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本發明係提供一種電池組主動式平衡系統,其係包括:一電池組,係包含複數彼此串接之電芯單元;一降壓轉換器,係連接該電池組;一主開關單元,係連接該電池組與該降壓轉換器;一電芯電壓感測單元,係連接該電池組;複數電芯開關單元,係分別對應連接該些電芯單元,並連接至該降壓轉換器;一控制單元,係連接該主開關單元、該電芯電壓感測單元與該些電芯開關單元;本發明係利用一外部電源或以串聯電池組本身為電源,搭配可切換對應於任一單電芯之開關電路進行個別單電芯的主動平衡。 The invention provides a battery pack active balancing system, which includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cell units connected in series with each other; a step-down converter connected to the battery pack; a main switch unit connected to The battery pack and the buck converter; a battery cell voltage sensing unit connected to the battery pack; a plurality of battery cell switching units connected to the battery cell units and connected to the buck converter respectively; The control unit is connected to the main switch unit, the cell voltage sensing unit and the cell switch units. The present invention uses an external power source or a series battery pack itself as the power source. The core switching circuit performs active balancing of individual single cells.
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本發明係關於一種充電電池的電力平衡技術,特別係指一種電池組主動式平衡系統。 The invention relates to a power balancing technology for a rechargeable battery, and particularly to an active balancing system for a battery pack.
鋰離子電池雖擁有良好的性能與高安全性,但仍然必須避免電芯過充、過放或過溫的狀況發生,為了延長電池的壽命與保護使用者的安全,必須建構電池管理系統(Battery Management System,BMS)來確保電池運作在安全的範圍內,基本上電池管理系統的主要功能為量測單電芯的電壓並進行保護。在串聯電池組中,電池電芯因內阻或製程的不同,會有電芯電壓不一致的狀況發生,這樣的問題會導致串聯電池組因為某顆電芯提早過充或過放,大幅影響電池組的使用效率與壽命。 Although lithium-ion batteries have good performance and high safety, they must still avoid overcharging, over-discharging, or over-temperature conditions. In order to extend the life of the battery and protect the safety of users, a battery management system (Battery Management System (BMS) to ensure that the battery operates within a safe range. Basically, the main function of a battery management system is to measure the voltage of a single cell and protect it. In series battery packs, due to different internal resistances or manufacturing processes, inconsistent battery voltages may occur. Such problems will cause series batteries to overcharge or discharge early because of a certain battery cell, which will greatly affect the battery. Group efficiency and life.
事實上每一電芯的內阻與容量存在著些微差異,此差異性將隨充放電循環次數逐漸加大,若缺乏管理將從電芯間的差異性擴大到電池模組與模組之間,使得電池模組間無法處於一致的狀態。而模組間的不一致性仍然會引起電池組提早過充、過放的問題,因此不論是電芯間或模組間的不一致性都必須透過適當的管理系統矯正才能完全發揮鋰鐵電池 的效能,要改善這個問題必須加入平衡機制,由此可知BMS與平衡機制的重要性。 In fact, there is a slight difference in the internal resistance and capacity of each battery cell. This difference will gradually increase with the number of charge and discharge cycles. If there is no management, the difference between the battery cells will be expanded to the battery module and the module. So that the battery modules cannot be in a consistent state. The inconsistency between modules will still cause early overcharge and overdischarge of the battery pack. Therefore, the inconsistency between cells and modules must be corrected through an appropriate management system to fully utilize the lithium iron battery. In order to improve the effectiveness of this problem, a balance mechanism must be added, which shows the importance of BMS and the balance mechanism.
在低電壓設備中已有一定程度的管理系統可供選擇,例如在各式各樣的手攜式設備中電池管理技術已經是相當成熟的應用,各大IC公司如Texas Instrument德州儀器公司、Linear Technology公司和Maxism公司等,都有專屬電池管理IC之商用晶片產品,並已廣泛的應用在手攜式產品的應用上,但是這些專屬電池管理IC大都屬於對應管理較小容量、小串並聯數之電池組,幾乎無電芯平衡機制內建其中。 There is a certain degree of management system to choose from in low-voltage equipment. For example, battery management technology is already quite mature in all kinds of portable devices. Major IC companies such as Texas Instrument, Texas Instruments, Linear Technology companies and Maxism companies have commercial chip products of exclusive battery management ICs, and have been widely used in the application of hand-held products, but most of these exclusive battery management ICs are corresponding to the management of small capacity, small series and parallel number The battery pack has almost no cell balancing mechanism built into it.
若將電池組規模加大應用於高電壓儲能系統或電動巴士等大型儲電應用上,將不能再忽略電芯間或模組間不平衡所衍生之問題;以電動載具為例,最為人詬病的應為電池的價格與使用年限問題,而其原因即在於現有電池管理技術上如果未確實執行電芯間或模組間的平衡,將造成最弱電芯提早觸發管理系統保護停止運轉,降低使用效率,或系統未即時保護最弱電芯使其面臨過充/過放問題,縮短整體儲能裝置之壽命。 If the size of the battery pack is increased and applied to large-scale power storage applications such as high-voltage energy storage systems or electric buses, the problems caused by the imbalance between cells or modules can no longer be ignored; taking electric vehicles as an example, the most People are criticized for battery price and service life, and the reason is that if the current battery management technology fails to perform the balance between cells or modules, the weakest battery will trigger the management system protection to stop running early. Reduce the use efficiency, or the system does not immediately protect the weakest battery cells from overcharging / overdischarging, and shorten the life of the overall energy storage device.
