Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a cell state calculation apparatus includes the following elements. The database stores a function indicating a relationship between a voltage and a charged capacity of an active material. The active material amount calculation unit calculates an amount of an active material of the secondary cell by referring to the database and by using the voltage detected by the voltage detector and the current detected by the current detector while the secondary cell is charged or discharged. The open circuit voltage calculation unit calculates a function indicating a relationship between an open circuit voltage and a charged capacity of the secondary cell by referring to the database and by using the calculated amount of the active material.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a calculation apparatus includes a calculator. The calculator calculates a relationship between a charge amount and a potential according to an arbitrary initial charge amount based on a relationship between a charge amount and a potential of an electrode of a secondary battery on a charge side and a relationship between a charge amount and a potential of the electrode on a discharge side.
Abstract:
A disclosure describes a heat storage apparatus to store heat generated by a heat generator via a medium includes: a first circuit closed to circulate the medium therethrough in a direction; a heat exchanger to exchange the heat; a heat storage tank including a phase change material to exchange heat with the medium; a first measurement unit to measure a temperature of the medium; a cooling unit to cool the medium when the temperature of the medium is higher than a predetermined target temperature and to set the temperature of the medium to be approximately equal to the target temperature; a count unit to count an elapsed time from when the phase change material exchanges heat with the medium and starts a phase change; and a determination unit to determine whether the phase change material is allowed to be supercooled or not based on the elapsed time.
Abstract:
A parameter estimation apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a model reduction processor and a parameter estimator. The model reduction processor generates reduced order models by reducing order of a simulation model on the basis of measurement data sets and conditions for model order reduction possibility. The parameter estimator estimates values of parameters of the reduced order models on the basis of the reduced order models and the measurement data sets corresponding to the reduced order models. Further, after estimating a first value for a first parameter of a first reduced order model based on a first measurement data set, the parameter estimator applies the first value to the first parameter of a second reduced order model based on a second measurement data set.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an electric-vehicle testing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The circuitry generates a first signal corresponding to accelerator operation amount and a second signal corresponding to brake operation amount in accordance with test conditions. The circuitry controls torque of a test motor included in a test object. The circuitry computes running resistance to be assumed using a rotation speed of the test motor. The circuitry computes braking force using the second signal and an actual vehicle speed obtained from the rotation speed of the test motor. The circuitry controls torque of a load motor coupled to the test motor, based on a second command value corresponding to the running resistance and the braking force.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a resistance estimation apparatus includes a first detection unit, a second detection unit, a third detection unit and a first calculation unit. The first detection unit detects, as an output value, an output of a driving source of a vehicle. The second detection unit detects, as a braking value, a strength of a braking force. The third detection unit detects a speed of the vehicle. The first calculation unit calculates a traveling resistance resulting from a road surface that the vehicle has traveled during a traveling period, using a vehicle characteristic, the output value, the braking value and the speed, the traveling period including a period from a first time point when the vehicle starts and the speed changes from zero to a second time point when the vehicle stops and the speed changes to zero.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, there is provided a charge and discharge control device that controls charging and discharging of a battery module in which a plurality of cell blocks, each including one or more unit cells, are connected in parallel to one another. A controller of the charge and discharge control device controls a current flowing through each of the cell blocks based on at least one of a current load of each of the cell blocks or a parameter relating to the current load.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a secondary battery system includes a secondary battery, a first measurement part, a designation part, and a controller. The first measurement part measures a volume change of the secondary battery. The designation part designates a threshold value. The controller controls a current flowing through the secondary battery, based on the volume change of the secondary battery measured by the first measurement part and the threshold value.
Abstract:
A battery information provision system, which is an embodiment of the present invention, includes: a storage device that stores battery information; a first server configured to extract the battery information from the storage device; and a second server configured to transmit the extracted battery information to a communication device. The battery information is information related to rechargeable batteries or devices including rechargeable batteries, and includes information corresponding to evaluation categories determined according to deterioration states of the rechargeable batteries. The first server extracts battery information corresponding to both a battery or a device designated by the communication device and an evaluation category designated by the communication device.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a detection system includes a wheel, at least one sensor, a generation unit, and a diagnosis unit. The wheel has an outer edge including an inner wall in which an installation surface is provided. The at least one sensor is installed on the installation surface to detect an elastic wave transmitted from at least one of the wheel and a structure making contact with the wheel. The generation unit is configured to generate time information representing time at which the elastic wave is detected, and feature information representing features of the elastic wave. The diagnosis unit is configured to diagnose, on the basis of the time information and the feature information, a position of a damaged portion of at least one of the wheel and the structure, and a degree of damage of the damaged portion.