendered possible by the (direct) measurement of a further temperature. To this end, exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for one or more temperature measurements to be performed now and then (for example at intervals of hours, days or weeks). Such a temperature measurement would preferably be effected substantially independently of, but at the same time as, a pressure measurement by the pressure meter 12. On the basis of these measured temperature and pressure values, it is possible to check whether the stored relationship between pressure and temperature (that is to say for example the values for m and c in the aforementioned equation) is still correct or consistent with reality. If need be, the relationship between pressure and temperature can then be updated on the basis of the measured temperature and pressure values.
According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, the updating of the relationship between pressure and temperature can be made more reliable if at least two pairs of temperature and pressure values are measured.
The temperature measurement can be effected at any points in or on the battery cell in principle. Although it was mentioned at the outset that temperature measurements outside the cell roll or cell stack 4, in particular outside the casing 2, can deliver incorrect results, the inventor has recognized that this is true substantially only if the battery cell is under load or is being charged or discharged or is actively being cooled or heated, in particular at high cooling or heating rates. The inventor has recognized that such operating states result in the time characteristic for the heating of the cell roll or cell stack having a different trend than on a battery cell terminal, for example, which means that the measurement of a temperature on a terminal lags behind or leads the temperature inside the battery cell, for example. Nevertheless, the inventor has found that the temperature in and on the battery cell equalizes after a sufficiently long cooling phase after such an operating state. For this reason, exemplary embodiments of the invention propose measuring the temperature on a battery cell terminal, for example, for the purpose of recalibrating the relationship between pressure and temperature, but only if such a measurement can be expected to deliver correct results. By way of example, it may be laid down that such a temperature measurement is performed only if the battery cell has substantially not been used, or at most has been operated with a stipulated or stipulable maximum charging or discharge current, during a stipulated or stipulable period of time (for example a few minutes, a few tens of minutes, an hour or a few hours).
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According to a third alternative, a temperature sensor 15 is integrated in the pressure meter 12. The pressure meter 12 could have for example a MEMS gas pressure sensor that is suitable both for measuring a pressure and for measuring a temperature (depicted by separate (sub)sensors 14 and 15). It should be borne in mind that the temperature measurement by the sensor 15 is effected substantially independently of the pressure measurement by the sensor 14. In other words, the temperature is not just derived from the measured pressure (according to the linear relationship described above), but rather is determined separately—so that the independently measured pressure and temperature values can be used to check and if necessary update the relationship between pressure and temperature.
In addition or as an alternative to the service life of the battery cell, the state of charge of the battery cell can also be taken into consideration. This is described on the basis of
The top part of
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According to some exemplary embodiments, the previously described divergences between the curve 56 and the curve 54 or between the curve 57 and the curve 54 are negligible because the divergences in the example shown are only a few degrees.
These divergences are taken into account in other exemplary embodiments, which means that the temperature derived from the measured pressure conforms to the actual temperature in the cell roll or cell stack 4 even better, in particular over all states of charge. The procedure in this regard can be analogous to that for the above-described consideration of the service life of the battery cell.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the state of charge of the battery is taken into consideration by virtue of for example measurement series during the development of the battery cell examining how the relationship between pressure and temperature inside the battery cell is dependent on the state of charge. Information obtained therefrom can be stored in the processor 13, for example in the form of a correction term that is dependent on the state of charge, for example as a result of the value c in the aforementioned equation not being a constant, but rather being dependent on the state of charge SOC of the battery cell.
In another exemplary embodiment, while the battery cell is being used as intended, the pressure and the temperature of the battery cell are measured for different states of charge. The temperature can again be measured at different locations in or on the battery cell, for example by a temperature sensor 16 on the negative terminal 8 or by a temperature sensor 17 in the gas space 5. In this case, more accurate results are again achieved if the temperature measurements are performed after a sufficiently long cooling phase, that is to say when a thermal equilibrium has become established. The information obtained from these measurements can again be stored in the processor 13.
As described on the basis of
In order to simulate a critical state, the inventor heated a battery cell 1 on a hotplate in an experiment. The battery cell was placed on the hotplate such that it was heated on one side. Such one-sided heating simulated a scenario that can certainly arise in the form of a hotspot (intense local heating of the cell) in a similar manner when a battery cell is used as intended.
As can clearly be seen, all three curves 70, 71 and 72 rise over the duration of the experiment. The temperature 72 on the negative terminal rises more slowly than the temperature 71 in the cell roll or cell stack.
The arrival at or exceeding of the critical temperature of 60° C. can be used for detecting a critical state, for example in order to increase a cooling of the battery cell, to initiate an emergency cooling or to open a pressure relief valve of the battery cell. If the temperature 72 measured on the terminal were used for this purpose, the critical state would not be reached until at a time of t=500 seconds, for example. Using the temperature 71 in the cell roll or cell stack, the critical state would be reached at a time t=410 seconds, for example. At this time the local temperature at the hotspot (not depicted) would already be much higher than the critical temperature, which means that the battery cell 1 would already have been (permanently) damaged at least in the region of the hotspot, or else countermeasures such as increasing the cooling or an emergency cooling could no longer be initiated in timely fashion.