現行之均勻平衡電池技術主要分為主動式技術與被動式技術兩種平衡方式。電芯平衡機制是延長電池組續航力的重要技術,早期的電池管理系統皆以被動式平衡法為主。被動式平衡技術主要是以長時間消耗電池能量的方式達到平衡效果,不主動拉抬串聯電池組中最低電壓或電量之單 電芯電量,因而稱之為被動式平衡法。此法雖然電路簡單且低成本,但有效率低且平衡時間長的缺點,對高容量的電池組來說較不適合。 The current uniformly balanced battery technology is mainly divided into two balancing methods, active technology and passive technology. The cell balancing mechanism is an important technology for extending the battery life. Early battery management systems were mainly based on the passive balancing method. The passive balancing technology mainly achieves the balancing effect by consuming the battery energy for a long time. It does not actively pull the lowest voltage or power of the series battery pack. The battery capacity is called the passive balance method. Although this method has a simple circuit and low cost, it has the disadvantages of low efficiency and long equilibration time, and is not suitable for high-capacity battery packs.
主動式平衡法針對電池組中最小電壓電芯進行充電,將其電壓提高至與最大電壓相同,然後繼續將其餘電芯進行相同的動作,直到所有的電芯電壓達到平衡狀態。其因作動方式不同可分為下述幾種平衡模式:電感式平衡法、電容式平衡法。電感式平衡法或電容式平衡法是在串聯電池組中,並聯帶有電感或電容以及開關的均勻平衡副電路,偵測最高電壓或電量之電芯將之能量儲存於電感或電容,並經由開關電路將之切換於最低電壓或電量之電芯,重複相同動作直到所有單電芯之電壓或電量為均勻平衡之狀態,但此法之能量轉換受制於電感或電容之容量,平衡時間長,在鋰離子電池可容許大電流充放電之場合將不適用。多重繞組變壓器平衡法:利用二次側為多重繞組且每個繞組外都接有開關電路之變壓器,除了可同時對串聯電池組充電亦可以控制開關對較低電壓或電量之單電芯充電,由於二次側的多重繞組匝數相同,可視為定電壓充電,同時將所有控制開關開啟對所有單電芯充電時,電量較高之電池將獲得較低充電量,反之則獲得較高之充電量,故充電一段時間後即可達到平衡之效果。但實際上耦合繞組存在互感及漏電感,即使匝數相同也不可能獲得相同之電壓,且因多重繞組之緣故,體積將過於龐大。 The active balancing method charges the minimum voltage cells in the battery pack, raises its voltage to the same as the maximum voltage, and then continues to perform the same actions on the remaining cells until all the cell voltages reach a balanced state. It can be divided into the following balance modes due to different operating methods: inductive balance method and capacitive balance method. Inductive balance method or capacitive balance method is a series of battery packs in parallel with a balanced and balanced secondary circuit with an inductor or a capacitor and a switch. The cell that detects the highest voltage or capacity stores its energy in the inductor or capacitor, and then The switching circuit switches it to the cell with the lowest voltage or power, and repeats the same action until the voltage or power of all single cells is uniformly balanced, but the energy conversion of this method is limited by the capacity of the inductor or capacitor, and the balance time is long. It is not applicable where lithium-ion batteries can tolerate high current charging and discharging. Multi-winding transformer balance method: Use a transformer with multiple windings on the secondary side and a switching circuit outside each winding. In addition to charging the series battery pack at the same time, you can also control the switch to charge a single cell with a lower voltage or power. Due to the same number of turns of the multiple windings on the secondary side, it can be regarded as constant voltage charging. When all control switches are turned on to charge all single cells, the battery with a higher charge will get a lower charge, otherwise it will receive a higher charge. Quantity, so it can reach the effect of balance after charging for a period of time. However, in fact, the coupled windings have mutual inductance and leakage inductance. Even if the number of turns is the same, it is impossible to obtain the same voltage, and due to the multiple windings, the volume will be too large.
於高串聯應用場合中通常將電池組以模組化方式分散管理,以目前市場提供的電池管理系統即使能夠使模組內電芯達到平衡狀態,也無法確保各模組間能夠達到平衡,而模組間的不一致性仍然會造成電池組工作狀態不一致的問題,如此僅存在於模組內的平衡最後仍然功虧一簣。 In high series applications, the battery packs are usually distributed and managed in a modularized manner. Even if the battery management system provided in the market can make the battery cells in the module reach a balanced state, it cannot ensure that the modules can reach a balance. The inconsistency between modules will still cause the problem of inconsistent working conditions of the battery pack, so the balance existing only in the module will eventually fail.
