Energy Storage Voltage Estimation With State-Error Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for estimating power supply performance of energy storage devices suffer from inaccuracies due to unaccounted errors in estimated state values, leading to decreased estimation accuracy.

Innovation Solution

A method that uses an energy storage device model to estimate voltage values and corrects them with a correction value based on errors in estimated state values, such as SOC and internal resistance, to improve accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If an energy storage device model is used to estimate voltage values, then the estimation process can be performed, but the estimation accuracy deteriorates due to unaccounted errors in estimated state values

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveestimation process capabilityVSAvoidestimation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by calculating a correction value based on the error in the estimated state value and applying this correction to the estimated voltage value. The correction section uses the error information (from SOC estimation error or model identification error) to adjust the estimated voltage, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that continuously improves estimation accuracy without requiring complex real-time measurements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter representation by introducing a correction value that accounts for estimation errors. Instead of directly measuring the difficult-to-obtain state values (SOC, internal resistance), the system estimates them and then applies parameter corrections based on the known errors in these estimates, transforming the estimation problem into a correction problem that can be solved more accurately.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If estimated state values are used for power supply performance estimation, then the estimation can proceed without direct measurement, but the reliability of the estimation decreases due to error accumulation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveestimation feasibilityVSAvoidestimation reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains reliability by incorporating feedback from error calculations. The correction value is derived from the error in estimated state values (SOC error or model identification error), creating a feedback loop that compensates for the inherent unreliability of using estimated parameters, thereby maintaining high reliability while preserving operational ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies asymmetry by treating the error correction differently for charging and discharging operations. The correction value calculation considers the specific error characteristics of each operation mode, applying asymmetric correction strategies that account for the different error behaviors during charge versus discharge, thereby improving reliability across different operating conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS20250347746A1Estimation method, estimation program, estimation apparatus, and energy storage apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.11.13 GS YUASA INT LTD
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AI summary

An estimation method includes using an energy storage device model simulating a behavior of an energy storage device to estimate an estimated voltage value of the energy storage device when energization is performed in an assumed energization pattern, and correcting the estimated voltage value estimated by a correction value obtained based on an error in an estimated state value of the energy storage device.