17757 results about "Power battery" patented technology

PCT No. PCT/NZ97/00053 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 3, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 3, 1998 PCT Filed May 2, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/42695 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 13, 1997Loosely coupled inductive power for charging batteries is rectified from a first power pickup winding and the resulting current source is connected to a battery unit. Each current source is controlled by shorting a second resonant winding. Battery banks may be charged using multiple isolated position-tolerant pickups independently controlled according to the condition of the connected battery unit and by overall commands communicated over an isolated link. The battery unit may be a single cell. In a self-stabilizing bank or monoblock a primary inductive conductor is energized using all the cells, individual cells are separately monitored by control means and any below-average cell can be individually charged from the inductive conductor, thus correcting between-cell variations. The charge in all cells within a bank can be held within 30% to 70% of full charge and prevented from drifting towards full or empty during repetitive charge and discharge times.

The invention discloses a battery managing system (BMS) testing platform comprising a testing platform main control computer, a high-precision cell voltage simulator, a high-precision large-current constant-current source, a high-precision thermotank, a battery managing system to be tested, a whole vehicle controller simulator and the like which are connected by CAN buses. The battery managing system is connected with a cell box air cooling device, a vehicle relay assembly and the like. The battery managing system testing platform can truly simulate the output state of a battery, comprising single cell voltage, total voltage, charging and discharging current, temperature and the like of the battery, can complete various communication and command functions, protection functions, battery heavy current applying process between the battery managing system and the whole vehicle, and the test and the verification on the functions of overhead protection and the like of the battery. The invention can carry out testing evaluation on the data collection precision of the battery managing system, the evaluation precision of the charge state of the battery and the like.

The present application is directed toward a method and system for conserving battery power in low power systems. According to one aspect of the invention, a battery with a low power processor is used to shut off the monitor circuit that determines the charge remaining on a battery. Periodically, the low power processor will wake-up and power on the monitor circuit to determine the remaining charge of the battery. According to another aspect of the invention, there is a safety override circuit. The safety override circuit is a fail-safe that allows charge to flow from the battery when there is a fault with the low power processor, for example if the low power processor fails to wake-up.

The invention relates to a modular charging/discharging system of a power battery pack of a multifunctional electromobile, which aims to provide a system which can effectively meet the requirement for the bi-directional power transmission of a charging station and can exert the functions of peak clipping and valley filling as well as peak modulation and frequency modulation of a power grid. The technical scheme is as follows: the modular charging/discharging system of the power battery pack of the multifunctional electromobile comprises a charging-station monitoring system and an information management system, wherein the charging-station monitoring system is composed of a computer and a network communication system. The modular charging/discharging system is characterized by also comprising a three-phase step-down transformer, wherein the high voltage side of the three-phase step-down transformer is connected with a power grid, and the low voltage side of the three-phase step-down transformer is connected in parallel with a plurality of charging/discharging branches; each branch comprises a three-phase distribution transformer and a charging/discharging module, and the three-phase distribution transformer is connected in series with the charging/discharging module; and each charging/discharging module comprises a pulse-width modulation alternating current/direct current (PWM AC/DC) converter with the function of bi-directional power transmission, a plurality of electromagnetic isolation type DC/DC transform modules with the function of bi-directional power transmission and the information management system, and the electromagnetic isolation type DC/DC transform modules are connected in parallel.

The application relates to a method of fabricating micro fuel cells and membrane electrode assemblies by thin film deposition techniques using a dimensionally stable proton exchange membrane as a substrate. The application also relates to membrane electrode assemblies and fuel cells fabricated in accordance with the method. The method includes the steps of successively depositing catalyst, current collector and flow management layers on the membrane substrate in predetermined patterns. Since the fuel cell is formed layer by layer, the need for assembly and sealing of discrete components is avoided. The method improves the contact resistance between the current collectors and catalyst layers and reduce ohmic losses, thereby avoiding the need for end plates or other compressive elements. This in turn reduces the overall thickness of the manufactured fuel cell. Since the fuel cell layers are optionally flexible, the devices may be fabricated using a continuous roller process or other automated means. The method minimizes production costs and costs of non-essential materials and is particularly suitable for low power battery replacement applications.