大容量及高串並聯數的電池組應用環境與3C手攜式的應用上有很大的不同,但目前市面上對於高串聯、大電壓的電池組應用,特別是針對模組間的平衡策略卻還沒有一個完善的管理系統。此一現象在低壓或消費性電子產品中並不會造成太大的影響,但若將電池組規模加大應用於儲能系統、電動巴士等大型儲電應用上將不能再忽略此一現象所衍生之問題。 The large-capacity and high series-parallel number battery pack application environment is very different from the 3C hand-held application, but at present the market for high-series, high-voltage battery pack applications, especially for the balancing strategy between modules But there is no complete management system. This phenomenon will not cause much impact in low-voltage or consumer electronics products, but if the battery pack is enlarged and applied to large-scale power storage applications such as energy storage systems and electric buses, this phenomenon can no longer be ignored. Derived problems.
為解決先前技術之缺點,本發明係提供一種電池組主動式平衡系統,本發明係利用一外部電源或以串聯電池組本身為電源,搭配可切換對應於任一單電芯之開關電路進行個別單電芯的主動平衡。上述電源可利用外加的電源供應器、亦或是利用反馳式電力電子轉換器,將同一充電電源進行隔離接地並將電壓轉換成單電芯之充電電壓,持續對最低電壓之電芯進行大能量之平衡充電,本發明之主動式平衡方法可在電池組充電、放電或靜置時執行,可在短時間內達到電池組平衡之目標。 In order to solve the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a battery pack active balancing system. The present invention uses an external power source or a series battery pack itself as a power source, and uses a switch circuit corresponding to any single cell to perform individual Single cell active balancing. The above power supply can use an external power supply or a flyback power electronic converter to isolate and ground the same charging power source and convert the voltage into a single cell charging voltage. Energy balance charging. The active balancing method of the present invention can be executed when the battery pack is charged, discharged, or left to stand, and the goal of battery pack balance can be achieved in a short time.
本發明係為一種電池組主動式平衡系統,係包括:一電池組,係包含複數彼此串接之電芯單元;一降壓轉換器,係連接該電池組,其具有第一側繞組以及與該第一側繞組感應之第二側繞組;一主開關單元,係連接該電池組與該降壓轉換器;一電芯電壓感測單元,係連接該電池組,用於感測該些電芯單元之個別電壓;複數電芯開關單元,係分別對應連接該些電芯單元,並連接至該降壓轉換器之第二側繞組;一控制單元,係連接該主開關單元、該電芯電壓感測單元與該些電芯開關單元。 The invention is a battery pack active balancing system, which includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cell units connected in series with each other; a step-down converter connected to the battery pack, which has a first side winding and a A second side winding sensed by the first side winding; a main switching unit connected to the battery pack and the buck converter; a cell voltage sensing unit connected to the battery pack for sensing the electricity Individual voltages of the core unit; multiple cell switching units are connected to the cell units and connected to the second side winding of the step-down converter respectively; a control unit is connected to the main switching unit and the cell The voltage sensing unit and the cell switching units.
本發明之一實施例中,進一步包括:一外部電源,係連接該電池組與該主開關單元。 According to an embodiment of the present invention, an external power source is further connected to the battery pack and the main switch unit.
本發明之一實施例中,該外部電源係為市電。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the external power source is commercial power.
本發明之一實施例中,該外部電源係為風力發電系統、太陽能發電系統或其他種類之再生能源發電系統。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the external power source is a wind power generation system, a solar power generation system, or another type of renewable energy power generation system.
本發明之一實施例中,該電芯開關單元係為光繼電器。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the cell switching unit is a photo relay.
本發明之一實施例中,每一電芯單元之正負極皆連接一電芯開關單元。 In one embodiment of the present invention, a positive electrode and a negative electrode of each battery cell unit are connected to a battery cell switching unit.
本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統一實施例中,係具有二階段充電模式;第一階段為串充(串聯充電)階段,當電池組缺乏電力時,外部電源將對該電池組進行充電動作,即由外部電源流出充電電流I1進入整串電池組,該控制單元藉由該 電芯電壓感測單元進行個別單電芯單元之電壓量測,並偵測出最低電壓之電芯單元,同時該外部電源輸出電力至該降壓轉換器,該降壓轉換器將該電力之電壓降至5V,當作外部平衡電力I2;當最低電壓之電芯單元與最高電壓之電芯單元壓差超過一平衡設定值(例如30mV),該控制單元將致能該最低電壓之電芯單元所對應的兩個電芯開關單元,該降壓轉換器並挹注外部平衡電力I2之電流至該最低電壓之電芯單元之中,此時該最低電壓之電芯單元上的電流為I1+I2,其他電芯單元之電流則為I1,藉此可快速拉抬最低電壓之電芯單元之電量、直至其與該電池組之平均電壓相同。第一階段結束條件為電池組中任一顆單電芯超過一高電壓設定值(例如3.6V)後,截止串聯充電,此截止條件設定能避免電池組中任一顆單電芯發生過充狀態,而造成電芯健康狀態、容量及內阻的不良影響,本發明之一實施例中,第一階段(串充階段)截止充電後該電池組通常具備80%以上容量。 In one embodiment of the battery pack active balancing system of the present invention, it has a two-stage charging mode; the first stage is a series charging (series charging) stage. When the battery pack lacks power, the external power source will perform a charging action on the battery pack. That is, the charging current I 1 flows out from the external power source and enters the whole string of battery packs. The control unit uses the cell voltage sensing unit to measure the voltage of individual single cell units and detects the lowest voltage cell unit. At the same time, the external power source outputs power to the step-down converter. The step-down converter reduces the voltage of the power to 5V and treats it as externally balanced power I 2 ; when the voltage of the lowest voltage cell unit and the highest voltage cell unit If the difference exceeds a balanced set value (for example, 30mV), the control unit will enable the two cell switching units corresponding to the lowest voltage cell unit. The step-down converter injects the current of the external balanced power I 2 to the Among the lowest voltage cell units, the current on the lowest voltage cell unit is I 1 + I 2 , and the current of other cell units is I 1 , so that the lowest voltage cell can be quickly pulled up. single The power, which is the same until the average voltage of the battery pack. The end condition of the first stage is that after any single cell in the battery pack exceeds a high voltage set value (such as 3.6V), the series charging is cut off. This cut-off condition setting can prevent any single cell in the battery pack from being overcharged. State, which causes adverse effects on the health, capacity, and internal resistance of the battery cell. In one embodiment of the present invention, the battery pack usually has a capacity of more than 80% after the first stage (string charging stage) is terminated and charged.
