Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging – Time control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-23
2011-11-08
Tso, Edward (Department: 2858)
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
Time control
C320S104000, C320S136000, C903S903000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08054046
ABSTRACT:
A method for rapidly determining an initial diffusion voltage (Vdiff)initialas a starting point in calculating a diffusion voltage in an electro-chemical cell (e.g., a battery used in an automotive vehicle) includes obtaining a time difference toffbetween a time when the cell was last turned-OFF and a time when the cell was next turned-ON, selecting a starting diffusion voltage (Vdiff)startbased on toff, determining a trial diffusion voltage Vdiffbased on a diffusion circuit model and (Vdiff)start, calculating an error voltage Verror=(Vdiff)−|VOFF−VON| where VOFFand VONare cell voltages at turn-OFF and turn-ON respectively, repeating the foregoing determining and calculating steps using for each iteration (Vdiff)start=(Vdiff)previous+Verroruntil Verroris less than or equal to a first predetermined tolerance amount ε, storing in a memory a value of Vdiffcorresponding to the condition Verror≦ε, and setting (Vdiff)initialequal to the just stored value of Vdiff. A further diffusion voltage Vdiffis then determined using the same diffusion circuit model and the just obtained (Vdiff)initialand is advantageously used by a controller in an electric propulsion vehicle to determine a state of charge of the propulsion battery.
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Frisch Damon R.
Gielniak Michael J.
Koch Brian J.
Lin Jian
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz P.C.
Piggush Aaron
Tso Edward
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