The invention relates to a thermal management system of a power battery, and belongs to a component of a battery management system. The thermal management system of the power battery mainly consists of a battery box, a heat pipe, a liquid flow pipe, a liquid box, a semiconductor heating/refrigerating element, a liquid circulating pump, a battery control unit, a temperature sensor, a radiator and a fan. The radiator and the fan are installed outside the battery box, the battery box, the heat pipe, the liquid flow pipe, the liquid box, the semiconductor heating/refrigerating element, the liquid circulating pump, the battery control unit and the temperature sensor are installed in the battery box and organically combined with a battery module. The heat pipe is inserted into the battery module. The heat pipe is compactly attached to the battery module and the liquid flow plate above the battery module. The liquid flow plate is internally provided with a liquid circulating pipeline connected with the liquid circulating pump which is further connected with the liquid box filled with a circulating liquid. The semiconductor heating/refrigerating element is contacted with the liquid box and attached to the radiator. The battery box is further provided with the temperature sensor connected with battery control unit which controls the liquid circulating pump, the semiconductor heating/refrigerating element and the fan to work. The thermal management system of the power battery provided by the utility model is reasonable in structure and can quickly heat and cool.

The invention discloses a battery management system of a vehicle-mounted lithium power battery. The system includes a master control unit and slave control units. The master control unit is in communication connection with the multiple slave control units through a data bus. The master control unit is in connection with battery groups, the total voltage and total current of which are acquired. The master control unit is also connected to a DC power supply, and is in connection with a charger through an external CAN bus. The master control unit mainly includes: a master microcontroller module, a total voltage detection module, a total current detection module, a battery system insulation detection module, a battery operating environment temperature detection module, a relay driving module, a data storage module, a bus communication module, an isolated power supply module, and a physical interface module of power supplies, data, signals, etc. The system provided in the invention has the advantages of simple structure, strong expansibility, and adaptability to different numbers of batteries. Being fully functional, the system has the functions of temperature control, equalization processing, battery performance evaluation, and battery self-protection, etc.

The invention discloses a range extended electric vehicle control system, and relates to a whole vehicle control system. The range extended electric vehicle control system comprises an engine controlled by the conventional throttling valve, a generator which is integrally connected with a crank shaft of the engine and has functions of generating power and driving, a vehicle-mounted power battery, a whole vehicle controller, a range extender controller, a battery management system, a battery direct current sensor, an engine controller unit, a generator controller unit, a generator end direct current sensor and a permanent magnet synchronous driving motor, wherein the permanent magnet synchronous driving motor, the power battery and the generator are connected to a power line and used for driving wheels, a motor controller, a motor direct current sensor, the throttling valve and a crank shaft position sensor; the range extender controller communicates with the engine controller unit and the generator controller unit and sends a control instruction; and the range extender controller manages power generation energy and controls an auxiliary system according to a demand of a driver and a state of a range extender system. The invention also discloses a range extended electric vehicle control method. The range extended electric vehicle control system and the range extended electric vehicle control method can be used for electric automobiles.

The invention discloses a large-capacity high-power polymer lithium iron phosphate power battery. The weight ratio of anode slurry is as follows: 81 to 85 percent of lithium iron phosphate, 1 to 5.5 percent of superconduction carbon, 0 to 2.5 percent of conductive carbon soot, 0 to 4 percent of conductive black lead, 0 to 2.5 percent of crystalline flake graphite, 0 to 2 percent of carbon nanometer tube as well as 6 to 7.5 percent of polyvinylidene fluoride; the weight ratio of cathode slurry is as follows: 89 to 91 percent of cathode material, 1 to 3.5 percent of superconduction carbon, 0 to 2 percent of conductive carbon soot, 0 to 4 percent of conductive black lead, 2.5 to 3.5 percent of styrene-butadiene rubber as well as 1.5 to 2 percent of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; the steps for preparing the battery are as follows: preparing slurry, coating the anode and the cathode, rolling and pressing a polar plate, transversely and separately cutting the polar plate, baking the polar plate, welding the polar ears of the anode and the cathode, preparing a battery cell, putting the electric core into a shell and sealing, baking the electric core, injecting liquid into the battery as well as forming the battery and dividing the volume of the battery. The invention relates to a lithium-ion secondary battery which can provide drive energies for electric tools, electric bicycles, motor cars and electric vehicles.