本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統一實施例中,當第一階段串聯充電時任一電芯達到該高電壓設定值(3.6V),則進入第二階段之分充階段,為各別電芯平衡充電;進入分充階段時,該控制單元會依各電芯單元之電壓高低作出排序,並由低至高依序進行個別單電芯之平衡充電,當被平衡充電之電芯單元達到高電壓設定值(例如3.6V),則依照由低至高排序進行下一個電芯單元之平衡工作,直至整個電池組之所有電芯 單元皆被完整平衡後,即為結束充電。該控制單元根據經由各電芯單元的訊息判斷電池組完成兩階段充電法,即結束一次完整兩階段充電。 In one embodiment of the battery pack active balancing system of the present invention, when any battery cell reaches the high voltage set value (3.6V) during the first stage of series charging, it enters the second stage of the charging stage, which is a separate battery cell. Balanced charging; when entering the split charging stage, the control unit will sort according to the voltage of each battery cell unit, and perform the individual single battery cell balancing in order from low to high. When the battery cell that is balancedly charged reaches a high voltage Set value (such as 3.6V), then the next cell unit will be balanced according to the order from low to high, until all the cells of the entire battery pack After the units are fully balanced, charging ends. The control unit judges that the battery pack has completed the two-stage charging method according to the information through the battery cell units, that is, a complete two-stage charging is ended.
以上之概述與接下來的詳細說明及附圖,皆是為了能進一步說明本發明達到預定目的所採取的方式、手段及功效。而有關本發明的其他目的及優點,將在後續的說明及圖示中加以闡述。 The above summary and the following detailed description and drawings are all for further explaining the methods, means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve the intended purpose. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be described in the following description and drawings.
A、B‧‧‧電池組 A, B‧‧‧ battery pack
B0~B15‧‧‧電芯 B0 ~ B15‧‧‧Battery
11、23‧‧‧降壓轉換器 11, 23‧‧‧ Buck Converter
12‧‧‧主開關單元 12‧‧‧ main switch unit
13‧‧‧電芯電壓感測單元 13‧‧‧cell voltage sensing unit
14、22‧‧‧電芯開關單元 14, 22‧‧‧ cell switch unit
15‧‧‧控制單元 15‧‧‧Control unit
16、21‧‧‧外部電源 16, 21‧‧‧ external power supply
S11~S17,S21~S28‧‧‧流程 S11 ~ S17, S21 ~ S28‧‧‧Process
圖1係為本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統架構示意圖。 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the battery pack active balancing system architecture of the present invention.
圖2係為本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統其中一實施例示意圖。 FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a battery pack active balancing system according to the present invention.
圖3係為本發明實施例之充電狀態下之電池組主動式平衡機制流程圖。 FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an active balancing mechanism of a battery pack under a charging state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
圖4係為本發明實施例之放電狀態下之電池組主動式平衡機制流程圖。 FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an active balancing mechanism of a battery pack in a discharged state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
以下係藉由特定的具體實例說明本發明之實施方式,熟悉此技藝之人士可由本說明書所揭示之內容輕易地瞭解本發明之其他優點與功效。 The following is a description of specific embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification.
請參閱圖1,係為本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統架構示意圖,如圖所示,該電池組主動式平衡系統係包括: 一電池組A,係包含複數彼此串接之電芯單元;一降壓轉換器11,係連接該電池組A,其具有第一側繞組以及與該第一側繞組感應之第二側繞組;一主開關單元12,係連接該電池組A與該降壓轉換器11;一電芯電壓感測單元13,係連接該電池組A,用於感測該些電芯單元之個別電壓;複數電芯開關單元14,係分別對應連接該電池組A中之該些電芯單元,並連接至該降壓轉換器11之第二側繞組;一控制單元15,係連接該主開關單元12、該電芯電壓感測單元13與該些電芯開關單元14;一外部電源16,係連接該電池組A與該主開關單元12。 Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a battery pack active balancing system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the battery pack active balancing system includes: A battery pack A includes a plurality of battery cell units connected in series with each other; a buck converter 11 is connected to the battery pack A and has a first side winding and a second side winding inductive to the first side winding; A main switching unit 12 is connected to the battery pack A and the step-down converter 11; a battery cell voltage sensing unit 13 is connected to the battery pack A for sensing individual voltages of the battery cell units; plural The battery cell switching unit 14 is correspondingly connected to the battery cell units in the battery pack A and is connected to the second side winding of the buck converter 11; a control unit 15 is connected to the main switching unit 12, The cell voltage sensing unit 13 and the cell switching units 14; an external power source 16 is connected between the battery pack A and the main switching unit 12.