The temperature T(p) derived from the pressure, curve 70, rises much more quickly than the other two temperatures shown. According to the invention, this can be attributed to the pressure inside the battery cell rising much more quickly as a result of the local heating at the hotspot than a measured temperature in the cell roll or cell stack 4, gas space 5 or on a battery terminal would do. Additionally, upward of a certain temperature (e.g. upward of approximately 80° C.), decomposition processes would already take place in the cell, which likewise increase the gas pressure and hence the temperature determined therefrom. If, according to the experiment, the curve 70 is thus used for detecting a critical state, this critical state would already be reached or detected at a time of t=310 seconds, for example. As a result, countermeasures against the causes of the heating can already be initiated at an earlier time so as to reduce or avoid (permanent) damage to the battery cell 1.
When the battery cell 1 is used as intended it would be possible for such countermeasures to comprise for example the output of a warning signal, the disconnection of the battery cell, the reduction of a charging current (in particular to zero), the reduction of a discharge current (in particular to zero), the opening of a valve, the boosting of the cooling or the initiation of an emergency cooling.
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The curves 92 and 93 in the bottom part of
By contrast, the use of the present invention would already have been able to report a critical state shortly after t=15 minutes, which would have reduced or avoided damage to the battery cell.
As mentioned above,
According to one exemplary embodiment the processor 13 is configured such that it is able not only to determine the temperature T(p) from the measured pressure but also to calculate the aforementioned difference ΔT (or the absolute value thereof |ΔT|) between the temperature T(p) and a temperature Tterm measured by the temperature sensor 16, for example. Furthermore, the processor 13 can perform the comparison of the temperature T(p) with a critical temperature Tcrit and/or the comparison of the aforementioned difference with a threshold value Tth. Furthermore, the processor may be designed such that it determines therefrom whether the battery cell 1 is in a faulty and/or problematic and/or critical state, and can furthermore prompt the output of a warning signal or the performance of an action (for example a countermeasure in order to counter a critical state) if necessary.
After the start 110 of the method the cell pressure p is measured in a step 111, e.g. by the pressure meter 12. A temperature T(p) is calculated from the measured cell pressure p in step 112, e.g. by the processor 13, wherein in this case the state of charge, SOC, and/or the service life/state of ageing of the battery cell is also taken into consideration if necessary. In a further step 113 the temperature T(p) determined in this manner is compared with a critical temperature value Tcrit. Additionally, in a step 114, a temperature of the battery cell is measured, for example in the cell roll or cell stack 4, in the gas space 5 or on a battery terminal. Subsequently, in a step 115, a temperature difference ΔT is formed, namely from the temperature T(p) derived from the measured pressure and the temperature T measured in step 114. Subsequently, in step 116, the temperature difference (or an absolute value of the temperature difference) is compared with a temperature threshold value Tth.
Based on the comparisons performed e.g. by the processor 13 in steps 113 and 116, an OR function is performed in step 117 or an AND function is performed in step 119. If the result of the comparison in step 113 is that the temperature T(p) is higher than or equal to a critical temperature value Tcrit, OR if the result of the comparison in step 116 is that the difference ΔT (or the absolute value thereof) is higher than or equal to a temperature threshold value Tth, the OR function in step 117 leads to the battery cell 1 being disconnected in a subsequent step 118. Alternatively, other actions would also be possible (warning signal, pressure release, etc.) in step 118. Otherwise (that is to say if the temperature T(p) is lower than the critical temperature value Tcrit AND the difference ΔT or the absolute value thereof is lower than the temperature threshold value TO, the AND function in step 119 leads to the state of the battery cell being regarded as normal, or rated as normal by the processor 13, in a step 120.
In steps 118 and 120 the method can end in principle, it naturally being able to be repeated, however, in order to allow continuous monitoring of the battery cell 1.
According to one variant of this exemplary embodiment (not depicted separately) the AND and OR operations can also be interchanged in order to reduce the likelihood of a false detection.
According to further variants of this exemplary embodiment (not depicted separately) essentially only the left-hand half or the right-hand half of
While at least one illustrative embodiment was described previously, it should be noted that a large number of variations thereof exist. It should also be remembered that the illustrative embodiments described are only nonlimiting examples and the intention is not to thereby restrict the scope, applicability or configuration of the apparatuses and methods described here. On the contrary, the preceding description will provide a person skilled in the art with guidance to implement at least one illustrative embodiment, and it goes without saying that various changes to the manner of operation and the arrangement of the elements described in an illustrative embodiment can be made without thereby departing from the subject matter respectively defined in the accompanying claims and from legal equivalents of said subject matter.
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