The invention aims to provide a heating system of a power battery of a pure electric automobile and a control method thereof, which are used for eliminating the influence of low temperature on the performance of the power battery of the pure electric automobile to ensure that the pure electric automobile can be used in severe cold areas in winter. The heating system comprises a battery heating device which is arranged in a battery pack, wherein the battery heating device is provided with a hollow radiating fin; and the radiating fin is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet. The heating system is characterized by also comprising an auxiliary heater, wherein the auxiliary heater is connected with a fuel supply device; a heat exchanger is arranged in the auxiliary heater; the water inlet of the heat exchanger is communicated with the water outlet of an expansion water tank by a water pump and a water pipe; the water outlet of the heat exchanger is communicated with the water inlet of the radiating fin by an electric control valve; the water outlet of the radiating fine is communicated with the water inlet of the expansion water tank; the electric control valve, the auxiliary heater and the water pump are connected with a vehicle controller and are controlled by the vehicle controller; and the vehicle controller is also connected with a battery management system.

The invention provides power battery pole ears and a power battery. The power battery pole ears are a hollow conductive cylinder. The power battery comprises a casing, an electric core and an electrolyte which are arranged in the casing, a positive pole ear and a negative pole ear which are electrically connected with the electric core, and an electrolyte circulating pump and an electrolyte constant temperature system which are externally arranged on the casing. The positive pole ear and the negative pole ear are the power battery pole ears, one end parts of the power battery pole ears both extends out of the casing, the end part of negative pole ear, which extends out of the casing, is successively connected via an electrolyte guide pipeline with the electrolyte circulating pump, the electrolyte constant temperature system and the end part of the positive pole ear, which extends out of the casing, and an electrolyte circulation channel is formed. The power battery pole ears enable the electrolyte to flow in and out through the hollow pipeline. The power battery is stable in working temperature and high in safety performance.

The invention relates to a radiating and cooling device for a power battery. An aluminum hollow cold plate shell is in the form of a radiating fin; the inside of the shell is hollow; a plurality of groove spaces are formed on the aluminum shell; power batteries can be embedded into grooves; the aluminum hollow cold plate shell is filled with a phase change material; radiating fins are arranged on an aluminum hollow cold plate shell bottom plate; a snakelike copper tube is arranged at the bottom of an aluminum shell cavity, and is contacted with the phase change material; a liquid cooling working medium is introduced into the snakelike copper tube; the snakelike copper tube, a pump and an external heat exchanger are connected in series, so that an active liquid cooling system is formed; a temperature sensor is arranged on the surface of the power battery; and a temperature switch is connected in series with a pump body power supply. The flow of the cooling working medium can be adjusted according to different requirements of battery temperature control; the using amount of a metal is reduced by adding the phase change material on the premise of ensuring the battery radiating effect, so that the cost of a battery radiating device is reduced effectively; and the requirements of different power batteries are met.

The invention discloses a power battery charging and heating system and method of a pure electric vehicle. The charging and heating system comprises a whole vehicle control unit, a vehicle-mounted charger, a charging pile, a battery managing system, a power battery, a DC/DC converter, a heat managing system, a PTC heater and a 12V storage battery for electrifying the charging and heating system at low pressure. The charging and heating method includes the steps that when charging is performed, if the temperature T of the power battery is smaller than or equal to the criticality of the lowest temperature which is preset, the vehicle-mounted charger provides electric energy for the PTC heater, and low-temperature heating is performed. If the temperature T of the power battery is larger than the criticality of the lowest temperature T which is preset, the power battery quits from low-temperature heating and is in a normal charging mode. The power battery charging and heating system and method of the pure electric vehicle can shorten the low-temperature heating time, ensure normal charging of the power battery and meanwhile does not affect the service life of the power battery.