本發明之一實施例中,該降壓轉換器11、該主開關單元12、該電芯電壓感測單元13、該些電芯開關單元14與該控制單元15係整合為一BMS電路板。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the step-down converter 11, the main switching unit 12, the cell voltage sensing unit 13, the cell switching units 14 and the control unit 15 are integrated into a BMS circuit board.
本發明之一實施例中,該主開關單元12係可切換開、關狀態,狀態為「開」時係連接該外部電源之正極與負極、與該降壓轉換器之第一側繞組之正極與負極,狀態為「關」時係連接該電池組之正極與負極、與該降壓轉換器之第一側繞組之正極與負極。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the main switch unit 12 is capable of switching on and off states. When the state is "on", it is connected to the positive and negative poles of the external power source and the positive pole of the first side winding of the step-down converter. When connected to the negative electrode, the state is "off", which connects the positive and negative electrodes of the battery pack and the positive and negative electrodes of the first side winding of the buck converter.
本發明之一實施例中,該電池組A中的每一電芯單元之正、負極係分別連接一電芯開關單元14,該些電芯開關單元14並與該降壓轉換器11之第二側繞組之正極與負極連接。 In an embodiment of the present invention, the positive and negative electrodes of each battery cell unit in the battery pack A are respectively connected to a battery cell switching unit 14, and the battery cell switching units 14 and the first The positive and negative sides of the two-side winding are connected.
本發明之一實施例中,該控制單元15係根據該電 芯電壓感測單元13所量測之各電芯單元個別電壓高低,控制該主開關單元12與該些電芯開關單元14之開關動作,以達到平衡各電芯單元電壓之效果。 In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 15 is The individual voltage of each cell unit measured by the cell voltage sensing unit 13 controls the switching operations of the main switch unit 12 and the cell switch units 14 to achieve the effect of balancing the voltage of each cell unit.
本發明之一實施例中,該外部電源係為市電,亦可為風力發電系統、太陽能發電系統或其他種類之再生能源發電系統。該外部電源係作為該電池組主動式平衡系統之外部平衡電力(平衡電源),用以平衡各電芯單元間電力(電壓、電量)不均之情況,於本發明之一實施例中,亦可將該電池組本身作為外部平衡電力。 In one embodiment of the present invention, the external power source is a commercial power source, and may also be a wind power generation system, a solar power generation system, or other types of renewable energy power generation systems. The external power supply is used as the external balanced power (balanced power supply) of the battery pack active balance system to balance the uneven power (voltage, power) between the battery cells. In one embodiment of the present invention, The battery pack itself can be used as external balanced power.
本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統係以獨立之外部平衡電力(外部電源)配合開關電路法(該降壓轉換器、該主開關單元、該電芯電壓感測單元、該些電芯開關單元與該控制單元),以克服前述既有平衡充電法之缺點。該外部電源可利用外加的電源供應器、或是利用反馳式電力電子轉換器將同一充電電源進行隔離接地,並將電壓轉成單電芯之充電電壓,直接對較低電壓(或電量)之電芯單元進行較大能量之均勻平衡充電。同時本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統持續偵測最小電壓之電芯單元,將其電量拉抬至與次低電壓之電芯單元相同,因為平衡電流較大,將可在短時間內達到平衡之效果。 The battery pack active balancing system of the present invention uses an independent external balanced power (external power supply) in conjunction with a switching circuit method (the buck converter, the main switching unit, the cell voltage sensing unit, and the cell switching units). And the control unit) to overcome the disadvantages of the existing balanced charging method. The external power supply can use an external power supply or a flyback power electronic converter to isolate and ground the same charging power source, and convert the voltage to a single cell charging voltage to directly lower the voltage (or power). The cell unit performs uniform and balanced charging with a large energy. At the same time, the battery pack active balancing system of the present invention continuously detects the minimum voltage of the battery cell unit, and pulls up its power to the same as the battery cell of the second lowest voltage, because the balance current is large, it can reach the balance in a short time The effect.
