Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an electrical device including a battery cell, a voltage sensor operatively coupled to the battery cell in order to measure a voltage level of the battery cell, a current sensor operatively coupled to the battery cell in order to measure an amount of current drawn from or supplied to the battery cell, and a battery management system (BMS). The battery management system includes a controller In communication with the voltage sensor and the current sensor. The controller is configured to execute a program stored in the BMS to calculate a state of health of the individual battery electrodes comprising a battery cell using a first differential voltage point, a second differential voltage point, and a characteristic curve of a fresh battery electrode of a fresh battery cell, wherein the battery cell includes a second battery electrode not exhibiting distinct phase transitions during a charge-discharge cycle.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an electrical device including a battery, and a battery management system. The battery management system includes a controller in electrical communication with a pressure sensor to monitor the state of health of the battery. The controller applies a method for determining the state of health that uses a non-electrical (mechanical) signal of force measurements combined with incremental capacity analysis to estimate the capacity fading and other health indicators of the battery with better precision than existing methods. The pressure sensor may provide the force measurement signal to the controller, which may determine which incremental capacity curve based on force to use for the particular battery. The controller then executes a program utilizing the data from the pressure sensor and the stored incremental capacity curves based on force to estimate the capacity fading and signal a user with the state of health percentage.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an electrical device including a battery pack, a pressure sensor for measuring a volume change of the battery pack, a voltage sensor in electrical communication with a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery pack, a temperature sensor positioned in a cell of the battery pack, and a battery management system. The battery management system includes a controller in electrical communication with the pressure sensor, the voltage sensor, and the temperature sensor, the controller being configured to execute a program stored in the controller to determine a state of charge percentage of the battery pack based on a pressure reading from the pressure sensor, a terminal voltage reading from the voltage sensor, and a temperature reading from the temperature sensor.