The invention provides a method for recovering valuable metal from waste nickel cobalt lithium manganate batteries and positive pole materials made of the valuable metal and belongs to the technical field of waste power battery recovery. The method can solve the problems in the existing recovery method that proportions of nickel, cobalt and manganese in the waste nickel cobalt lithium manganate batteries are different and corresponding metal is required to be added in recovery steps so as to adjust content of nickel, cobalt and manganese to reach required proportions. In the recovering method, by screening the positive pole materials of all nickel cobalt lithium manganate batteries from the waste nickel cobalt lithium manganate batteries and using the positive pole materials as recovery raw materials of the waste nickel cobalt lithium manganate batteries with the same positive pole materials, nickel cobalt manganate composite carbonate capable of being applied to preparation of the positive pole materials of lithium ion batteries directly without adjusting the proportion of nickel, cobalt and manganese is obtain.

The invention discloses a special power battery management system for an electric vehicle and an implementation method thereof. The power battery management system comprises a central control module, a measurement and control module, a battery pack, a motor controller, a direct-current motor, a vehicle-mounted charger, a current and electric quantity detection module, a vehicle-mounted liquid crystal display module, a switching group, a memory module, a clock module and a temperature management module. The system realizes communication of the central control module with the measurement and control module, the vehicle-mounted charger, the motor controller and the vehicle-mounted liquid crystal display module by only using a CAN communication bus. The battery management system has three working modes of charging, discharging and fault, and can realize acquisition, management and control for all parameter information on voltage, temperature, current, electric quantity and the like for the battery of the system, safe charging and fault early warning of the battery. Compared with the prior art, the battery management system has the advantages of higher reliability, charging safety, stable system work, comprehensive function and convenient subsequent expansion.

The invention relates to a power battery-super capacitor hybrid power system for electric automobiles, belonging to the electric automobile technical field. The power battery-super capacitor hybrid power system for the electric automobiles comprises a power battery pack, a motor controller and a 24V storage battery, a boost DC /DC converter, a bi-directional DC/DC converter and a super capacitance group, wherein, the low voltage end of the boost DC /DC converter is connected with the output end of the power battery pack, the high voltage end of the boost DC /DC converter is connected with the motor controller; the super capacitance group and the high voltage end of the bi-directional DC/DC converter are directly hitched with the high voltage end of the boost DC/DC converter, and the low voltage end of the bi-directional DC/DC converter is connected with the 24V storage battery. The power battery of the power battery-super capacitor hybrid power system for the electric automobiles has smooth output current, small peak current, high discharge efficiency and long service life; when the battery pack SOC is lower, the hybrid system still ensures the normal power output capability; and the super capacitance can directly absorb the braking feedback energy and has high energy conversion efficiency.

The invention relates to a range-extending electric vehicle control system and method, belonging to the technical field of vehicle control of electric vehicles. The range-extending electric vehicle control system comprises a vehicle-mounted power battery, a driving motor, a range extender, a transmission box, a vehicle control unit (VCU), a battery management system (BMS) and a motor control unit (MCU), wherein the range extender consists of a small-sized engine, a power-generating/driving integrated generator, an engine control unit and a power generator control unit; the range extender is used for supplying power to the vehicle-mounted power battery or directly driving the motor; the vehicle control unit is used for carrying out vehicle traveling drive control according to the driver demands and states of all subsystems of the vehicle, managing the vehicle energy and transmitting instruments of various working states to sub nodes of the range extender. According to the range-extending electric vehicle control system and method disclosed by the invention, on the promise of battery system safety and service life and with avoidance of frequent start and stop of the range extender as a target, control over power generation through braking energy recovery and control over power generation of the range extender are coordinated; and when the electric vehicle travels for a long trip, the range extender can be controlled to start or stop, and thus the requirement of extending the driving range of the vehicle is met.

The invention discloses a method for preparing iron lithium phosphate by recovering water-system waste lithium-ion power batteries, comprising the following steps: 1) cutting and brushing a water-system waste lithium-ion power battery, processing by deionized water, sieving and drying to recover the mixture of an electrode material and a conductive agent; 2) adding inorganic acid to the dried mixture of the electrode material and the conductive agent to process, filtering to obtain acid solution containing Li+, Fe2+ and PO43-; 3) adding lithium salt or iron salt to the acid solution containing Li+, Fe2+ and PO43-, adding ascorbic acid and stirring, controlling the pH value to equal to 3-7, and filtering to obtain precipitation; and 4) adding the crude product LiFePO4 obtained in step 3) to a water solution of cane sugar for ball milling, drying and calcining to obtain a regenerative LiFePO4 material. The method has low cost, simple operation and no secondary pollution.