本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統其中一實施例如圖2所示,該實施例係用於說明本發明之主動式平衡電路通道(即平衡充電)之作動原理,實際應用時、以磷酸鋰鐵電池為 例,本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統之最大平衡電流可達6A,平衡後電芯壓差不超過30mV。該實施例係以外部電源21(太陽能、風能或市電)、或可以電池組B本身做為平衡電源,該電池組B由16組電芯(B0、B1、...、B14、B15)串聯組成,搭配32組光繼電器作為電芯開關單元22、即每一電芯之正負極皆連接一組電芯開關單元22。充電時,切換正確之電芯開關單元進行個別單電芯的平衡,充電的流程可分為下列兩階段:(一)串充:當整個電池組缺乏電力時,外部電源21將進行電池組B之充電動作,即由外部電源21流出I1電流進入整串電池組B進行充電,一微控制器(圖未示)在此階段進行個別單電芯電壓量測、並偵測出最低電壓之電芯,同時藉由外部電源21經過一降壓轉換器23將電壓降至5V,當作外部平衡電力;當最低電壓之電芯與最高電壓之電芯壓差超過平衡設定值(例如30mV),微控制器(控制單元)將致能該最低電壓電芯所對應的兩個電芯開關單元,降壓轉換器23並挹注I2電流至該最低電壓電芯之中,此時該最低電壓電芯上的電流為I1+I2,其他電芯之電流則為I1,藉此可快速拉抬最低電壓之電芯直至其電壓與電池組21之平均電壓相同。(二)分充:當第一階段充電時任一電芯達到高電壓設定值(例如3.6V),則進入第二階段之各別電芯平衡充電;進入分充階段時,該微控制器會依各電芯之電壓高低作出排序,並由低至高依序進行個別單電芯之平衡充電,當被平衡之電芯電壓達到高電壓設定值(3.6V)時,則依照排序進行下一個 電芯之平衡工作,直至整電池組之所有電芯皆被完整平衡後,即結束充電。於該實施例中,係可具有一主開關單元(圖未示)連接至該降壓轉換器。本發明可確保即使磷酸鋰鐵電池有較大的容量或內阻差異,也可以將所有串聯電芯充飽,且不會讓任一電芯發生過充情形,放電的平衡也可以有效延長電池使用的時間,藉由本發明的充電與放電平衡策略,可以在不增加任何硬體的條件下達到增程的效果。 One embodiment of the battery pack active balancing system of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2. This embodiment is used to explain the operating principle of the active balancing circuit channel (ie, balanced charging) of the present invention. In practical applications, lithium iron phosphate is used. The battery is taken as an example. The maximum balancing current of the active balancing system of the battery pack of the present invention can reach 6A, and the pressure difference of the battery cells after balancing does not exceed 30mV. This embodiment uses an external power source 21 (solar, wind, or mains power) or a battery pack B as a balanced power source. The battery pack B consists of 16 groups of cells (B0, B1, ..., B14, B15). Composed in series, with 32 groups of photo relays as the cell switching unit 22, that is, the positive and negative electrodes of each cell are connected to a group of cell switching unit 22. When charging, switch the correct cell switching unit to balance individual single cells. The charging process can be divided into the following two stages: (1) Series charging: When the entire battery pack lacks power, the external power supply 21 will perform battery pack B. The charging action is that the external power source 21 flows out of I 1 current into the entire battery pack B for charging. A microcontroller (not shown) performs individual single-cell voltage measurement at this stage and detects the lowest voltage. At the same time, the battery is reduced to 5V by an external power supply 21 through a step-down converter 23, which is regarded as external balanced power; when the voltage difference between the lowest voltage cell and the highest voltage cell exceeds the balance set value (for example, 30mV) , The microcontroller (control unit) will enable the two cell switching units corresponding to the lowest voltage cell, the buck converter 23 and inject I 2 current into the lowest voltage cell, at this time the lowest voltage The current on the battery cell is I 1 + I 2 , and the current on the other cells is I 1 , so that the lowest voltage cell can be quickly pulled up until its voltage is the same as the average voltage of the battery pack 21. (II) Split charging: When any cell reaches a high voltage set value (such as 3.6V) during the first stage of charging, the individual cells will enter the second stage for balanced charging. When entering the sub-charging stage, the microcontroller will Sort the voltage according to the voltage of each cell, and perform the individual single cell balancing charging in order from low to high. When the voltage of the balanced cell reaches the high voltage set value (3.6V), the next power is performed according to the order. The balancing of the cores is completed until all the cells of the entire battery pack are fully balanced, and the charging is terminated. In this embodiment, the system may have a main switching unit (not shown) connected to the buck converter. The invention can ensure that even if the lithium iron phosphate battery has a large difference in capacity or internal resistance, all the series cells can be fully charged without overcharging any one cell, and the discharge balance can effectively extend the battery. Using time, the charge and discharge balance strategy of the present invention can achieve the effect of extended range without adding any hardware.