The invention provides a control system for heat management of an electric vehicle. The control system is characterized in that the system comprises a refrigerant circulating system, a coolant circulating system and a battery pack temperature control system, wherein the refrigerant circulating system is communicated with the battery pack temperature control system via a water cooler, and the coolant circulating system is communicated with the battery pack temperature control system via a three-way water valve, so the three systems form an intercommunicating and circulating control system to control the temperature in the carriage and the working temperature of the electrical devices of the battery pack. The control system has the following positive effects: effective heat management can be carried out on each part of the electric vehicle; the problem of heating difficulty of the electric vehicle is solved by adopting the residual heat of the electrical devices in an economical and energy-saving manner; preheating and cooling of the power battery of the electric vehicle are well controlled; and the working temperature of the battery and electrical devices of the electric vehicle can be controlled, thus realizing complete heat system management of the electric vehicle.

The invention discloses a stroke-increasing type electric automobile and a mode switching control method and system thereof. The stroke-increasing type electric automobile comprises a driving motor and a stroke increasing device, wherein the stroke increasing device is composed of a power generator and an engine. The mode switching control method comprises the following steps that an accelerator pedal signal and a brake pedal signal of the electric automobile are obtained; torque requirement analysis is conducted on the accelerator pedal signal and the brake pedal signal, so that the required torque of the driving motor is obtained, and the required power of the electric automobile is obtained according to the required torque of the driving motor; the power battery SOC of the electric automobile is detected, and the current speed of the electric automobile is obtained; and mode switching is conducted on the electric automobile according to the power battery SOC, the current speed of the electric automobile and the required power of the electric automobile. In this way, the oil consumption and NVH performance of the stroke-increasing type electric automobile are considered comprehensively, and the purposes of reducing oil consumption and improving the driving comfort are realized.

A portable docking station for powering multiple AC-powered battery chargers and multiple DC-powered battery chargers simultaneously. The portable docking station includes an enclosure, a plurality of female AC receptacles, an AC power circuit, a plurality of female DC receptacles, and a DC power circuit. The plurality of female AC receptacles and the plurality of female DC receptacles are accessible from the enclosure. The AC power circuit is contained within the enclosure and powers the plurality of female AC receptacles for powering the multiple AC-powered battery chargers. The DC power circuit is contained within the enclosure and powers the plurality of female DC receptacles for powering the multiple DC-powered battery chargers. The AC power circuit and the DC power circuit operate simultaneously for powering the multiple AC-powered battery chargers and the multiple DC-powered battery chargers, respectively, simultaneously.

The invention discloses a power battery device with a phase-change material cooling system, which comprises a bolt, a plurality of battery monomers, a box cover venting hole, an electrode connecting shaft, a box body top cover, a side venting hole and a frame body, wherein the battery monomers use batteries as base bodies, a shell is arranged outside the battery monomers, phase-change material is filled between the batteries and the shell and is sealed by insulating rubber; a battery box body is provided with the venting holes for radiating; the power battery device can realize that the temperature of batteries of a power device can be effectively reduced under more rugged thermal environment and can meet the requirement of the balance of temperature distribution among the battery monomers, thereby achieving the best operation condition of the power device, and prolonging the battery service life and improving the power performance of the power device. The adopted phase-change material has larger latent heat of phase-change, perfect phase-change temperature, economic and safe material, and high recycle utilization efficiency.

The invention belongs to electrochemical technical field, in particular to a novel high performance water system lithium ion battery. The invention adopts an ion embedding in-out mechanism used by an organic system lithium ion battery in an energy storage element which uses a water solution as an electrolyte. The embedding-in reaction ion mainly includes lithium ion composite and sodium ion composite. In the invention, the positive pole adopts a material containing the positive ion embedding-in composite while the negative pole adopts a shell structure material of LiTi2(PO4)3; the electrolyte adopts a water system electrolyte of the positive ion. The electric charging and discharging process only relates to the ion transfer between the two electrodes, and the invention can still has the characteristic of a rocking-chair type organic system lithium ion battery; the invention is of long cycling service life, big power, safety, low cost and no pollution, and is particularly suitable to be used as an ideal power battery of electric vehicle.