圖3係為本發明實施例之充電狀態下之電池組主動式平衡機制流程圖,在充電階段中,持續量測各電芯單元之電壓S11,並監控任一電芯單元之電壓是否大於高電壓設定值S12,若有任一電芯單元之電壓大於高電壓設定值,則依各電芯單元之電壓高低排序,由低電壓至高電壓依序平衡各電芯單元至高電壓設定值S13(即前述提到之分充階段);在任一電芯單元之電壓大於高電壓設定值之前,若有任一最低電壓之電芯單元與最高電壓之電芯單元間的壓差超過平衡設定值S14,系統先確認該最低電壓之電芯單元是否正在接受平衡工作S15,若無則開啟平衡充電功能S16(即前述之串充階段),直到最低電壓之電芯單元的電壓與各電芯單元的平均電壓相同,則關閉平衡充電S17,繼續偵測是否任一最低電壓之電芯單元與最高電壓之電芯單元間的壓差超過平衡設定值。 FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an active balancing mechanism of a battery pack under a charging state according to an embodiment of the present invention. During the charging phase, the voltage S11 of each battery cell unit is continuously measured, and whether the voltage of any battery cell unit is greater than high Voltage set value S12. If the voltage of any cell unit is higher than the high voltage set value, the voltage of each cell unit is sorted according to the voltage level, and the cell units are sequentially balanced from the low voltage to the high voltage to the high voltage set value S13 (that is, The charging stage mentioned above); before the voltage of any cell unit is higher than the high voltage set value, if the voltage difference between any of the lowest voltage cell units and the highest voltage cell unit exceeds the balance set value S14, The system first confirms whether the lowest voltage cell unit is accepting the balance work S15. If not, the balanced charging function S16 is turned on (ie, the aforementioned series charging stage) until the voltage of the lowest voltage cell unit and the average of each cell unit If the voltage is the same, the balance charging S17 is turned off, and it continues to detect whether the voltage difference between any one of the lowest voltage cell unit and the highest voltage cell unit exceeds the balance setting value.
圖4係為本發明實施例之放電狀態下之電池組主動式平衡機制流程圖,在放電階段中,持續量測各電芯單元之 電壓S21,判斷(找出)最高電壓電芯單元與最低電壓電芯單元S22;判斷最高電壓電芯單元與最低電壓電芯單元間的電壓差是否高於平衡設定值S23;若是,則判斷最低電壓之電芯單元之電壓是否低於平衡起始值S24(即系統設定必須給予平衡之電壓起始值);若是,則判斷該最低電壓之電芯單元之電壓是否低於低電壓設定值S25,低於低電壓設定值代表該電芯單元可能已退化,故不再對其進行平衡充電;若最低電壓之電芯單元之電壓介於平衡起始值與低電壓設定值間,則開啟平衡功能(平衡充電功能)S26,對該最低電壓之電芯單元進行平衡充電,直到該平衡中的電芯單元與電池組電壓最低電芯單元(該平衡中電芯單元以外的電壓最低者)的壓差大於平衡截止值S27後,則關閉平衡功能S28。 FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an active balancing mechanism of a battery pack under a discharging state according to an embodiment of the present invention. During the discharging phase, continuously measure Voltage S21, determine (find) the highest voltage battery cell unit and the lowest voltage battery cell unit S22; determine whether the voltage difference between the highest voltage battery cell unit and the lowest voltage battery cell unit is higher than the balance set value S23; if so, determine the lowest Whether the voltage of the voltage cell unit is lower than the equilibrium starting value S24 (that is, the system setting must give a balanced voltage starting value); if so, determine whether the voltage of the lowest voltage cell unit is lower than the low voltage setting value S25 If the value is lower than the low voltage setting value, the battery cell unit may be degraded, so it will no longer be balanced. If the voltage of the battery cell with the lowest voltage is between the initial balance value and the low voltage setting value, the balance is turned on. Function (balanced charging function) S26, balance charging of the lowest voltage cell unit until the battery cell in the balance and the battery cell with the lowest voltage in the battery pack (the lowest voltage other than the battery cell in the balance) After the pressure difference is greater than the balance cut-off value S27, the balance function S28 is turned off.
本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統可兼顧全時(充電、放電、靜置)與全電池組(可針對任一串聯電芯單元進行主動平衡)。無論有無外部電源,先持續監測各電芯單元的電壓,以判斷是否開啟平衡電路通道。本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統具有以下操作模式:有外部電源、電池組充電時:電池組由外部電源充電時,藉由本發明之整合型BMS電路板(內建降壓轉換器、主開關單元、電芯電壓感測單元、複數電芯開關單元與控制單元)轉換高壓外部電源為低壓電源,對離散之最低壓電芯進行平衡(此時主開關單元狀態為「開」);若任一電芯達到高電壓 設定值就停止串聯充電,但平衡機制持續作動、且平衡邏輯轉為各電芯依電壓高低依序分充,至該電池組達到所設定的保護電壓(高電壓設定值)。 The battery pack active balancing system of the present invention can take into account full-time (charging, discharging, standing) and full-battery (can be actively balanced for any series battery cell unit). Regardless of the presence or absence of an external power source, the voltage of each battery cell unit is continuously monitored to determine whether to open the balance circuit channel. The battery pack active balancing system of the present invention has the following operation modes: when there is an external power source and when the battery pack is charged: when the battery pack is charged by an external power source, the integrated BMS circuit board (built-in buck converter, main switch) of the present invention is used. Unit, cell voltage sensing unit, multiple cell switching unit and control unit) convert high-voltage external power to low-voltage power, and balance the lowest discrete piezoelectric core (at this time, the state of the main switching unit is "on"); if any One cell reaches high voltage The set value stops serial charging, but the balance mechanism continues to operate, and the balance logic turns to each cell to be charged in sequence according to the voltage level, until the battery pack reaches the set protection voltage (high voltage set value).
有外部電源、電池組放電時:本發明可進行延遲電芯過放的平衡機制,當各電芯電壓狀態呈現過度離散(個別壓差過大)、與電芯電壓低於所設定的平衡起始值時,啟動本發明之電池組主動平衡機制,對需要協助之電芯進行外部電源補電延遲電芯過放(此時主開關單元狀態為「開」),以達到串聯電芯同時達到過放狀態,即延遲最弱電芯提早過放。 When the external power source and battery pack are discharged: The present invention can perform a balance mechanism for delaying the overdischarge of the battery cells. When the voltage status of each battery cell is excessively discrete (the individual voltage difference is too large), and the battery cell voltage is lower than the set balance start When the value is reached, the active balancing mechanism of the battery pack of the present invention is started, and external power supply is required to delay the over-discharge of the battery cells that need assistance (at this time, the state of the main switch unit is "ON"), so that the series battery cells can reach the Discharge state, that is, the weakest cell is delayed and overdischarged earlier.
有外部電源、電池組靜置時:電池組靜置時且當各電芯電壓狀態呈現過度離散(個別壓差過大)時,本發明可啟動電池組主動平衡機制(此時主開關單元狀態為「開」),將離散之低電壓電芯由外部電源平衡至電池組之平均電壓。 With external power source and battery pack at rest: When the battery pack is at rest and when the voltage state of each cell is excessively discrete (individual pressure difference is too large), the present invention can activate the active balancing mechanism of the battery pack (at this time, the state of the main switch unit is "On") to balance discrete low-voltage cells from an external power source to the average voltage of the battery pack.
無外部電源、電池組放電時:本發明可進行延遲電芯過放的平衡機制,當各電芯電壓狀態呈現過度離散(個別壓差過大)與某單電芯電壓低於所設定的平衡起始值時,啟動本發明之電池組主動式平衡機制(此時主開關單元狀態為「關」),以整組電池組對最弱電芯進行補電延遲電芯過放,以達到串聯電芯同時達到過放狀態(即電芯互補延遲最弱電芯提早過放)。 When there is no external power supply and the battery pack is discharged: The present invention can perform a balance mechanism for delaying the overdischarge of the battery cells. When the voltage status of each battery cell is excessively discrete (the individual voltage difference is too large) and the voltage of a single battery cell is lower than the set balance, At the initial value, the active balancing mechanism of the battery pack of the present invention is activated (at this time, the state of the main switch unit is "off"), and the weakest battery is supplemented with the entire battery pack to delay the over-discharge of the battery cell to achieve a series battery cell At the same time, the over-discharge state is reached (that is, the weakest cell has the weakest complementary delay and the cell is over-discharged earlier).
無外部電源、電池組靜置時:電池組靜置時且當各電芯電壓狀態呈現過度離散時,啟動本發明之電池組主動 式平衡機制(此時主開關單元狀態為「關」),將最弱電芯以整組電池組補電平衡至等電壓狀況。 When there is no external power source and the battery pack is at rest: When the battery pack is at rest and when the voltage state of each cell is excessively discrete, the battery pack of the present invention is activated Type balance mechanism (at this time, the state of the main switch unit is "off"), the weakest battery is balanced with the entire battery pack to equal voltage.
綜上所述,本發明係提供一種電池組主動式平衡系統,本發明係利用一外部電源或以串聯電池組本身為電源,搭配可切換對應於任一單電芯之開關電路進行個別單電芯的主動平衡。上述電源可利用外加的電源供應器、亦或是利用反馳式電力電子轉換器,將同一充電電源進行隔離接地並將電壓轉換成單電芯之充電電壓,持續對最低電壓之電芯進行大能量之平衡充電,本發明之主動式平衡方法可在電池組充電、放電或靜置時執行,可在短時間內達到電池組平衡之目標。本發明可確保即使電池有較大的容量或內阻差異,也可以將所有串聯電芯充飽,且不會讓任一電芯發生過充情形,放電的平衡也可以有效延長電池使用的時間,藉由本發明之電池組主動式平衡系統及其充電與放電平衡策略,可以在不增加任何額外硬體的條件下達到增加電池使用壽命的效果。 In summary, the present invention provides a battery pack active balancing system. The present invention uses an external power source or a series battery pack itself as a power source, and performs individual single power supply with a switch circuit corresponding to any single cell. Active balance of the core. The above power supply can use an external power supply or a flyback power electronic converter to isolate and ground the same charging power source and convert the voltage into a single cell charging voltage. Energy balance charging. The active balancing method of the present invention can be executed when the battery pack is charged, discharged, or left to stand, and the goal of battery pack balance can be achieved in a short time. The invention can ensure that even if the battery has a large difference in capacity or internal resistance, all series cells can be fully charged without overcharging any one cell, and the balance of discharge can effectively extend the battery use time. With the battery pack active balancing system and the charging and discharging balancing strategy of the present invention, the effect of increasing the battery life can be achieved without adding any additional hardware.
上述之實施例僅為例示性說明本發明之特點及其功效,而非用於限制本發明之實質技術內容的範圍。任何熟習此技藝之人士均可在不違背本發明之精神及範疇下,對上述實施例進行修飾與變化。因此,本發明之權利保護範圍,應如後述之申請專利範圍所列。 The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative for describing the features and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the essential technical content of the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can modify and change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the rights of the present invention should be listed in the scope of patent application described later.
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